In the current global context, marked by globalization and the increasing complexity and conflict across numerous areas, International Organizations are gaining growing importance. At the forefront is the United Nations, which holds a central position: its origin and later development, the analysis of its purposes and principles, its organizational structure, and its main functions.
Attention will also be given to other International Organizations, both universal and regional. Lastly, as a major regional organization, the European Union will be analyzed in terms of its political system, historical evolution, institutions, processes, and key actors.
In this context, the subject International Organizations and Institutions of the European Union provides a specialized profile for careers in international civil service, political consultancy, and other roles for which a graduate degree qualifies students.
UNIT 1: Introduction to International Organizations
Topic 1: International Organizations in the contemporary international system
1.1. Origin and historical development of International Organizations
1.2. Theoretical foundations
1.3. Rise of organizational phenomena and globalization
Topic 2: Mechanisms of intergovernmental cooperation and actors in International Relations
2.1. International Organizations as subjects of International Law and actors in International Relations
2.2. Classification criteria
2.3. Material and legal resources of International Organizations
2.4. Formation of will
UNIT 2: The United Nations
Topic 3: Origin and subsequent evolution
3.1. Historical context, background, and creation of the UN
3.2. Purposes and principles
Topic 4: Organizational structure and main functions
4.1. Main bodies
4.2. Key functions in various fields
4.3. Specialized agencies
UNIT 3: Other International Organizations
Topic 5: Universal organizations
5.1. World Health Organization (WHO)
5.2. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
5.3. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Topic 6: Regional organizations
6.1. Council of Europe
6.2. NATO
UNIT 4: Analysis of the political system of the European Union: History, institutions, processes, and actors
Topic 7: The European Union from a historical-evolutionary perspective
7.1. The idea of Europe
7.2. ECSC and EEC
7.3. Evolution from the EEC to the EU: from Rome to Lisbon
Topic 8: The Institutions of the European Union
8.1. Characteristics of the institutional system
8.2. Main institutions and their development
8.3. Other elements of the institutional architecture
Topic 9: Processes and actors of the European Union
9.1. Main internal challenges
9.2. Problems in the EU neighborhood
9.3. Internal and external actors in the international context
Ordinary Call:
To be eligible for evaluation in the ordinary call, students must have completed all the assessable activities. These activities must be submitted within the deadlines indicated by the lecturer. If, for a duly justified reason and previously communicated to the lecturer, a student is unable to submit the activities within the set timeframe, they may do so before the date of the final exam, so the lecturer can evaluate them?although in such cases, the lecturer is not obliged to provide feedback on those activities.
Additionally, students have the right to sit the final written exam even if they have not submitted all other assessable activities. However, the final grade for the course will only be calculated if all required activities have been submitted and according to the evaluation criteria and weightings established in this course guide.
If any assessable activity has not been completed or submitted, the final grade will be recorded as "Not Submitted" for that call.
Extraordinary Call:
The evaluation criteria are the same as for the ordinary call, meaning all assessable activities for the course must be submitted. Grades for activities already completed (including the final written exam) will be retained until the remaining activities are completed.
The same weighting criteria as in the ordinary call will be applied. This measure is valid only for the current academic year. If the student fails to pass the extraordinary call, re-enrollment will require repeating the entire course.
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