Held by prof. Paul Dobrescu and Loredana Calinescu, MSc, this course aims to provide students enrolled in the 1st semester of MSc programme in Project Management with introductory notions and theories referring to EU Communication Policy and the necessary tools and capabilities to analyse case studies referring to EU Communication Policy. Course topics: Introduction: communication, public communication, public consultation and participation; EU Communication Policy: rationale, background and history, main responsibilities at EU level and institutional framework. Public Opinion within EU framework; EC Action Plan on Public Communication: assumptions, principles, outcomes; Plan D for democracy, dialogue and debate: focus on institutional responsibilities; Green Paper on a European Communication Policy: underlining the citizen role; White Paper on a European Communication Policy: closing the gap; Communicating Europe in Partnership: building an European public sphere. Requested lectures (selection): - Democracy in the European Union: Towards the Emergence of a Public Sphere (Routledge Advances in European Politics) by Liana Giorgi, 2004;
- Understanding the European Union: A Short Introduction, Second Edition by John McCormick, 2003;
- Democracy and the Information Society in Europe by Forward Studies Unit at the European Commission, 2005;
- An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community by Fred E. Jandt, 2001;
- Participation and Policy Making in the European Union by Young Wallace, Alasdair R. Young, and Helen Wallace, 2004;
- Broadcasting in the European Union - The Role of Public Interest in Competition Analysis by Ingrid Nitsche, 2003;
- ****Green Paper on a European Communication Policy, 2006 (source: www.ec.europa.eu)
- ****White Paper on a European Communication Policy, 2006 (source: www.ec.europa.eu)
- ****Communicating Europe in Partnership, EC - Directorate General Communication, 2007 (source: www.ec.europa.eu)
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