This two-day seminar offers an explanatory overview of EU decision-making in the budgetary field and concentrates on the ongoing debates and negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 (MFF). How do EU institutions prepare, adopt, execute and discharge an EU budget after the Lisbon Treaty? How do practices develop in budgetary procedures? Get familiar with the complexity of the decision-making process in the budgetary field and main issues and changes!

This two-day course offers participants an intensive practical introduction to impact assessment in EU decision-making. It explains why impact assessment has become an increasingly important part of the policy-making and legislative processes in the EU. It discusses the key analytical steps followed by the European Commission in preparing an impact assessment, as well as the main quantitative and qualitative techniques and tools available.

How to reach Vision Zero in road och and railway safety? The aim of Towards Zero Conference is to provide new impetus to the promotion of road and railway safety at the the strategic level. The main focus will be on best practice, innovation and future challenges.

Policy makers, together with high-level representatives from industry and international academia will share their experiences, aim to find common goals and discuss the way forward.