Participating in the April-May 2021 online edition of the EUAcademy, themed “Bursting the Brussels bubble - Advocating for the public good: a Member State perspective”, made me much more aware of how I can strategically engage at the national level to contribute to more just policies across the EU.

I left the workshop feeling confident that I had gained practical tools and a theoretical understanding of why they worked and how to apply them strategically. I spent two days with capable, dedicated people who work every day to fight for the public interest.

The September 2020 EU Academy ‘Advocating for the public good in the wake of the coronavirus crisis’ gathered sixteen participants from diverse fields such as climate, sustainable development, and human rights.

An EUChanger Network webinar on EU decision-making & influencing in the COVID-19 era took place on June 26 2020 . We presented the results of a survey on the impacts of the coronavirus crisis on EU decision-making and influencing carried out in June 2020.

Led by Marc-Olivier Herman and Joost Mulder, the training combined the essentials of EU decision-making, insights from Council representatives and key steps of an advocacy strategy in a uniquely interactive format.

My original motivation to attend this training was to learn from practitioners in- and outside of the EU institutions. Indeed, in less than two days, I was given many more practical insights than in my Political Science and European Union studies at University