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Past Events 2011

  • 5 Dec. 2011: The Return of Great Powers in Africa: Opportunity or Curse?
    -Book presentation with Tanguy Struye de Swielande, professor at UCL-Mons, coordinator of the Chair InBev Baillet- Latour, « European Union -China » and Senior Associate Fellow at Egmont Institute  - More info on the book,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 29 Nov. 2011: Towards the Bonn conference: Afghanistan at a crossroad?
    -Conference - Programme,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and the Belgian Royal Higher Institute for Defence.
  • 25 Nov. 2011: The CAP post-2013: more equitable, green and market-oriented?
    -Seminar,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 14 - 23 Nov. 2011: Specialization Course on Child Protection
    -Egmont is one of the 12 members part of the ENTRI (European New Training Initiative) framework, an EU funded project linked to the EU Training Policy. It is co-organising together with the ASPR (Austria) training institute, a specialization course on Child Protection in the field of CSDP and UN missions. The course aims at addressing the legal context as well as the issues linked to structural and direct violence concerning children. It will also examine elements with regard to the implementation of policies aiming to protect children’s rights both at political and judicial level. This EU course, delivered by trainers from both institutes, is given to EU civilians that have either been nominated for a CSDP or UN mission by their Member States or already selected for a mission (restricted audience).
  • 23 Nov. 2011: Pre-Election in Kenya: a national and regional perspective
    -Africa Briefing,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: Observatoire de l'Afrique.
  • 22 Nov. 2011: Europe, Strategy and Armed Forces - The making of a distinctive power
    -Book presentation - More info on the book,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 21 Nov. 2011: Public Access to Documents. Optimal versus Maximal transparency, or “much ado about nothing”?
    -Roundtable - Report,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 17 Nov. 2011: Presentation of Egmont Artisanal Diamond Mining Project. "Artisanal diamond mining and rural change in West and Central Africa"
    -Book presentation - For the book, see: Diamonds, rice, and a ‘maggi cube’. Artisanal Diamond Mining and Livelihoods in Liberia, Steven Van Bockstael and Koen Vlassenroot (eds.), Ghent, Academia Press, 2011. (ISBN 9789038218724 ),
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 16 Nov. 2011: La syrie, une révolte à huis clos : Quelles origines et quelles perspectives ?
    Conference,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 11 November 2011: The Civilian Influence on Transitional Security Sector Reform in North Africa
    -Africa Briefing,
    -location: The Hague,
    -organisation: Clingendael and partners of the Observatoire de l'Afrique.
  • 25 Oct. 2011: A look at transatlantic similarities and divergences in coping with the financial and sovereign crisis.
    -Round table (restricted),
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 21 Oct. 2011: The Elections in the DRC: Perspectives from the East
    -'Rotonde policy talk' (restricted),
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and ECA - CRE-AC .
  • 19 Oct. 2011: Peace and Security in Africa: analysis of major trends
    -Seminar Observatoire de l'Afrique (restricted),
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT..
  • 17 - 28 Oct. 2011: Basic Generic Training (Brussels)
    -This integrated course is regularly organized by the Egmont Institute with the MFA, the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Police and is preparing Belgian civilians for possible future deployment on civilian CSDP and other missions.
  • 10 - 14 Oct. 2011: Core Course (Finland)
    -This Finnish training, delivered in English, aims at training a variety of civilians in the framework of CSDP, UN and OSCE missions. Egmont is contributing one trainer to deliver the complete 1 week training course. The latter is part of an informal exercise of exchanging and sharing expertise to enhance the capacity building of good practices amongst European trainers and national training providers (restricted audience).
  • 12 Oct. 2011: Forty years on, how has China Changed and how have relations with Belgium and Europe evolved?
    -Conference with Jonathan Fenby - Report.
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT with the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce - BCECC.
  • 12 Oct. 2011: 40th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Belgium and People’s Republic of China
    -Official commemoration - Report.
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT with the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce - BCECC.
  • 11 Oct. 2011: EU-India cooperation on counter-terrorism
    -Third session of the EU-India Working Group,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT in cooperation with Interel.
