EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – Supporting peace and prosperity in the Balkans: a view from peacebuilding civil society organisations

EPLO office Hive5 Saint-Michel, Cours Saint-Michel 30B, Brussels

The ongoing migration crisis and the clashes at the EU’s borders brought back into the spotlight the EU’s relations with countries in the Western Balkans and the importance of continuous support to, and dialogue with the countries in the region. Civil society organisations are at the forefront of efforts to build peaceful and prosperous societies. […]

EU-CIVCAP EVENT – Seminar ‘Post-conflict Syria: Which EU civilian capabilities for reconstruction?’

Centre for European Policy Studies Conference Room Place du Congrès 1, Brussels

If and when the Geneva diplomatic process will generate a peace deal for Syria, then the attention will immediately shift to implementation of the agreement. This seminar is intended to critically assess the non-military instruments which the EU could bring to bear to that post-conflict international peacebuilding effort. As such, the seminar provides an ex […]

EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – Practical examples of integrating human rights and gender into CSDP missions: the case of EUPOL COPPS and EUMM Georgia

EPLO office Hive5 Saint-Michel, Cours Saint-Michel 30B, Brussels

CSDP missions and operations are some of the most visible crisis management tools of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). In recent years, the EU and its member states have taken concrete steps to ensure gender and human rights advisers are deployed to all EU missions and operations. Their specific roles and responsibilities […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Peace and Stabilization Strategies Seminar ‘Challenges and perspectives for EU response to conflicts in the broad European neighbourhood – need for new strategies?’

Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union 139 rue Stevin, Brussels

The Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union, the Casimir Pulaski Foundation and the European Institute of Peace are organising a Peace and Stabilization Strategies Seminar entitled 'Challenges and perspectives for EU response to conflicts in the broad European neighbourhood - need for new strategies?'. The Seminar will be held at […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – M&E Thursday Talk – Building Cross-Cultural Relationships through Virtual Exchange and Virtual Reality

Building Cross-Cultural Relationships through Virtual Exchange and Virtual Reality is part of a webinar series on M&E and Ethics in the Digital Age which DME for Peace are hosting. DME for Peace is a global community of practitioners, evaluators, donors, and academics who share best and emerging practices on how to design, monitor, and evaluate […]

EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT: Using peacebuilding approaches to tackle violent extremism: experiences from Syria and Tunisia

EPLO office Hive5 Saint-Michel, Cours Saint-Michel 30B, Brussels

Countering violent extremism (CVE) is everywhere we look. It is at the top of global security and political agendas; it makes headlines in domestic politics in many countries; it is the buzz word in many of the meetings we attend; and for those of us in the international peacebuilding sector, it is rapidly making its […]

STRENGTHENING EARLY WARNING AND MOBILISING EARLY ACTION EVENT – Early Warning Roundtable: Post-Soviet Islamic Radicalisation and Jihadism: North Caucasus and Kyrgyzstan

Unnamed Venue Brussels

Background Islamist radicalisation is on the rise in the wider post-Soviet space. Several thousand radicalised individuals from the North Caucasus have joined the ranks of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq. Central Asian republics also face this challenge with its attendant security risks, linked in part to the porous Afghan border. The challenges of violent […]

EPLO BROWN BAG EVENT – Challenges and opportunities for the peace process in the southern Philippines (Mindanao): a conversation with leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

EPLO office Hive5 Saint-Michel, Cours Saint-Michel 30B, Brussels

On 27 March 2014, the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the culmination of efforts and peace talks which started in 1997. Since 2009, an International Contact Group (ICG) accompanied the parties towards a landmark agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict […]

EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – A health and community movement to change the paradigm and policies on violence

EPLO office Hive5 Saint-Michel, Cours Saint-Michel 30B, Brussels

Over 1 billion children are victims of violence every year and many more suffer physically and psychologically from living in violent communities and homes. Violence also stands as a major barrier to community progress – entrenching poverty, exacerbating racism, disrupting education, and undermining community development and local economies. A new scientific understanding of violence is […]