Training Materials
The IEP works with a number of subject-specific EU training materials on a variety of policy areas concerned with the process of European integration.
Central here is the EU Instructor's Handbook developed for EU training programmes. It is given to instructors on successful completion of their training programme as the key text for the seminars which they run themselves. The Instructor’s Handbook is a training manual that makes the fundamental legal and institutional structures, policies and decision-making processes of the European Union come alive, containing informative texts, methodological-didactic tips, visual aids and a comprehensive glossary. The Instructor’s Handbook has been translated into many local languages and is regularly updated to incorporate recent political developments.
The Handbook on the Absorption of EU Pre-accession Grants and Structural Funds contains information on the management and implementation of the EU pre-accession instruments known as ISPA and SAPARD.
The Handbook on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA Trainer Handbook, 2009) contains information on the European Union (history, institutional architecture and legal framework) and provides an overview of European Regional Policy. The focus of the handbook is on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). It provides background information on how IPA operates and the way it is planned. Moreover, local lecturers will learn how their idea, project or organisation could be supported by IPA funding an how IPA projects are managed successfully. Methods, techniques and training material for the trainers complement the volume.
Europe from A-Z (a paperback on European integration, currently in its eighth edition) is a reliable teaching and reference work on all the key aspects of European integration. Some 70 entries focus on institutions, the budget, processes, activities and challenges in European policy. Further practical information on day-to-day European politics (e.g. the EU on the internet) complement the volume.
