An Introduction to European Intergovernmental OrganizationsAn 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. |
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Unanimity or Majority Voting in the Major Policy | |
Council of European Development Bank CEB | |
The European Free Trade Association EFTA | |
European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation Eurocontrol | |
European Patent Organization EPO | |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD | |
Nordic Investment Bank NIB | |
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation NEFCO | |
Nordic Development Fund NDF | |
Purposes | |
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation BSEC | |
Energy Community EC | |
POLITICAND SECURITY SECTORS | |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in European OSCE | |
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