Keynote speaker: Dr.Sandra Kröger, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
Panel discussion: Gabriele Bischoff, President of the Workers' Group, EESC, Sian Jones, Policy Coordinator, European Anti-Poverty Network, Roman Haken, Member of the EESC (Group III)
Chair: Bart Vanhercke, OSE Director
The monograph Europeanised or European? Representation by civil society organisations in EU policy-making (2016) by Sandra Kröger looks at how agricultural, environmental and anti-poverty organisations engage with EU affairs; the ways they conceive of interest representation and the strategies they choose to represent their constituencies across regional, national and European levels of governance; and how being engaged with the EU affects them, focusing throughout on the perspectives that actors working in these organisations have on the above issues.
During this OSE Lunchtime Session, Sandra Kröger will be focusing on three questions: To what degree are civil society organisations Europeanized? Who are they addressing when they engage in political representation in EU affairs and with which strategies? And what are the incentives and disincentives for civil society organisation to become engaged with EU policy-making? Gabriele Bischoff, Sian Jones and Roman Haken will provide critical feedback, after which there will be ample time for discussion and questions from the audience.