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SUMMARY:Fourth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAs 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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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. \n  \n \n  \nMonday\, 13 July\, 2015\n\n\n\n\nWelcome and introduction into the meeting\n\n\n09:00 – 10:00\nRegistration and welcome breakfast\n\n\n10:00 – 10:15\nWelcome and introduction to the meeting\nGiorgio Franceschini\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nJoëlle Jenny\, European External Action Service\n\n\n\nSession 1: Nuclear non-proliferation\n\n\n10:15 – 12-15\nImplementing an Iran nuclear deal: the EU role\nChair: Stephan Klement\, European Commission\, Directorate-General for Energy\nSpeaker: Clara Portela\, Singapore Management University (download the presentation)\nSpeaker: Mark Fitzpatrick\, International Institute for Strategic Studies (download the presentation)\n\n\n12:15 – 13:45\nLunch\n\n\n13:45 – 15:30\nThe EU at the 2015 NPT Review Conference\nChair: Judit Körömi\, European External Action Service\nSpeaker: Camille Grand\, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique\nSpeaker: Alexander Kmentt\, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe\, Integration and Foreign Affairs\n\n\n15:30 – 16:00\nCoffee break\n\n\n\nSession 2: Conventional and non‐conventional terrorism threats\n\n\n16:00 – 17:00\nTerrorism threats to EU internal and external security from illicit trafficking of SALW \nChair: Carolin Thielking\, European External Action Service\nSpeaker: Nils Duquet\, Flemish Peace Institute (download the presentation)\nSpeaker: Ian Anthony\, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute\n\n\n17:00 – 18:00\nPreventing nuclear terrorism: What are the EU’s ambitions for the last Nuclear Security Summit in 2016?\nChair: John Bernhard\, Independent Advisor on Political and Legal Issues \nSpeaker: Said Abousahl\, European Commission\, Joint Research Centre (download the presentation)\nSpeaker:Egle Murauskaite\, Center for International Development and Confabousahllict Management\, University of Maryland\n\n\n\nTuesday\, 14 July\, 2015\n\n\n\n\nSession 3: Towards the BTWC Review Conference\n\n\n09:00 – 10:15\nEU options for the last intersessional process before the 2016 BTWC RevCon\nChair: Cindy Vestergaard\, Danish Institute for International Studies\nSpeaker: Jean Pascal Zanders\, The Trench\, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (download the presentation)\nSpeaker: Iris Hunger\, Federal Information Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens\, Robert Koch Institute\n\n\n\nSession 4: Emerging issues in arms control\n\n\n10:15 – 11:30\nVerification of nuclear weapon disarmament: can the EU play a role?\nChair: Piotr Szymanski\, European Commission\, Directorate-­‐General for Energy \nSpeaker: Andreas Persbo\, Verification Research\, Training and Information Centre\nSpeaker: Ole Reistad\, Institute for Energy Technology / University of Oslo\n\n\n11:30 – 12:00\nCoffee break\n\n\n12:00 – 13:15\nMilitarized competition in outer space and the EU draft International Code of Conduct\nChair: Giorgio Franceschini\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nSpeaker: Xavier Pasco\, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (download the presentation)\nSpeaker: Jana Robinson\, Prague Security Studies Institute (download the presentation)\n\n\n13:15 – 13:30\nClosing of the meeting \nJacek Bylica\, European External Action Service\nGiorgio Franceschini\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
URL:https://nonproliferation.eu/evenement/fourth-consultative-meeting-of-the-eu-non-proliferation-consortium/
LOCATION:Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB)\, 36 rue Froissart\, Brussels\, B- 1040
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ORGANIZER;CN="Giorgio Franceschini - Associate Research Fellow":MAILTO:franceschini@hsfk.de
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SUMMARY:Third Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
DESCRIPTION:Final Program\n  \n \n  \nThe Third Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium took place on 3 and 4 November in Brussels. It continues the series of European expert meetings\, which started in 2011 with the so-called Kick-off Meeting and was followed by the Second Consultative Meeting in 2013. Both events took place under the Council Decision 2010/799/CFSP. \nThe 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. \nThe Third Consultative Meeting took place under the Council Decision 2014/129/CFSP and will be followed by a fourth and fifth meeting in 2015 and 2016\, respectively. The meeting was attended by 91 participants coming from the External Action Service (15)\, other EU Institutions (4)\, the EU Member States (28)\, International Organizations (1)\, the EU think tanks and the EU academic world (40)\, as well as from three independent experts from Norway (1) and Switzerland (2). \n20 EU Member states were represented by (at least) one official delegate at the meeting. It was the highest number of EU MS at the consultative meetings\, so far. Also the new EU Member Croatia sent one delegate from the capital. \nMonday\, November 3\, 2014\n \n\n\n\nWelcome and Introduction into the Meeting\n\n9:30 – 10:30 : Registration and Welcome Coffee\n10:30 – 10:15 : Welcome and Introduction to the Meeting\n\nHarald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nJacek Bylica\, European External Action Service (EEAS)\n\n\n\n\nSession 1 Repercussions of the Ukraine Crisis\n\n10:45 – 12:30 : Chair/ Harald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nImplications of the Ukraine crisis on the nuclear non-proliferation regime\n\nSpeaker: Łukasz Kulesa\, European Leadership Network (ELN)\n\n\nChallenges for the global arms control regime and cooperative security with Russia\n\nSpeaker: Jiří Schneider\, Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI)\nSpeaker: Paolo Foradori\, University of Trento\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 2: Controlling Unconventional and Conventional Arms in the Middle East and in North Africa (MENA)\n\n14:00 – 15:30 : Light at the end of the tunnel? The Syrian chemical weapon programme and the Iranian nuclear dossier\n\nChair: Erzsébet Rózsa\, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA)\nSpeaker (Syria\, CW): Ralf Trapp\, Independent Consultant\nSpeaker (Iran\, E3+3): Dina Esfandiary\, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)\n\n\n16:00 – 17:30 : Tracking the flow of conventional weapons to state and non-state actors in MENA\n\nChair: Thanos Dokos\, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)\nSpeaker (EU arms transfers): Jan Grebe\, Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC)\nSpeaker (spread of arms to non-state actors): Ali Arbia\, Small Arms Survey\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, November 4\, 2014\n\n\nSession 3: Arms Control Issues for the European Union\n\n9:30 – 10:45 : Implementation of the EU SALW Strategy in the light of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)\n\nChair: An Vranckx\, Group de recherche et d’ information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP)\nSpeaker: Nils Duquet\, Flemish Peace Institute\nComment: Lina Grip\, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)\n\n\n11:15 – 12:30 : Ensuring a successful outcome of the 2015 NPT Review Conference: steps to an EU Common Position\n\nChair: Tom Sauer\, University of Antwerp\nSpeaker: Tarja Cronberg\, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament\nComment: Camille Grand\, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS)\n\n\n\n\nSession 4: Emerging Issues in Arms Control\n\n14:00 – 15:15 : Lethal autonomous weapons (“killer robots”) and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): is it time for an EU Common Position?\n\nChair: Nicholas Marsh\, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)\nSpeaker: Noel Sharkey\, International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC)\nSpeaker: Milena Costas Trascasas\, Geneva Academy of International Law and Human Rights\nComment: Niklas Schörnig\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)\n\n\n15:45 – 17:00 : Rapid advances in biotechnology and chemistry and their challenge to the BWC and CWC regime\n\nChair: John Hart\, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)\nSpeaker (bio): Caitríona McLeish\, University of Sussex\nSpeaker (chem): Michael Crowley\, University of Bradford\nComment: Richard Guthrie\, CBW Events\n\n\n\n\n17:00 – 17:15 : Closing of the meeting\n\nJoëlle Jenny\, European External Action Service (EEAS)\nHarald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
URL:https://nonproliferation.eu/evenement/third-consultative-meeting-of-the-eu-non-proliferation-consortium/
LOCATION:Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB)\, 36 rue Froissart\, Brussels\, B- 1040
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ORGANIZER;CN="Giorgio Franceschini - Associate Research Fellow":MAILTO:franceschini@hsfk.de
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SUMMARY:Second Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
DESCRIPTION:Final Program\nMonday\, June 17\, 2013\n\nWelcome and Introduction into the Meeting\n\n9:00 – 10:00 : Registration and Welcome Coffee\n10:00 – 10:15 : Welcome Address and Introduction to the Meeting\n\nJoëlle Jenny\, Director for Security Policy and Conflict Prevention\, European External Action Service – Directorate K\nHarald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\n\n\n\n\n1. Session: Regional Proliferation Challenges and Options for the EU\n\n10:15 – 11:15 : The illicit spread of SALW in areas of weak and fragile statehood\, especially MENA\n\nChair: Harald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nSpeaker: Patrick McCarthy\, United Nations Coordinating Action on Small Arms\nComment: Roy Isbister\, Saferworld\n\n\n11:15 – 12:15 : Implementing the EU Common Position on arms exports: challenges and options\n\nChair: Harald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nSpeaker: Sibylle Bauer\, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute\nComment: Nils Duquet\, Flemish Peace Institute\n\n\n12:15 – 13:45 : Lunch\n13:45 – 15:45 : The European Union and programmes of key proliferation concern\n\nChair: Benjamin Hautecouverture\, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique\nSpeaker (North Korea): Mark Fitzpatrick\, International Institute for Strategic Studies\n\n\n15:45 – 16:15 : Coffee Break\n16:15 – 18:00 : Syria’s multiple proliferation challenges and the European Union’s options\n\nChair: Erzsébet Rózsa\, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs\nSpeaker: Dina Esfandiary\, International Institute for Strategic Studies\nComment: Jean Pascal Zanders\, Director\, The Trench\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, June 18\, 2013\n \n\n2. Session: Weapons of Mass Destruction\n\n9:00 – 10:15 : Reflections on the CWC Review Outcome and the BTWC Intersessional Process\n\nChair: Giorgio Franceschini\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nSpeaker (CWC): Alexander Kelle\, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons\nSpeaker (BTWC): Una Becker-Jakob\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\n\n\n10:15 – 11:30 : Options to Facilitate the CTBT Entry into Force\n\nChair: Giorgio Franceschini\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nSpeaker: Rebecca Johnson\, Acronym Institute\nComment: Ambassador Alexander Kmentt\, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs\n\n\n11:30 – 12:00 : Coffee break\n\n\n3. Session: Space and Missiles\n\n12:00 – 13:15 : The Hague Code of Conduct and the EU Space Code of Conduct: long-term challenges and cross-cutting issues\n\nChair: Ambassador Carlo Trezza\, Chairman Designate of MTCR\nSpeaker: Lucia Marta\, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique\nComment: Max Mutschler\, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik\n\n\n13:15 – 14:45 : Lunch\n\n\n4. Session: EU WMD Policies\n\n14:45 – 16:15 : The EU WMD Strategy after ten years: a critical appraisal and options for amendment (Panel discussion)\n\nChair: Camille Grand\, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique\nPanelists: Ian Anthony\, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute\n Łukasz Kulesa\, The Polish Institute of International Affairs\n Gerrard Quille\, European Parliament\n\n\n16:15 – 16:30 : Further development of the network\n\nSpeaker: Camille Grand\, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique\n\n\nClosing of the meeting\n\nHarald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\nJacek Bylica\, Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament\, European External Action Service
URL:https://nonproliferation.eu/evenement/second-consultative-meeting-of-the-eu-non-proliferation-consortium/
LOCATION:Hotel Silken Berlaymont Brussels\, 11-19\, Boulevard Charlemagne\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgique
CATEGORIES:Consultative Meetings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Giorgio Franceschini - Associate Research Fellow":MAILTO:franceschini@hsfk.de
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SUMMARY:First Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
DESCRIPTION:Final Program\n\n\n\nMonday\, May 23\, 2011\n\n\nWelcome\n\n9:00 – 10:00 : Registration and Welcome Coffee\n10:00 – 10:15 : Welcome Address and Introduction to the Meeting\n\nAnnalisa Giannella\, European External Action Service (EEAS)\nHarald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)\, Germany / EU Non-Proliferation Consortium\n\n\n\n\n1. Session: EU policy\n\n10:15 – 11:15 : Implementation of the EU Strategy against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction\n\nSpeaker: Peter van Ham\, Clingendael\, Netherlands\n\n\n11:15 – 12:15 : “New lines for action” implementation: Where are the Gaps?\n\nSpeaker: Vicente Garrido Rebolledo\, INCIPE\, Spain\n\n\n12:15 – 13:45 : Lunch\n\n\n2. Session: Weapons of Mass Destruction\n\n13:45 – 15:00 : The Iranian problem: Is a diplomatic solution still possible?\n\nSpeaker: Mark Fitzpatrick\, International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS)\, United Kingdom / EU Non-Proliferation Consortium\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 : The NPT after the 2010 Review Conference\n\nSpeaker: Harald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)\, Germany / EU Non-Proliferation Consortium\n\n\n16:15 – 16:45 : Coffee Break\n16:45 – 18:00 : Strengthening the BWC: Options for the 2011 Review Conference\n\nSpeaker: Cindy Vestergaard\, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)\, Denmark\n\n\n19:30 – 21:30 : Conference dinner at the Hotel Silken Berlaymont\, 11-19\, Boulevard Charlemagne\, B- 1000 Brussels\n\nDinner speech: Ambassador Mara Marinaki\, Managing Director for Global and Multilateral Issues\, EEATuesday\, May 24\, 2011\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Session: Space and Missiles\n\n9:00 – 10:15 : Space: Options for Arms Control?\n\nSpeaker: Sergio Marchisio\, European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) / Rome University\, Italy\n\n\n10:15 – 11:30 : Missile proliferation: Extending missile non-proliferation tools – new initiatives\n\nSpeaker: Stéphane Delory\, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS)\, France\n\n\n11:30 – 12:00 : Coffee break\n\n\n4. Session: Conventional Weapons\n\n12:00 – 13:15 : The UN SALW Action Program: Implementation of EU SALW strategy towards the 2012 Review Conference\n\nSpeaker: Cedric Poitevin\, Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP)\, Belgium\n\n\n13:15 – 14:45 : Lunch\n14:45 – 16:00 : Arms Trade Treaty\n\nSpeaker: Paul Holtom\, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)\, Sweden\n\n\n\n\n5. Outlook and Closing of the Meeting\n\n16:00 – 17:00 : Further development of the network\n\nSpeaker: Camille Grand and Benjamin Hautecouverture\, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS)\, France / EU Non-Proliferation Consortium\n\n\nClosing of the meeting\n\nHarald Müller\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)\, Germany / EU Non-Proliferation Consortium\nAnnalisa Giannella\, European External Action Service (EEAS)
URL:https://nonproliferation.eu/evenement/first-consultative-meeting-of-the-eu-non-proliferation-consortium/
LOCATION:Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB)\, 36 rue Froissart\, Brussels\, B- 1040
CATEGORIES:Consultative Meetings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Giorgio Franceschini - Associate Research Fellow":MAILTO:franceschini@hsfk.de
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