Drawing on the experience of its NEC and RELINK Programmes in connecting with the Romanian academic milieu, NEC initiated in 2003, with support from Higher Education Support Programme (HESP) in Budapest, a programme that aimed to contribute more consistently to the advancement of higher education in major Romanian academic centers (Bucharest, Cluj–Napoca, Iaşi, Timişoara). Teams consisting of two academics from different universities in Romania, assisted by a PhD student offered joint courses for the duration of one term in a discipline within the fields of humanities and social sciences. The programme supported innovative courses, conceived so as to meet the needs of the host universities. The grantees participating in the Programme received monthly stipends, a substantial support for ordering literature relevant to their courses, as well as funding for inviting guest lecturers from abroad and for organizing scientific events.

Răzvan PANTELIMON was part of a team which also included Anton CARPINSCHI, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Political Science, Al.I. Cuza University of Iaşi; President, Committee of Political Sciences, National Council for Academic Accreditation (1994-2006) and Alexandra IONESCU, Associate Professor, Institute of Political Research, University of Bucharest.

Host Institutions: Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest and Department of Political Science, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi
Title of Course: European Political Typologies: The Political Duality of the Unified Europe (M.A. curricular course)
Targeted Audience: M.A. students and Ph.D. students in Political Science at both universities