Capacity Building
Aim and Purposes
The two major aims of UNU-CRIS capacity–building activities are to enhance human resources and to strengthen institution building for regional integration in developing countries. This involves ‘human’ capacity building through the provision of higher university programmes for students from developing or transition countries, and ‘institutional’ capacity building through training of public officials to incorporate regional integration into their national development strategies. All activities of UNU-CRIS to provide capacity building will be based upon the principles and guidelines of the UNU system as embodied in the UNU Charter.
List of ongoing activities and status of the implementation
Visiting Researchers
UNU-CRIS hosts every year a number of researchers spending a period of time in Bruges. Some researchers come in the framework of the GARNET Network of Excellence, provided with a mobility grant. Visiting Researchers within GARNET can stay at UNU-CRIS from a minimum of one month up to a year.
UNU-CRIS offers the opportunity for university professors, researchers, and other professionals with a background in regional integration to spend research time in Bruges, for periods from 3 to 12 months.
Visiting researchers may conduct research on a topic related to the academic research programme of the centre, or contribute to the training and capacity-building initiatives linked to the broad area of regional integration
For more information consult research opportunities
Ph.D. School
The Network of Ph.D. schools is part of the GARNET Network of Excellence-financed by the 6th FP of the European Commission which focuses on “Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: the role of the EU”. The network of Ph.D. schools is jointly co-ordinated by UNU-CRIS and the Institut d’Etudes Européennes at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), under the scientific supervision of an Academic Council. During the five years of the GARNET project, at least 9 Ph.D. seminars will be organised.
For an overview of the programmes of past Ph.D. Schools, click below:
Ph.D. School 1
Short-term training and capacity-building activities
UNU-CRIS staff performs a number of short-term training and capacity-building courses (general and customised) in the area of regional integration mainly aimed at students and administrative personnel in developing countries.
Traineeships for graduate students
UNU-CRIS offers unpaid trainee positions for recent graduates whose background and interests respond to some topics in regional integration that fall within the UNU-CRIS Academic Programme. Duties combine research and administrative tasks based on the needs of the organisation at the time of the internship. The internship entails flexible hours (full-time or part-time) and is for maximum 6 months. For more information about the procedure consult the internship page.