Europolit will host its first workshop, titled “Approaching the EU – Practitioners Views” on January 15th 2011 in Cologne. There will be three Speakers, who will give short speeches about their experiences on how to approach the EU.

Andrew Byrne, wo was the managing director of “Generation Yes”, the irish pro-Referendum campaign will speak about his experiences on how to approach the EU. He has founded and built up the organization together with some friends. He will be able to speak about how to retrieve Information and how to approach them under these special circumstances.

Hans H. Stein is the Director of the Representation of the State North-Rhine Westphalia to the European Union. he will be able to tell about the Role of public Lobbying and the Problems and Opportunities that his position bring with it.

Thomas Traguth is a lecturer of the Jean Monnet Chair of Professor Wolfgang Wessels at the University of Cologne. He obtains a Masters degree of the College of Europe as well as the University of Oxford. He is researching European Integration and will explain some basics of the political system of the EU.

Also the team of Europolit will share their experiences in approaching the EU and will invite all guests to share their experiences as well.

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