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Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Priorities and Prospects
October 3, 2013
| Location: | 2017 Dunton Tower |
| Cost: | Free |
The Centre for European Studies and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, is pleased to present, as part of its
Series:
Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Priorities and Prospects
The lecture will be given by Dr. Ramunas Vilpisauskas, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University in Lithuania.
Lithuania holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July through December 2013. Ramunas Vilpisauskas will assess main issues on the EU agenda during this time period and Lithuania’s potential to use the Presidency to influence EU decision-making in two priority areas: energy policy, and EU’s Eastern Partnership relations.
Dr. Ramunas Vilpisauskas is a Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, since September 2009. He has worked for five years (2004-2009) as the Chief Economic Policy Advisor to the President of Lithuania H. E. Valdas Adamkus and the Head of Economic and Social Policy Group at the President’s Office. Since 2006 until the end of the term he has been the coordinator of the advisory team of the President of Lithuania. He is also a Professor at the Institute of the International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. The main areas of his scholarly interest include European economic and political integration, regionalism and globalization, international political economy, public sector reforms and policy analysis. He studied and did research in a number of institutions including Vilnius University, Lancaster University in Britain, European University Institute in Florence and Columbia University where he stayed as a Fulbright Scholar.
This event is supported, in part, by a grant from the European Union