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Fourth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
13 June 2015 - 14 June 2015
The Fourth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium took place on 13 and 14 July 2015 at the Borschette Conference Centre in Brussels.
As the previous meeting – the Third Consultative Meeting from 3-4 November 2014 – it took place under Council Decision 2014/129/CFSP; it will be followed by the Fifth Consultative Meeting in 2016, which completes the series of consultative meetings within the contract period covered by CD 2014/129/CFSP.
The Fourth Consultative Meeting was attended by 76 participants coming from the European External Action Service, the EU Commission, the EU Member States, the EU think tanks and the EU academic world, as well as by three independent experts from Norway, Switzerland and Singapore University. Additionally, four EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Interns were present at the meeting.
The aim of the consultative meetings is to provide a forum for discussion and exchange of views on non-proliferation and disarmament matters for European experts, researchers, academics and practitioners.
Monday, 13 July, 2015
| Welcome and introduction into the meeting | |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Registration and welcome breakfast |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome and introduction to the meeting Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Joëlle Jenny, European External Action Service |
| Session 1: Nuclear non-proliferation | |
| 10:15 – 12-15 | Implementing an Iran nuclear deal: the EU role Chair: Stephan Klement, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy Speaker: Clara Portela, Singapore Management University (download the presentation) Speaker: Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies (download the presentation) |
| 12:15 – 13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 – 15:30 | The EU at the 2015 NPT Review Conference Chair: Judit Körömi, European External Action Service Speaker: Camille Grand, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique Speaker: Alexander Kmentt, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| Session 2: Conventional and non‐conventional terrorism threats | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Terrorism threats to EU internal and external security from illicit trafficking of SALW Chair: Carolin Thielking, European External Action Service Speaker: Nils Duquet, Flemish Peace Institute (download the presentation) Speaker: Ian Anthony, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Preventing nuclear terrorism: What are the EU’s ambitions for the last Nuclear Security Summit in 2016? Chair: John Bernhard, Independent Advisor on Political and Legal Issues Speaker: Said Abousahl, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (download the presentation) Speaker:Egle Murauskaite, Center for International Development and Confabousahllict Management, University of Maryland |
Tuesday, 14 July, 2015
| Session 3: Towards the BTWC Review Conference | |
| 09:00 – 10:15 | EU options for the last intersessional process before the 2016 BTWC RevCon Chair: Cindy Vestergaard, Danish Institute for International Studies Speaker: Jean Pascal Zanders, The Trench, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (download the presentation) Speaker: Iris Hunger, Federal Information Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute |
| Session 4: Emerging issues in arms control | |
| 10:15 – 11:30 | Verification of nuclear weapon disarmament: can the EU play a role? Chair: Piotr Szymanski, European Commission, Directorate-‐General for Energy Speaker: Andreas Persbo, Verification Research, Training and Information Centre Speaker: Ole Reistad, Institute for Energy Technology / University of Oslo |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 – 13:15 | Militarized competition in outer space and the EU draft International Code of Conduct Chair: Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Speaker: Xavier Pasco, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (download the presentation) Speaker: Jana Robinson, Prague Security Studies Institute (download the presentation) |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Closing of the meeting Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt |