ABSTRACT
An Introduction to European Intergovernmental Organizations provides an up-to-date and accessible reference to European intergovernmental organizations other than the European Union. The EU is so dominant that people often overlook the multitude of older and newer, smaller and larger intergovernmental organizations rooted in the history of contemporary Europe which continue to help shape its future. The specialized character of these organizations adds value to cooperation in Europe as a whole, creates permanent channels of communication regardless of EU membership and allows the possibility for non-European involvement through organizations such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and NATO. It also allows sub regional groups of states, such as the Nordic countries or the Benelux countries to exist and express their own identity via their own organizations. This book looks at the history of Non-EU organizations, their decision-making characteristics, membership policies, legal powers actions and interactions with each other and the European Union. A uniform scheme of analysis is used to make European intergovernmental organizations comparable and by studying them we gain a deeper understanding and insight into European affairs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
part |113 pages
Economic and Financial Sectors
chapter |8 pages
The Benelux Union
chapter |10 pages
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
chapter |14 pages
European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)
chapter |12 pages
European Patent Organization (EPO)
chapter |12 pages
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
chapter |6 pages
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
chapter |4 pages
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
chapter |6 pages
Nordic Development Fund (NDF)
chapter |6 pages
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)
chapter |10 pages
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
chapter |10 pages
Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
chapter |8 pages
The Energy Charter Conference (ECC)
chapter |6 pages
Energy Community (EC)
part |53 pages
Political and Security Sectors
chapter |12 pages
Council of Europe
chapter |12 pages
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
chapter |16 pages
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
chapter |6 pages
Baltic Cooperation
part |39 pages
Science
chapter |8 pages
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
chapter |10 pages
The European Southern Observatory (ESO)
chapter |10 pages
European Space Agency (ESA)
part |41 pages
River Commissions and Environmental Organizations