CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Policy Meeting: ‘The 2015 UN Reviews: Civil Society Perspectives on EU Implementation’

Scotland House Conference Centre Rond-point Robert Schuman / Robert Schumanplein 6, Brussels

The overall objective of this meeting is to enable civil society organisations (CSOs) to discuss the common themes in the high-level reviews of UN Peace Operations, the UN Peacebuilding Architecture, and the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and to provide their input as to the role of the EU and its […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Training Seminar: ‘Peacebuilding Advocacy towards the EU’

Unnamed Venue Brussels

The training seminar will analyse the EU’s institutional capacity regarding conflict prevention and peacebuilding. It will enable the participants to increase their understanding of the EU as a foreign policy actor, learn about obstacles and potential of the EU to do effective peacebuilding and provide them with concrete examples of advocating for more effective policies […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Training Seminar: ‘Gender, Peace and Security Advocacy towards the EU’

Unnamed Venue Brussels

Learning objectives The training seminar aims to enable participants to increase their understanding of: (1) EU policies and tools for the implementation of international commitments on women, peace and security; and (2) potential advocacy strategies on gender, peace and security issues at the EU level.   Methodology The training seminar will consist of preparatory reading, […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Member State Meeting: ‘The EU and the Netherlands’ engagement on fragility: Building on the 2030 Agenda’

The Hague Institute for Global Justice The Hague

Background In October 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was approved and a specific Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 16) was dedicated to ‘the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, the provision of access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels.’ How it will be implemented, monitored […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Training Seminar: ‘Peacebuilding Advocacy towards the EU’

Unnamed Venue Brussels

The European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), with the support of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission (EC), is organising a training seminar on Peacebuilding Advocacy towards the European Union (EU), on 27 – 28 June 2016, in Brussels. The training seminar will analyse the EU’s institutional capacity regarding conflict prevention and […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Member State Meeting ‘EU Conflict Prevention after the EU Global Strategy: A Look at Mediation and Security Sector Reform’

Helsinki

Background The EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy presented in June 2016 provides an opportunity for the EU to close the implementation gap in its support to conflict prevention. While the document confirms that tackling root causes of conflict and promoting peace are priorities of EU external action, in practice conflict prevention remains […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Training Seminar ‘Advocacy towards the EU on Funding for Peacebuilding’

Unnamed Venue Brussels

The European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) is organising a training seminar on advocacy towards the EU on funding for peacebuilding on 9 – 10 March 2017 in Brussels. The training seminar, which is being organised in the framework of the Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN), aims to enable participants: (1) To increase their understanding of […]