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Sub
Rosa
'Sub
Rosa' is a Latin term
meaning "Under the Rose"
taken from the practice
of diplomacy during the
Middle Ages when hanging
a rose over a meeting
was a sign of
confidentiality and the
freedom to speak openly
and candidly.
'Sub
Rosa' is a confidential,
high level, European
policy discussion forum
sponsored by an informal
partnership between the
Scottish Executive and
the two government
Development Agencies for
Scotland - Scottish
Enterprise and Highlands
and Islands
Enterprise.
The
exercise is intended as
a Scotland-led
contribution to the EU
policy formulation
process. The aim is to
provide a facility where
senior European
Commission officials
could have an
opportunity - in a
totally confidential
setting - to exchange
views with, and receive
ideas from, key
academics and
practitioners selected
from a wide range of
Member States and
regions.
- Sub
Rosa 2007 - Scenarios
for Rural
Europe
The
Sub Rosa Discussion on 9
- 10 March 2007 at the
'Scenarios for Rural
Europe: the Future of
Agriculture Policy'
conference focused on
four themes relevant to
the upcoming changes to
the CAP: Environment,
Cohesion, Globalisation
and
Consumers.
A
discussion paper was
produced by an
independent consultant
firm, Pareto Consulting
to help focus the
debate. Following the
Sub Rosa discussions
conclusions of the event
were incorporated in the
final paper, which is
available on the
Scottish
Executive
website.
- Regional
Policies after
2006
The
first 'Sub Rosa' took
place in September 2000
and examined 'European
Regional Policy after
Enlargement'. The second
event took place in June
2003 under the title
'Regional
Policies after 2006 -
complementarity or
conflict?'
On
27 April 2004, a Sub
Rosa discussion forum
was held to inform the
debate on
subsidiarity in
light of the draft
Constitutional Treaty.
Participants
included officials from
the European Commission,
the Council, the
European Parliament, the
Committee of the
Regions, the European
Court of Justice, the
Council of Europe,
national governments,
Brussels Offices of
regions represented in
the Association of
regions with Legislative
Powers (REGLEG),
representatives of local
and regional authorities
and academics.
The
final discussion paper
is available, in 6
languages,
here:
Sub
Rosa Discussion on
Subsidiarity
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Dutch
Held
on 22 October 2004, this
seminar examined the use
of the Commission's new
consultation
arrangements and ways of
ensuring that impact
assessments on new
legislative proposals
are as useful as
possible.
A
discussion
paper
prepared by a team
of academics from
Glasgow and Edinburgh
Universities provided
the basis for the
seminar.
French
German
Dutch
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
- Better
Regulation - Clarity
and
Transparency
On
1 December 2005 a
further Sub Rosa
discussion took place on
the clarity and
transparency of EU
legislation and its
effects on businesses,
in particular
SMEs.
Final
discussion
paper
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