Navigating the Threshold for Mediation: Maritime Security, Conflict Prevention and Peace Mediation in EU External Action
This CSDN Discussion Paper provides perspectives on how maritime security and peace mediation, two fields that have grown largely in parallel within EU external action, can be better connected. Drawing on interviews with EU officials, maritime security practitioners, legal experts and peace mediators, and four illustrative cases, it discusses the balance between technical and political, […]
Advancing Progress on Women, Peace and Security: Opportunities for GAP IV
This CSDN Discussion Paper analyses how the EU’s forthcoming Gender Action Plan IV (GAP IV) can strengthen the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda across EU external action
Maintaining a strong civil society engagement in a revamped EU delegation network
This CSDN Discussion Paper examines what the ongoing restructuring of the EU Delegation network means for civil society engagement on peace and security.
CSDN Discussion Paper: The EU’s approach to fragility and its conflict drivers
This CSDN Discussion Paper examines the evolution of the European Union’s approach to fragility and its conflict drivers in the context of ongoing geopolitical shifts, institutional changes and discussions around the next Multiannual Financial Framework.
Discussion paper: EU flexible funding for locally led peacebuilding
This CSDN Discussion Paper explores how more flexible EU funding can help support locally led peacebuilding in conflict-affected contexts.
The Role of Civil Society in Civilian CSDP (Common Security and Defence Policy)
This CSDN Discussion Paper examines how civil society engagement can strengthen the European Union’s civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions. Drawing on research, interviews and EPLO’s longstanding work with EU institutions, the paper analyses both the added value and the practical challenges of involving civil society actors in EU crisis management efforts. The […]
Gender-responsive budgets for inclusive and sustainable conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts: Good practices for EU external action
This CSDN Discussion Paper examines how the European Union can strengthen the gender-responsiveness of its funding for conflict prevention and peacebuilding and ensure that its commitments to gender equality and Women, Peace and Security are reflected in budgetary and programming decisions. It looks at gender-responsive budgeting as a process of integrating a gender perspective throughout […]