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Europe on the Way to a CommonConstitutionDate : 6-9 June 2002Place : Trier, GermanyLanguage : English, GermanContact Information :ELSA TrierUniversität TrierFachschaft JuraD - 54286 TrierPh. : +49 651 2012150E-mail : trier@elsa-germany.orgAndre EichhoferPh : +49-651-9963318Email : eich4101@uni-trier.dewww.eu-constitution.de.tfLaw of the MediaDate : 20 - 23 June 2002Place : Hamburg, GermanyLanguage : EnglishContact Information :ELSA HamburgSchlüterstr. 28D-20146 HamburgTel. +49 40 44809838Email: hamburg@elsa-germany.orgMartina von KossakPh : +49-40-64531755Email : vonkossak@web.deJulyELSA House Training WeekDate : 7 - 14 July 2002Place : Brussels, BelgiumLanguage : EnglishContact Information :ELSA International239, Boulevard Général JacquesB - 1050 BrusselsTel : +32 2 646 26 26Fax : +32 2 646 29 23E-mail: elsa@brutele.beWebsite : www.elsa.orgVilnius Law School onEnvironmental LawHuman right to healthy environmentvs. right to free commercial activityPlace : Vilnius LithuaniaDate : 9 – 18 July 2002Language : EnglishContcat Information :ELSA VilniusKristina StankevicPh. : +370 611 12363Fax : +370 2 366287Email : elsakristinai@yahoo.comHuman Rights and Challenges ofGlobalisationPlace : Dubrovnik, CroatiaDate : 13 – 21 July 2002Language : EnglishContact Information :ELSA ZagrebIlijana KresicPhone: +385 1 48 024 33Fax: +385 1 48 02 421(''att: ELSA Zagreb'')E-mail: dubrovnik_comms@yahoo.comWebsite: www.elsa-zagreb.hr/dubrovnikMediation – Alternative DisputeResolutionPlace : Copenhagen, DenmarkDate : 30 July – 4 August 2002Language : EnglishContact Information :ELSA CopenhagenVicki Erfurt LarsenPhone: +45 48 26 01 92 /25 34 01 92Email: sc_elsacph@hotmail.comWebsite: www.elsa.dkSeptemberWorld Summit on SustainableDevelopmentPlace : Johannesburg, South AfricaDate : 2 - 11 September 20Language : EnglishContact Information :ELSA International239, Blvd. General Jaques, 1050,Brussels, BelgiumTel: +32 2 646 2626 Fax: +32 2 646 2923E-mail: elsa@brutele.beGet your Article on European Law published in ELSA’s Selected Papers on European Law!Selected Papers on European Law (SPEL) is the law review of ELSA and is published twice a year as a web journal on the websiteof ELSA International.SPEL provides an international readership of mainly academics and students with a source of literature that rarely finds its wayto the regular legal periodicals: high-quality papers written by students in the scope of their legal courses as well as academics.At the same time students throughout Europe are offered an incentive to contribute to the development of the fields of lawthat SPEL deals with as well as to increase their academic and language skills. Articles on Private and Public European Law areselected and edited by and under supervision of Richard Crowe, Head of the Academy of European Law in Trier, Germany.Students and academics are strongly encouraged to submit any paper that meets the requirements set out below.For more information please visit www.elsa.org/publications/papers.asp19
A Look into the IFP FutureJosé Esteban Mucientes MansoELSA InternationalAs you might know, 2002 isthe last year of the three-yearInternationalFocusProgramme, the IFP : TheInformation Society : the legalchallenges! Now it is time tolook back and then turn ourlook into a bright future : Thenew topic for 2003-2005.Why an International FocusProgramme?For a start, I will explain the main aims ofthe IFP. As all of you might not read thedecisions of ELSA relating to this programme,I will write them down here, soyou don’t have to read them in order tounderstand this article. Even thoughELSA’s regulations regulate the generalInternational FocusProgramme (IFP)The International Focus Programme(IFP) seeks to provide a specific themefor the whole of ELSA to focus itsefforts on, over a three-year period.The theme reflects a 'hot legal topic'in Europe and the world, therebyenabling ELSA to have an impact onlaw students, society and the internationalcommunity.The IFP includes the organisation of aseries of local, national and internationalevents, as well as anInternational IFP Conference. In addition,a comprehensive book examiningthe outcome of the IFP is publishedand distributed to universities,schools, governments, non-governmentalorganisations and other relevantsocial partners.points, all the examples in this article willbe about the current topic.Beginning at the beginning there areseveral points in the programme regulationsunder the title aims and objectives,which regulate why ELSA has an IFP. Theaims and objectives of this programmeare as follows:> Make use of the unique ELSA networkin order to create awareness amongsttoday’s law students, tomorrow’slawyers;> Utilise the ELSA network in a programmewhich directly involves all localgroups in the same activity;> Create a forum where law studentsand young lawyers can gather and discussa current theme;> Make it possible for ELSA to have animpact on the environment we are livingin;> Give law students and young lawyersall over Europe a voice gathering alltheir diverse opinions and ideas;> Consolidate ELSA’s work and produceconcrete results of a high standard;> Provide a forum which allows for continuitywithin ELSA and sets out a commongoal for all ELSA members to worktowards.And you will be wondering: what arethese abstract ideas all about? It is assimple as this : To create a forum whereall ELSA members can discuss about aspecific and hot legal topic during severalyears in order to reach to conclusions.Now, I will divide this sentence into fourparts, and explain the most importantpoints of the IFP.To create a forum for all ELSA membersAbout the forum (the first part of themain sentence): Where (or how) can weas future lawyers discuss this hot legaltopic? The IFP involves all key areas ofELSA. Meaning you can discuss about thetopic in a seminar, in a legal researchgroup or work for an IT company or lawfirm willing to have professional traineeswho are comfortable with both sides ofthe topic: the technical as well as thelegal. Also, some of our members havetaken part in UNCITRAL sessions on relatingtopics, giving ELSA’s point of view insuch an important forum.A specific and hot legal topicOf course, you are wondering which topicsare suitable to be an IFP theme (thatis how we label the hot legal topic) andhow the IFP theme is selected. The IFPtheme is adopted by the Council (in ourcase the next topic will be decided at theInternational Council Meeting in AlanyaAutumn 2002). The selection is based ona feasibility study of several topics selectedat the preceding CM.The requirements of the topics to beconsidered are as follows: The IFP thememust have a legal base and be sufficientlybroad to allow us to have an impacton our legal environments. Therefore,there must be enough subtopics to bediscussed for a long period of time. Forinstance, the IFP theme chosen for thecurrent IFP has these requirements: It isbroad enough since it has severalsubtopics in several fields of law such asdata protection, intellectual property,electronic signatures, criminal act onlineetc. It also allows us to have an impacton our legal environments by a highinterest for the theme among students,meaning lots of law students have takenpart in all these seminars, conferences,legal research groups etc.During Several YearsWhen the regulations mention broad,they are not only referring to the differentsubtopics that can be included in theIFP theme, but also to the timeline of theIFP theme, that is: 2 years and 9 months.The next IFP theme will enter into forcein the Spring Council Meeting of the firstyear (our case the International CouncilMeeting after Alanya, which will be heldin the historical city of Athens, wheremost of the modern theories were born).So, the need of having a long lastingtopic is what I refer to in this articlewhen talking about several years.During this period, all our levels (international,national and local) must organiseevents and activities on the IFP themeas mentioned before. But also, all levelsof our organisation must prepare packageswith information, in order to createa general idea about the IFP theme.Therefore I am currently preparing apackage about the current IFP theme,
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