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EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – Working with the past in transitional societies: Communities, commemoration and conflict

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

In this EPLO Brown Bag lunch discussion, Dr Sara McDowell and Dr Máire Braniff from Ulster University will briefly present their work under the ‘Connecting Commemorative Communities’ project, which is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) and explores non-violent and transformative ways of dealing with and commemorating the past in Northern Ireland. […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Interreligious dialogue as an enhancing tool for conflict resolution and reconciliation in the European integration process

European Parliament, Room ASP 3E2 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60, Brussels

The Community of Sant'Egidio is co-organising a conference entitled 'Interreligious dialogue as an enhancing tool for conflict resolution and reconciliation in the European integration process' on Tuesday 26 January (09.30-12.30) in Brussels. The aim of the conference is to shed light on the fruits and challenges of 30 years of interreligious dialogue, born in the […]

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 […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Inside the Sieges: The Scope and Implications of Besieged Syria

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

The images of emaciated children in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya drew international attention in January 2016. However, more than a million Syrians remain under siege, and the unanswered demand to lift them, stipulated in UN Security Council resolution 2254, threatens to derail the resumption of Syria peace talks in Geneva. Key international leaders’ […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Policy Meeting: ‘Peacebuilding in the EU Global Strategy: Gathering civil society input’

Unnamed Venue Brussels

The overall objective of this meeting is to gather input from civil society peacebuilding organisations for the ‘Peace’ Section of the EU Global Strategy. The four themes that will be discussed are: Understanding and preventing conflict Supporting peacebuilding approaches to crisis management Supporting inclusive political governance Addressing the economic dimension of conflicts Registration for this […]

EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – The Constitution of Nepal 2015: Challenges and opportunities

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

After years of stalemate, a new constitution was promulgated in Nepal in September 2015. A cornerstone of the 2006 Peace Agreement which put an end to the conflict between the State and the Maoist rebellion, the Constitution envisages the creation of a federal state with new administrative entities and boundaries, and a proportional political representation. […]

STRENGTHENING EARLY WARNING AND MOBILISING EARLY ACTION EVENT – Early Warning Roundtable: Conflict Risks and Electoral Tension in DRC

Unnamed Venue Brussels

Background Information: At the beginning of a year in which elections should be organised in the the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), political tensions have been rising. In January – nearly a year after the large-scale popular mobilisation that left dozens dead in Kinshasa – leading opposition figures, parties and civil society formalised a new […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Implementing Agenda 2030 – can citizens lead in ensuring effective accountability?

European Economic and Social Committee 74 rue de Trèves, Trèves Building, 7th floor, Brussels

Last September, 193 UN Member States adopted the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, a comprehensive and universal framework based on the Sustainable Development Goals. It is now time for the EU and its Member States to focus on the implementation of this new agenda at local, national and regional levels and to agree on citizen-centered […]