Who we are

The Group of Lecce (GoL) reunites experts in international law, finance, and economics who share an interest in the development of democratic and effective institutions of global governance. Originally established in early 2009 at the Scuola Superiore ISUFI (Euromediterranean Law and Politics Section), under the auspices of the University of Salento, Lecce (Italy), the GoL has recently evolved into a fully-fledged, independent association, with a statute of a think-tank. The GoL is fundamentally motivated by the need to strengthen economic and financial multilateralism, by reviving the international cooperative spirit that inspired the Bretton Woods agreements of 1944 within the global context of our times. Such a belief has led the GoL to propose economic and institutional reforms, and to submit them to the Leaders of the G20 in anticipation of their periodic summits.

Our Mission

FUTURE EVENT

After the successful workshop of 2011 on the effectiveness and legitimacy of global governance, The Group of Lecce, in cooperation with the Università del Salento (Lecce, Italy), is organizing its second international event and, on 31 May – June 1, 2013 will host in Lecce the conference “Global finance between rigor and growth: which implications for international governance?”.

The Conference programme can be downloaded here.

If you would attend or for requesting information please contact us at CLOAKING

La BCE sul filo della legittimità comunitaria

We publish a paper of Prof. Susanna Cafaro, "La BCE sul filo della legittimità comunitaria", which can be downloaded here.

Italy, Europe: Please Do Something!

An article by Biagio Bossone, published by EconoMonitor: A Roubini Global Economics Project

Biagio Bossone's latest commentary on VoxEu

Here you can find the latest commentary of Biagio Bossone, just released on VoxEu:

Time for the Eurozone to shift gear: Issuing euros to finance new spending

The crisis in peripheral Europe is deepening and spreading to the core of Europe. This column argues that it’s time for the Eurozone to shift gear. Eurozone members should use the Emergency Liquidity Assistance facility provided for under the statute of the European System of Central Banks to undertake ‘overt money financing’ of government debt. Greater cooperation – for a time – between central banks and fiscal authorities is, despite arguments to the contrary, in no way inconsistent with the independence of the central banks.

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