Civil Society Dialogue Network Publications

Discussion papers are intended to contribute to the overall CSDN by stimulating discussion and reflection on pertinent peacebuilding issues. It is envisaged that they will inform future CSDN events.

• The EU and conflict prevention in Jordan – Dr Laura Davis & Fatima Ayub (March 2017)
• Assessing EU response to conflict: military action, diplomatic capacity and normative power – Catherine Woollard & Professor Bruno Coppieters (March 2016)
• The EU and peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo – Dr Laura Davis (February 2015)
• Peacebuilding in Ukraine: What Role for the EU? – Natalia Mirimanova (August 2014)

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

• Peace and Security in the Post-2015 Framework: What Role for Civil Society in influencing and implementing? (November 2013, Brussels)

• The UN Guidance for Effective Mediation: Translating the Fundamentals into EU Practice (November 2013, Brussels)

• Expert workshop on monitoring the implementation of the EU Comprehensive Approach to UNSCR 1325 (June 2013, Brussels)

• The EU’s Comprehensive Approach to External Action: Gathering Civil Society Input (January 2013, Brussels)

• Private Sector and Conflict (October 2012, Brussels)

• Peacebuilding and Development (October 2012, Brussels)

• EEAS Early Warning Tools (July 2012, Brussels)

• From Combatants to Statebuilders – Armed Groups in Participatory Peace Processes (February 2012, Brussels)

• Women, Peace and Security in EU Common Security and Defence Policy Missions and Operations (June 2011, Brussels)

• EU Support for Security Sector Reform: Learning from the EU Common Security and Defence Policy Missions and other EU support in Guinea-Bissau and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (May 2011, Brussels)

• Women’s Participation in Peace Processes (November 2010, Brussels)

• The EU, Peacebuilding and Situations of Fragility (November 2010, Brussels)

Geographic Meetings

• Guinea-Bissau: Peacebuilding responses to impunity and exclusiveness (June 2013, Brussels) (versão em português)

• European Union–League of Arab States co-operation and the EU response to changes in the Arab region: Views from civil society (June 2013, Valletta)

• Mise en œuvre de l’Accord-cadre pour la paix, la sécurité et la coopération pour la RDC et la région, et stratégie de l’UE : quelles actions prioritaires ? (May 2013, Brussels)

• Supporting Myanmar’s Evolving Peace Processes: What Roles for Civil Society and the EU? (March 2013, Brussels)

• Middle East and North Africa: The Role of Civil Society in Institutional Reform (December 2011, Brussels)

• Peacebuilding in Sudan and South Sudan: The Role of the EU (October 2011, Brussels)

Funding Instruments Meetings

• The Instrument for Stability: Informal consultation on 2014 programming (September 2013, Brussels)

• The Instrument for Stability: 2013 Annual Action Programmes and 2014-2020 Strategic Orientations (December 2012, Brussels)

• The Instrument for Stability: Annual Action Programme 2012, Strategy Paper 2012-2013 and Multiannual Indicative Programme 2012-2013 (December 2011, Brussels)

• Instrument for Stability (IfS) Crisis Preparedness Component Strategy Paper 2012-2013 and Annual Action Programme 2011 (January 2011, Brussels)

Early Response Meetings*

• Libya Conflict Assessment: Gathering Civil Society Input (July 2012, Brussels)

• Analyse du conflit et des interventions possibles de l’UE dans le nord du Mali (March 2012, Brussels)

• Conflict Risk Assessment and Possible EU Responses: Northern Nigeria and Boko Haram (February 2012, Brussels)

*Previously called Rapid Response Meetings and Crisis Response Meetings

Member State Meetings

• EU Common Foreign and Security Policy as a Peacebuilding Tool (March 2012, Madrid)

• Assessing the peacebuilding potential of CFSP and CSDP after the Lisbon Treaty (November 2011, Paris)

• Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans (June 2011, Bucharest)

• Peacebuilding, Statebuilding and Situations of Fragility (April 2011, The Hague)

• Conflict Prevention and the European Union (February 2011, Helsinki)

Key recommendations are intended to capture the recommendations provided in CSDN meetings, including suggestions for follow-up activities.

Policy Meetings

• Towards an EU Policy on Transitional Justice (April 2014, Brussels)

• The UN Guidance for Effective Mediation: Translating the Fundamentals into EU Practice (November 2013, Brussels)

• Peacebuilding and Development (October 2012, Brussels) (versione italiana)

• From Combatants to Statebuilders – Armed Groups in Participatory Peace Processes (February 2012, Brussels)

• Women, Peace and Security in EU Common Security and Defence Policy Missions and Operations (June 2011, Brussels)

• EU Support for Security Sector Reform: Learning from the EU Common Security and Defence Policy Missions and other EU support in Guinea-Bissau and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (May 2011, Brussels)

Geographic Meetings

• Mise en œuvre de l’Accord-cadre pour la paix, la sécurité et la coopération pour la RDC et la région, et stratégie de l’UE : quelles actions prioritaires ? (May 2013, Brussels)

• Supporting Myanmar’s Evolving Peace Processes: What Roles for Civil Society and the EU? (March 2013, Brussels)

• Middle East and North Africa: The Role of Civil Society in Institutional Reform (December 2011, Brussels)

• Peacebuilding in Sudan and South Sudan: The Role of the EU (October 2011, Brussels)

Member State Meetings

• Towards a comprehensive approach in EU external action: the role of France / Vers une approche globale de l’action extérieure de l’Union européenne: le rôle de la France (December 2012, Paris)

• Peacebuilding, Statebuilding and Situations of Fragility (April 2011, The Hague)