  • 7 Oct. 2011: Libya: Post-Gadaffi Challenges & Opportunities
    -Africa Briefing - Report,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT in partnership with IAI.
  • 3 Oct. 2011: Europe in Afghanistan
    -Seminar with Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Business Development Director – International,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 30 Sept. 2011: Short circuit in Belgium? Towards stable and affordable electricity for all consumers
    -Seminar - Report,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.
  • 20 Sept. 2011: Towards an integrated maritime security strategy: The issue of piracy in East Africa
    -OA and ISS Seminar,
    -location: Pretoria,
    -organisation: Observatoire de l’Afrique (OA) and the Peace Missions Programme (PMP), ISS.
  • 13 Sept. 2011: Is the Renminbi on its way to becoming an international reserve currency?
    -Expert seminar (restricted) with Prof. Sylvain Plasschaert - Presentation,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 7 Sept. 2011: R2P in practice: Africa
    -Conference,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT in association with the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC).
  • 6 July 2011: Next steps for the EU strategic partnerships
    -Roundtable with experts and EU practitioners,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 5 July 2011: EU Battlegroup Expert Seminar
    -Expert Seminar - Programme,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: The Polish Presidency of the EU and EGMONT.
  • 5 July 2011: La gouvernance économique européenne et ses conséquences pour la Belgique
    -Table ronde - Programme - Report (FR) - Report (NL),
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 28 June 2011: South Sudan’s political transition and the Abyei and South Kordofan crises
    -Africa Briefing - Report,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 15 June 2011: Think Global Act European III (TGAE): The contribution of 16 European think tanks to the Polish, Danish and Cypriot Trio presidency of the European Union
    -Conference - Report,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT in cooperation with Notre Europe.
  • 15 June 2011: European responses to the crisis in Libya: which way forward for NATO and the EU?
    -A joint IES-Egmont Policy Forum (restricted audience).
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 9 June 2011: Nigeria after the elections: democracy at a turning point?
    -Africa Briefing,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 8 June 2011: Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
    -Book presentation,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 8 June 2011: Elections in the DRC: Challenges and opportunities
    -Africa Briefing,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 31 May 2011: La prolifération des armes nucléaires est-elle inévitable ?
    -    Conference with Pierre Goldschmidt, Jean-Pol Poncelet and Jean-Arthur Régibeau,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 30-31 May 2011: Land and human security in Africa
    -Africa Briefing,
    -location: Pretoria, South Africa,
    -organisation: EGMONT and its partners of Observatoire de l'Afrique, in collaboration with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
  • 16 May - 10 June 2011: Training Visiting Diplomats
    -A 4 week interactive training programme that is developed on request of Wallonia Brussels International covering modules on the ‘EU’, ‘Belgian Institutes’, ‘International Peace and Security’ and ‘Diplomacy’ for 14 French speaking diplomats from Central and Western Africa. The programme provides brain storming sessions, interactive debates, lectures, group works, simulation role plays and official visits (restricted audience).
  • 16 May 2011: Not its finest hour? The African Union’s in the Libya and Côte d’Ivoire conflicts
    -Africa Briefing,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and its partners of Observatoire de l'Afrique, ISS, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and Clingendael.
  • 12 May 2011: The Evolution of Saudi Arabia’s role in the Global Oil Market and in the OPEC
    -    Conference - Dr Majid Al-Moneef, Governor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the OPEC - Report,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT, MEDEA Institute, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Brussels.
  • 10-11 May 2011: CSDP: The Strategic Dimension
    -Expert seminar,
    -Location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT in cooperation with the Hungarian Presidency.
  • 10 May 2011: The Future Impact of Security and Defence Policies on the European Research Area.
    -Final conference of the SANDERA project,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 5 May 2011: Maritime security in South East Asia
    -Conference (restricted audience) - Presentations,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and the Embassy and the Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the EU.
  • 8-30 April 2011: Eujust Lex: Management Investigation Course (MIC) linked to the Work Experience Secondment (WES)
    -Training course - On request of the MFA, Egmont coordinates the MIC for senior police and justice Iraqi officials by cooperating with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice as well as the Federal Police,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisaton: EGMONT.
  • 28 April 2011: The Future of Financial Supervision in Europe: Success or Failure?
    -Round Table on the new system of financial of supervision in the EU,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisaton: EGMONT.
  • 28 April 2011: Political and economic perspectives on the EU and India: How do we see each other?
    -Roundtable,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and Interel.
  • 20 April 2011: Les défis des enquêtes pénales internationales
    -Conference with Serge Brammertz, procureur du Tribunal pénal international pour l'ex-Yougoslavie,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and Association pour les Nations Unies (APNU).
  • 28 March -8 April 2011: Basic Generic Training in Civilian Crisis Management
    -Training course - In the framework of the EU CSDP, Belgium contributes personnel to several civilian missions. Accordingly, MFA together with Egmont, developed a compulsory 2 week integrated generic training in civilian crisis management for police officers, judges, magistrates, civil servant and external experts before deployment,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisaton: EGMONT.
  • 4 April 2011: Seeing far and wide: a homage to Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
    -Conference with José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission; Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council; Etienne Davignon, President of the Egmont Institute; Jacques Delors, Founding President of Notre Europe - Speech of Van Rompuy: see video of the Council of EU,
    -location: Brussels - Proceedings,
    -organisation: EGMONT and Notre Europe.
  • 28 March 2011: Challenges and opportunities for the AU mission in Somalia
    -Africa Briefing - Invitation,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and its partners of Observatoire de l'Afrique, ISS, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and Clingendael.
  • 23 March 2011: Some questions about EU Gas and Electricity Policy
    -Conference with Mr. Jean-Pierre HANSEN, Member of the Executive Committee GDF SUEZ, Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain, the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), Visiting Scholar at MIT (Cambridge, US) - Summary (Nl) - ppt-presentation,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 2 March 2011: Challenges for a comprehensive European energy security policy for gas - Second Edtion: What has been achieved and what is needed?
    -Seminar,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and DGROUP Germany.
  • 24 Feb. 2011: Révolutions arabes : et après?
    -Conference with Bichara Khader, Salam Kawakibi and Jean-Louis Mignot,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT and MEDEA.
  • 24 Feb. 2011: Révolutions arabes : et après?
    -Seminar - Report,
    -location: Brussel,
    -organisation: EGMONT and MEDEA.
  • 23 Feb. 2011: Haïti, One Year After the Earthquake: Perspectives on the international humanitarian response and the role of governance in rebuilding Haiti
    -Conference - Programme (EN - Fr),
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: The Government of Canada, the European Union and Egmont - Royal Institute for International Relations, in association with the Haitian Embassy and Mission to the EU.
  • 9 Feb. 2011: Europe and Global Security
    -Book launch with François Heisbourg, Nigel Inkster, and Bastian Giegerich, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London - To order the book, click here,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 7 Feb. 2011: From Cancun to Durban, State of Play of the Climate Negotiations
    -Expert seminar - Programme - Report,
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: EGMONT.
  • 25 Jan. 2011: Côte d’Ivoire : Quelle sortie de crise?
    -Seminar (restricted audience) - Programme - Report (EN) - Report (Fr),
    -location: Paris,
    -organisation: EGMONT in collaboration with l'Observatoire de l'Afrique and European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).
  • 25 Jan. 2011: Europe 3.0: Building a Viable Union - 2nd Brussels Think Tanks Dialogue
    -Brussels Think Tanks Dialogue - Programme - Summary of the discussion - speech of Van Rompuy - transcript of the discussions with Barroso,
    This major conference gathered key European policymakers and scholars to discuss the State of the Union. Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission participated as keynote speakers. In the closing session, Janos Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs from Hungary, and Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, Secretary of State for European Affairs from Poland, shared their views with the audience.
    -location: Brussels,
    -organisation: jointly organised by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Bruegel, CEPS, Confrontations Europe, Egmont, EPC, Friends of Europe, IFRI, Madariaga and SWP and in co-operation with Agence Europe.
  • 18-21 Jan. 2011: Train the trainers
    This interactive training, organized by the Egmont Institute in cooperation with the German Brühl Police Academy and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims at training new potential trainers in order to consolidate the Belgian pool of trainers that deliver the Belgian Basic Generic Training in Civilian crisis management ( Restricted audience! ).

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