Jean Monnet Action

The Jean Monnet Action is a European Commission initiative, the objective of which is to promote knowledge on European integration. It has three main components:

  1. stimulating academic excellence in the field of European integration studies through the support for new teaching, research and debate activities at university level;
  2. fostering academic reflection on current policy priorities in the field of European integration via centralised high-level conferences and thematic groups (bringing together Jean Monnet professors, policy-makers and civil society in Brussels) and support for decentralised reflection activities all over the world;
  3. supporting major institutions active in the study of European integration.

The European Commission's support measures for European integration studies are open to the world. They provide a response to the need for knowledge about European integration and aim to prepare the new generation of European affairs specialists. In universities throughout the world, the goal is to give greater visibility, at both international and national levels, to scientific resources and academic activities in the field of European integration and European Union developments.

In the framework of the Jean Monnet Action, the term European integration studies is taken to mean the study of the construction of the European Community which led to the European Union and the institutional, legal, political, economic and social developments related to this process.

For more information on the Jean Monnet Action, including how to apply for funding, head to http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/ajm/index_en.html.

Last updated: 20 January 2006