The course focuses on the analysis of the European Union  as a  supranational, administrative-law-based Union. After an introductory general part,  which aims at  making the students understand which are  the most important institutional mechanisms in place and how they actually work, the focus will be put on the  administrative functions and their peculiarities in the context of the Europe Union framework. The second part of the course will be devoted  to the discussion of specific topics with specific relevance in the perspective of how Public Administration can play a central role in enhancing equitable and sustainable development goals in the context of the Europe Union (and even beyond).