State Aid Master Class and Case Analysis - Montesquieu Instituut

Target Group

The Master Class is intended for public officials who already have a good understanding of state aid issues but want to improve their knowledge and skills on how to determine whether a public measure contains state aid and how to design state aid schemes that are compatible with EU rules. The Master Class is based on analysis of recent important Commission decisions and court rulings.

Description

The Master Class is run by EIPA’s experts on state aid, who have broad experience in working with public administrations. The working language is English. Extensive documentation is prepared by EIPA for use by participants.

Learning Methodology

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  Case based approach: all sessions are based on analysis of real cases.
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  Expert assessment: cases are critically and extensively examined and relevant issues are compared and contrasted to standard practice.
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  Practical skills: the aim of the Master Class is to impart knowledge that is directly useful in the every-day work of state aid officials.
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  Small size: the number of participants is limited, enabling extensive interaction.
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  Personal attention: the small number of participants guarantees that they have ample opportunity to discuss issues of concern directly to them.
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  Best practices: participants learn from each other about problems encountered as well as solutions adopted by public authorities dealing with state aid in various EU Member States.

Objectives

An innovative feature of this event is that participants are expected to introduce, for discussion, cases on which they are currently working. Participants are therefore required first to send, in advance, a summary of the case they wish to present and, second, to treat all material and information obtained during the Master Class confidentially (cases submitted by participants are not be circulated outside EIPA). The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 15 so as to facilitate discussion and maximise learning effects. Priority is given to former participants of the State Aid seminars.

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