News and Activities

Lobbying, Advocacy and Cultural Diplomacy

Participants in the third edition of the in-person Summer School, held from July 20 to 24, 2026, had the opportunity to attend an international conference on cultural lobbying at the Senate of the Republic. Senator Antonio Nicita hosted the conference, which brought together speakers from Tunisia, Brazil, and the FAO.

Lobbying e partecipazione. Esperienze a confronto

As part of the third edition of the in-person Summer School, participants had the opportunity to meet and ask questions to the Vice President of the Chamber, Sergio Costa, and to the Member of Parliament Deborah Bergamini. Afterward, they were taken on a private tour of the Chamber.

Populismo e potere giudiziario

On January 30, 2026, Unitelma Sapienza University organised the online seminar on “Populism and Judicial Power”. Luiz Guilherme Arcaro Conci, professor of constitutional law in São Paulo (Brazil) delivered a keynote on the topic and he was joined in discussion by Tommaso Amico di Meane (ESADE Ramon Llull) and Carla Bassu (University of Sassari). At the end of the seminar, the call for applications for the third edition of the in-person Intensive Summer School PLAT-EU was launched.

Lobbying and Participation. Views from Latin America and the European Union

On January 9, 2025, Unitelma Sapienza University hosted the conference “Lobbying and Participation. Views from Latin America and the European Union”. Speakers included Vania Aieta Siciliano, professor of law at the University of Rio de Janeiro, and Francesco Clementi, professor of comparative public law at Sapienza University. At the end of the conference, the call for applications for the second edition of the in-person Intensive Summer School was launched.

Lobbying e partecipazione: esperienze e confronto

As part of the first edition of the in-person Intensive Summer School, held from July 1 to 5 2024, participants were hosted at the Chamber of Deputies on July 3. There, they had the opportunity to meet and speak with the Vice President of the Chamber, Sergio Costa, as well as with Member of Parliament Deborah Bergamini and Felice Assenza, Head of the Central Inspectorate Department for the Quality Protection and Fraud Prevention of Agri-food Products at the Ministry of Agriculture. Following the meeting, the students were taken on a private tour of the Chamber.

Jean Monnet Intensive Summer School on Participation, Lobbying andTransparency in the EU Institutions (PLAT.EU)

On Monday 22 April at 14:00, in hybrid modality, it was presented the call for application for the participation in the first edition of the Jean Monnet Intensive Summer School onPARTICIPATION, LOBBYING AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE EU INSTITUTIONS.

On Monday 13 May at 11:00 a.m. the selection of the participants to the first edition of the Jean Monnet Intensive Summer School on PARTICIPATION, LOBBYING AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE EU INSTITUTIONS ended with the meeting of the monitoring committee.

On Monday 24 June all preparatory video lectures and the Training Material Package have been published on the ESSE3 public platform;

The [PLAT.EU] Summer School will start on Monday 1 July, with a class of 25 participants from EU and non-EU countries such as Australia, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia.