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2015 Jan 12

The OECD Standard of Information Exchange. Was is really spurred by FATCA?

Registration Closed 9:00am to 12:00pm

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RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

It seems that the standard for tax information exchange developed by the OECD has been launched because of FATCA, but there are some questions that we will try to answer: Did FATCA really create such revolution? Is the convention superior to the IGAs?

Contact: Ignacio Jiménez.

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2015 Jan 20

City Metrics: A Path to Understanding Urban Structures and Processes

Registration Closed 9:00am to 12:00pm

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RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

"City Metrics" will describe the value of urban performance indicators in the understanding of city morphologies and dynamics. It will introduce students to multiple metrics approaches and goals, and will examine through some case studies how these indexes inform design and policy-making decisions. 

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2015 Jan 20

How to lead collaborative governance initiatives to create public value

Registration ClosedTue - Fri, Jan 20 to Jan 23, 8:00am - 1:00pm

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RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

Taking into account that collaborative governance is becoming a primary motif in public administration, this course is focused on training people interested to lead intergovernmental collaboration processes, public-private partnerships and policy networks. We will put in practice the competences needed to properly initiate, implement and assess collaborative governance initiatives.... Read more about How to lead collaborative governance initiatives to create public value

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2015 Jan 20

Why a public-private partnership is successful or not?

Registration ClosedTue - Fri, Jan 20 to Jan 23, 2:00pm - 7:00pm

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RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

In the context of the current debate about public service design and delivery regimes, in this course we are going to review the institutional and organizational capabilities required to properly manage and increase the chances of success of a public-private partnership.

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2015 Jan 12

The European Union fundamental rights system and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The American perspective.

Registration ClosedMon - Fri, Jan 12 to Jan 16, 8:00am - 12:00pm

Location: 

RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

This course will provide with elementary and advanced information about the EU fundamental rights system and how it works and interacts within the Member States in contrast with the US judicial review and the State judges and Supreme Court decision on fundamental rights and interpretations of the fundamental law.

Contact: José Manuel Martínez Sierra.

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2015 Jan 12

Advanced course on European Union Law and Government

Registration ClosedMon - Fri, Jan 12 to Jan 23, 1:00pm - 7:00pm

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RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

This course will help to strengthen an advanced study and analysis of the European Union constitutional law and government. The students will debate and discuss about fundamental documents of the EU, legal texts and doctrinal publications. This course also gives a comparative vision of the US and EU decision-making processes.

Contact: José Manuel Martínez Sierra.

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2014 Nov 17

Lawyers for Power or Powerful Lawyers? The Role and functioning the European Commission’s Legal Service Today

12:15pm to 2:00pm

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Cabot Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge.

RCC is pleased to announce this talk featuring Margarida Afonso, member of the Legal Service of the European Commission and Fellow at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.... Read more about Lawyers for Power or Powerful Lawyers? The Role and functioning the European Commission’s Legal Service Today

2014 Oct 28

American Poet Tino Villanueva

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

José Antonio Gurpegui, Member of the RCC Advisory Council and Professor of English Literature at Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, and David Yagüe, RCC Fellow and TA at Harvard University, are pleased to host this event that will be held at RCC.... Read more about American Poet Tino Villanueva

2015 Apr 20

Populisms in Greece and Spain

4:15pm to 6:00pm

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Cabot Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge.

RCC is pleased to announce the following lecture featuring Takis Pappas, Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute; Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies of the University of Macedonia, Greece, and Joaquin Almunia, former Vice-President, former Commissioner for Competition and former Commissioner Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

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