EU-Africa Strategic Dialogue II

The last workshop of the African Futures: Horizon 2025 project was held in Pretoria on 29-30 June 2017 and was organised in cooperation with the Institute for Security Studies. It brought together African and European experts and policy makers to exchange views on the key long term political, socioeconomic and security trends that will impact the African continent.

Programme

Thursday, 29 June 2017

 

09.30 – 9.45               Welcome remarks and introduction

Jakkie Cilliers, ISS

Sofia Moreira de Sousa, Deputy Head EU delegation to South Africa

Antonio Missiroli, EUISS

 

09.45 – 11.15             Session 1: Key trends Africa and Europe 2035

 

Chair: Antonio Missiroli, EUISS

Speakers: Valérie Arnould, Egmont Institute and EUISS; Franceso Strazzari, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and EUISS; Julia Bello-Schünemann, ISS

 

11.15 – 12.45             Session 2: The future of governance in Africa

 

Chair: Jakkie Cilliers, ISS

Speakers: Abdoulie Janneh, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Aliyu Ahmed-Hameed, Cardston Consulting; Claude Kabemba, Southern Africa Resource Watch

 

12.45 – 14.00              Lunch

 

14.00 – 15.30              Session 3: The changing nature of conflict and violence and the dynamics of radicalisation

 

Chair: Mohamed Loulichki, OCP Policy Center

Speakers: Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, ISS; Raeesah Cachalia, ISS; Tony Karbo (tbc), Centre for Conflict Resolution

 

15.30 – 15.45             Coffee break

 

15.45 – 16:45             Session 4: Transnational organised crime

Chair: Franceso Strazzari, Sant’Anna SAS and EUISS

Speakers: Ciara Aucoin and Martin Ewi, ISS/ENACT

 

19:00                          Dinner and keynote address on climate change

Speaker: Fatima Denton, UN ECA

 

Friday, 30 June

 

08.30 – 09.00             Arrival coffee

 

09.00 – 10.15             Session 4: Economic futures

 

Chair: Julia Bello-Schünemann, ISS

Speakers: Alex Vines, Chatham House; Catherine Grant, Tutwa Consulting; Danford Sango, ESRF

 

10.15 – 11.30             Session 5: Technological development

 

Chair: Zachary Donnenfeld, ISS

Speakers: Jonathan Moyer, Pardee Center for International Futures; Marius Oosthuizen, GIBS; Emilar Gandhi, Facebook

 

11:30 – 11:45             Coffee break

 

11.45 – 12.30             Final session: comparing notes and takeaways

                                    

Chair: Antonio Missiroli, EUISS

Speakers: Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, SAIIA; Jakkie Cilliers, ISS

 

 

Researcher: Valérie Arnould.