UMA-JMCE
The European Commission, within the framework of the Erasmus + Program, has awarded the University of Malaga a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence that will develop the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence project on European and Global Studies and Research, under the acronym UMA-JMCE.
A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence is a focal point of competence and knowledge about the European Union which brings together the experience and expertise of high-level experts. Among its activities, the following stand out: the organization and coordination of human resources and documentaries related to the studies of the European Union; leading research activities on specific issues of the European Union (research function); the development of content and tools on EU subjects to update and complement current courses and curricula (teaching function); promote debate and exchange of experiences on the EU (reflection function); systematic publication of the results of the research activities (dissemination function).
It aims to develop synergies between the different disciplines and resources in European studies, as well as in the creation of joint transnational activities and structural links with institutions from different countries. It also aims to guarantee the opening of the process of community integration to civil society.
Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence have, therefore, an important role in reaching the students of the European Union, as well as those responsible for policy formulation, officials, society and the public in general.
UMA Center of Excellence Jean Monnet of the UMA (UMA-JMCE) is configured as a strategic project integrated in the Campus of International Excellence of the University of Malaga (ICE AndTech). The strategic objective of the Center is to become a tool to provide knowledge and lifelong learning to civil society on European and global issues. Its ultimate goal is to promote and achieve a high degree of excellence in training, research, information, dissemination and awareness of the EU and its relations with the rest of the world, both academic and non-academic. It pursues innovation and promotion entrepreneurship towards the modernization of the provincial and regional economy as well as its international projection.
From a European perspective, the proposal aims to contribute to the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
Its activities include the management of the Master in European and Global Studies, joint research agreements with the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels or the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris, collaboration agreements with other Centers such as the Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI) in Rome or the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome, among others. It also includes the implementation of specialized courses in the EU, courses on European resource management for local development, info-days on specific community issues or the educational project "Tell my Your Europe" in secondary education institutes.
