Good and bad governance: Institutions in Romania and the Rule of Law
Rule of law and effective government are highly dependent on the quality of the institutions created to enforce it. During EU accession negotiations, much effort was put into establishing such institutions, with the best possible legislative framework to underpin them. Experience since accession has shown that much also depends on other factors – the people who lead them; their capacity and those of their institutions to resist the pressure of vested interests; elements of the surrounding political and security environment, etc. This panel will look at Romania’s experience in this respect – how successful are the good institutions and why, and is there a risk that even the good ones can decline or be misused? Recent events in Romania have demonstrated clearly some of the problems that continue.
Date: 3 December 2015, 16:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site
Venue Details: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Speakers: Bogdan Chiritoiu (Romanian Competition Council), Emanuel Coman (Corpus Christi College, Oxford), Sorin Moisa (MEP, European Parliament), Laura Stefan (Expert Forum, Romania), Kalypso Nicolaidis (St Antony's College)
Organising department: European Studies Centre
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: julie.adams@sant.ox.ac.uk
Host: Jonathan Scheele (St Antony's College, Oxford)
Part of: SEESOX
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Julie Adams