Jean Monnet Center of Excellence South and Erast European Competition Law

Purpose of the Project is to establish south and east European center of excellence for the EU Competition and State aid law and thus to create a missing links between academic institutions from east Europe and beyond. This center would be a regional center and focal point for academic research, teaching, debate and reflection in the field of EU Competition and State aid Law. It will bring together prominent Competition law academics and experts from totally eight (8) countries, two EU Member state countries (Croatia and Italy), three EU candidate countries (Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania) and three EU partner countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tajikistan).

Joined under the Project, Project partners will organize and coordinate their resources, lead research activities and promote innovative contributions to the study of the Competition Law topics relevant for EU integration and EU economic interests.

Moreover, the Project aims at identifying, discussing and rethinking the convergence issues in these states and their specific response to European policy demands. Special focus will be on Competition law in digital markets, post – COVID 19 Competition law enforcement and State aid rules. Project will reach broad types of beneficiaries: students (graduate and postgraduate); members of academia (university professors of different academic profile); corporate lawyers, national (mostly administrative courts) judges, local and national policy makers, representatives of local of/ and national Government, local business, compliance officers in companies which are regional market leaders. Project will deliver 12 events with at 500 beneficiaries form 8 countries.

Project management and coordination

Controlling Project implementation,
Coordination of Project partners (team members) and Project activities,
Ensuring that the Project is running in planed and agreed timeline,
Controlling and evaluation of Project activities,
Monitoring financial management of the Project.

Defining challenges and obstacles to Competition law enforcement in SEE countries

Background studies and the analysis on EU Competition Law enforcement in each Project partner country
Background studies and the analysis on (EU) Competition Law courses thought in each Project partner country
Situation and problem analysis ( discussing research findings, exchange of ideas and opinions, reflective discussion, identifying common strategies for several Project partner countries ( if applicable)

Proposing strategies, policies, structures, and processes, which will have system-wide developmental impact

Strengthening competencies

Increasing competencies, skills and knowledge of Project partners from non-EU member states and Croatia in teaching EU Competition law
Organization of roundtables and workshops
Redesigning the curriculum of the existing EU Competition Law course at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek
Develop common curricula for EU Competition Law course (teaching manual in the form of e-book)

Competition law for digital generations

Increasing of students’ knowledge on EU Competition Law via up-to-date-digital teaching and educational tools and modern and more student desirable learning methods
Supporting regional networking, learning opportunities, and promote no-formal and informal learning mobility
Organizing online EU Competition Law Day with special students’ panel
Annual winners of student’s best paper award in EU Competition law from each Project partner country
Pannonian student summer camp on EU Competition Law
Organization of International Scientific Conference

Impact and dissemination

Promotion of Project and its results, follow-up via media exposure and social networks and PR events,

Ensuring visibility and emphasizing that the Project is funded by the EU.

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