Meeting reports are prepared for most CSDN meetings. They are intended to capture the main points of the discussions and the recommendations provided.


Policy Meetings

• Implementing the Responsibility to Protect Principle: UN, EU and civil society perspectives (February 2017, Brussels)

• The 2015 Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy: Civil Society perspectives on the implementation of the security dimension (January 2017, Brussels)

• High-Level Seminar: Conflict Prevention in the EU Global Strategy: From Policy to Action (October 2016, Brussels)

• Peacebuilding in the EU Global Strategy: Gathering civil society input (February 2016, Brussels)

• The EU-wide Strategic Framework for Security Sector Reform: Consultation workshop with civil society organisations (December 2015, Brussels)

• The 2015 Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy: a peacebuilding perspective (June 2015, Brussels)

• The EU and Peacebuilding: Taking Stock (March 2015)

• Capacity building in support of security and development: Gathering civil society input (March 2015, Brussels)

• Protection of Civilians: Key international debates and the role of the EU (February 2015)

• Masculinity and Violence: How Do Gender Identities Relate to Violent Conflict? (January 2015)

• Refreshing Indicators for the EU’s Women, Peace and Security Policy (January 2015)

• Youth in Conflicts: Agents for Peace or Recruits for Armed Groups? (December 2014, Brussels)

• Global Peace Index 2014: Peace, Institutions and Assessing Conflict Risk (June 2014, Brussels)

Geographic Meetings

• Civil society perspectives on lessons learned from conflict prevention and peacebuilding approaches to addressing the root causes of (i) forced migration and (ii) violent extremism in the Horn of Africa (June 2016, Brussels)

• Nagorno-Karabakh: Continuing EU support for building peace – Gathering civil society input (May 2015, Brussels)

• Armed violence and capacities for peace in Iraq: Actors, causes, impact and EU responses (December 2014, Brussels)

In-country Dialogue Meetings

• Mise en œuvre de l’Accord-cadre pour la paix, la sécurité et la coopération pour la RDC et la région : quel rôle pour la société civile et pour l’UE ? (September 2014, Bukavu)

• Looking forward in Myanmar’s peace process: How can the EU and civil society provide constructive support? (May 2014, Yangon)

• Mise en œuvre de l’Accord-cadre pour la paix, la sécurité et la coopération pour la RDC et la région : quel soutien la communauté internationale, en particulier l’UE, peut-elle apporter à la société civile congolaise ? (March 2014, Kinshasa)

Funding Instruments Meetings

• Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace – Consultation on 2017 programming (November 2016, Brussels)

• Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace – Consultation on 2016 programming (October 2015, Brussels)

• Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace – Consultation on 2015 programming (October 2014, Brussels)

• Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace – Updates on programming; building links to other EU external financing instruments (April 2014, Brussels)

Member State Meetings

• EU Conflict Prevention after the EU Global Strategy: A Look at Mediation and Security Sector Reform (November 2016, Helsinki)

• The EU and the Netherlands’ engagement on fragility: Building on the 2030 Agenda (April 2016, The Hague, Netherlands)

• The EU, conflict prevention and peacebuilding: State of play and the role of civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) (October 2014, Vienna, Austria)

The EU in International Peacebuilding Meetings

• The 2015 UN Reviews: Civil Society Perspectives on EU Implementation (February 2016, Brussels)

• Review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture: The perspective of civil society and the EU (April 2015, Brussels)