The Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam is held by prof.univ.dr. Gabriela Carmen PASCARIU,  the director of the Centre for European Studies from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi. The Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam started in September 2013. The activities of the Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam can be subdivided into teaching, research, dissemination and events. The general aim of the project is the promotion and stimulation of the excellence in teaching, research and dissemination activities on topics concerning the European integration. The estimated impact of the project refers to the multidisciplinary knowledge on the European integration process; developing competences of understanding and analysis of the European environment; promoting the European integration courses in curricula and specialization programmes which are not associated with fields that usually include European topics; increasing the training component of the university and the training courses portfolio; support the training of specialists in the field of accessing structural and cohesion funds; developing didactic competences of the teaching staff included in the project, by stimulating the interest of creating new courses, new contents, new methodologies; enhancing the university performances in the European studies research; increasing the degree of relating university programmes /activities in the field of European studies to the needs of the civil society; growing the visibility of didactic resources and results, of research at the local, regional, national and international level; developing partnerships with other universities and cross-border cooperation. The main results/outputs of the project are: the realization of 7 courses (new and existing), 4 research activities, 2 books, 1 international conference in each year of funding, 18 lecture series, 1 contest of essays, the participation at international conferences and the publishing of the research results, the editing of conference proceedings, the elaboration of some brochures.
This project has been co-funded by the Lifelong Learning programme of the European Union:  Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam Grant No. 2013-3015 / 001 - 001  "EU sustainable development, regional cohesion and European policies" (application no. 542962-LLP-1-2013-1-RO-AJM-CL) This web site reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein