Both meetings were chaired by Sylvain Mérenne, President of the Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ).

Representatives of various organisations and leading experts were convened for the purpose of exploring this topic, with a view to scoping the confines of a prospective ELI project in the field.

At the first meeting, participants presented and discussed the topics they submitted in advance of that gathering. The second meeting constituted an opportunity to discuss proposals in more depth and to prepare a recommendation for ELI bodies. 

Jean-Bernard Auby (Emeritus Public Law Professor of Sciences Po Paris), Michal Bobek (Professor, University of Vienna; Judge at the Supreme Administrative Court, Czech Republic; Former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice), Karoline Bülow (First Chairwoman of the Association of German Administrative Judges), Edoardo Chiti (Professor of Administrative Law, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies), Giacinto Della Cananea (Professor, Bocconi University), Mariolina Eliantonio (Professor of European and Comparative Administrative Law and Procedure, Maastricht University), Lena Enqvist (Associate professor in Law, Umeå University), Minas Konstantinidis (Legal Adviser at the Legal Service of the European Commission), Päivi Leino-Sandberg (Professor of Transnational European Law, University of Helsinki), Joana Mendes (Full professor in European Public Law, University of Luxembourg), Lisette Mustert (Professor of Administrative law at Utrecht University, member of the Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE)), Juhana Niemi (Vice-President of the Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ)), Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (ELI President, Professor, Full Professor of Commercial Law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Marta Simoncini (Associate Professor, Department of Law and Institutions, Luiss University), Henrik Wenander (Professor of Public Law, Lund University), Ferdinand Wollenschläger (Professor, University of Augsburg), Alison Young (Vice-President, Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA); Professor, University of Cambridge)and Christiane Wendehorst (Professor, University of Vienna, ELI Scientific Director) participated in the meetings.

Participants were joined Tomasz Dudek (ELI Senior Project Officer).

ELI would like to express its gratitude to the above experts for their valuable contributions, which will be further consolidated and considered by ELI bodies.