Egidijus Barcevičius, Timo Weishaupt and Jonathan Zeitlin (eds.) (2014), Assessing the Open Method of Coordination: Institutional Design and National Influence of EU Social Policy Coordination. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, £71.00, 296 pp., hbk.

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 384-385
Author(s):  
ELKE HEINS
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Open Method ◽  
Open Method Of Coordination

The Open Method Of Coordination: Obstinate Or Obsolete?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Union ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Open Method ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Method Of Coordination ◽  
Eu Governance ◽  
National Economic ◽  
New Form

Policy coordination in one form or another has been a feature of EU governance for the past two decades. Developing initially as a mechanism through which to coordinate national economic policies in the shadow of economic and monetary union (EMU), and extending to the coordination of employment policies through the European Employment Strategy, by the 2000s, policy coordination was being heralded as a new form of governance to be deployed to achieve the aims of the Lisbon Strategy of economic and social reform. Indeed, such was the interest in this new form of EU governance, it even acquired its own distinctive nomenclature—the ‘open method of coordination’ (OMC).

Innovative Governance in EU Regional and Monetary Policy-Making

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 380-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingeborg Tömmel ◽  
Amy Verdun
Keyword(s):  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Member States ◽  
Open Method ◽  
Open Method Of Coordination ◽  
Governance Network ◽  
Political Steering ◽  
Institutional Actors ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
New Modes Of Governance

The European Council of Lisbon (December 2000) formally adopted the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as a means to implement the Lisbon Strategy, a package of policies aimed at promoting economic and social innovations in the member states. The Open Method of Coordination is a means of governance based on the cooperation of member states. The formal introduction of the OMC, based on policy coordination at European level in order to induce change in national policies, triggered a lively scholarly debate on the role of new modes of governance in the EU. New modes of governance are roughly defined as non-hierarchical forms of political steering that rely on policy coordination among a multitude of institutional actors and across government levels. Scholars have coined a variety of terms to capture the characteristics of these governance modes, such as soft modes of governance, network governance, multilevel governance, experimental governance or, as we call it here and elsewhere, innovative governance. Despite the wide variety of terms, scholars hold several assumptions in common. Thus, most scholars assume that new modes of governance have only recently emerged. Furthermore, they assume that such modes of governance particularly emerge in policy areas where the Union lacks competences, while some form of common action is needed. Finally, many scholars take it for granted that non–hierarchical modes of governance result in weak impacts.

Transformation of the system of the European union social policy management control methods

2017 ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
Iryna Butуrskaya
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Management Control ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Open Method ◽  
Open Method Of Coordination ◽  
Integration Management ◽  
European Regulatory ◽  
The Eu

The author examines liberal, governance, intergovernmental approaches and neofunctionalism in the EU and European integration management; constructs regional policy, comitology system, «European» regulatory agencies. They are considered as the elements that modify the traditional management control method in the EU. The governance approach is used for the analysis of interactions, which are often referred to "low" policy – daily regulation. It determines the «political face» of the EU. The approach uses multi-level governance concept and the open method of coordination. The first one has a narrow testing scope and aims to explain only the integration realities; the other one is more of a universal character. Attempts to comprehend this method face the lack of empirical research due to the relative novelty of the open method of coordination and complex combination of horizontal and vertical processes within it. Keywords: European Union, system of management methods, social policy

The cultural open method of coordination

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelia Psychogiopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Policy Coordination ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Member States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Open Method ◽  
Open Method Of Coordination ◽  
Cultural Field ◽  
Eu Policies ◽  
The Eu

Launched in 2008, the open method of coordination (OMC) in the policy area of culture in the European Union has been used to structure cultural cooperation between Member States, to promote the exchange of best practices and feed national and EU policies by making recommendations to national and European policy-makers. The purpose of this article is to investigate whether the cultural OMC has delivered on its objectives. Has the process been successful in structuring cooperation between Member States? Has it had an influence on Member States’ cultural policies and if yes, in what way(s)? Has it informed cultural activity in the EU, affecting the measures taken at EU level? Based on a broad range of EU policy documents, cultural OMC outputs and interviews held with the European institutions, Member States’ cultural authorities and OMC participants in the cultural field, this article presents an empirical analysis of the effects of the cultural OMC through two distinct cycles (2008-2010 and 2011-2014). The analysis seeks to deepen the understanding of policy coordination in culture – a policy area that is essentially reserved for Member States due to their sensitivities in this field.

scholarly journals CSDP and the open method of coordination: Developing the EU's comprehensive approach to security

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-122
Author(s):  
Simon Sweeney ◽  
Neil Winn
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Member States ◽  
Open Method ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Open Method Of Coordination ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy

How can we best describe the operation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), and how can we improve policy-making in CSDP? The Open Method of Coordination (OMC) is predicated on the conviction that there are clear limits to the extent that European Union (EU) foreign and security policy can be strengthened through the restricting tendencies of intergovernmental cooperation between EU member states. Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) - agreed by the European Council and 25 EU member states in 2017 - offers practical instruments towards delivering value-added capacity to the process of crisis management beyond intergovernmentalism. As a process, PESCO is analogous to the logic of OMC, including more appropriate levels of coordination at the national organisational level in order to effectively facilitate the EU's comprehensive approach to conflict prevention and crisis management. The requirement for new and 'open' types of EU foreign and security policy coordination is underlined by the immense differences between EU member states in external policy, both concerning national crisis management structures and the resulting inefficient segmentation of policy at the EU level. .

Social Partners

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Craig
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Open Method ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
Open Method Of Coordination ◽  
Privileged Position ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Partners ◽  
Formal Status

We saw in the previous chapter that the social partners were afforded a role in the Open Method of Coordination (OMC). This chapter considers the ways in which the social partners are involved in the making of EU policy. The discussion begins with the emergence of the social dialogue. This is followed by analysis of the Treaty articles, with more specific elaboration of the ways in which the social partners can participate in the making of social policy. The focus then turns to the role of the social partners in the making of agreements that can be transformed into formal law, the problems associated with this process, and the justifications offered for this privileged position. The ensuing discussion shifts to consideration of what are now known as autonomous agreements concluded by the social partners, which do not have the formal status of law, but which are important nonetheless. The chapter concludes by looking at less formal texts produced by the social partners through sectoral social committees, and the efforts that have been made to render these more effective than hitherto.

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