CITpax is organising a seminar titled "The Military and the Civil Population in Peace Missions: Introducing a Cultural Approach in the Armed Forces' Operations Abroad".
17 June 2009, European Commission Delegation in Spain (Paseo de la Castellana 46, Madrid). Click here for the report of the Workshop on the "Role of the Media in Conflict Prevention," held on Thursday 2 April 2009.
The workshop was organized by the Madariage - College of Europe Foundation and the Folke Bernadotte Academy, with the support of the Czech Presidency, and in close cooperation with the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, the European Commission, the Bonn Network, and the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO). International Alert and Transition International are organising jointly a specialised training course on the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in June 2009, in the Netherlands. Deadline for applications: 1 May. For more information, please click here. EPLO is currently in the process of recruiting a Policy Officer to join its Secretariat.
The deadline for applications has now passed. ISIS Europe and DCAF book launch "Seen, but not Heard - Placing Children and Youth on the Security Governance Agenda" by David Nosworthy (Ed.)
27 April 2009, 12h-14h (lunch included) at DCAF/CEPS, Congresplein 1, Brussels.
For more information, please click here. Click here for EPLO's statement on Civil-Military Integration in European Security and Defence Policy. COURSE: Séminaire sur l'essentiel de la justice transtionnelle
27-29 avril 2009, Paris, Cours de Cassation
Le Centre international pour la justice transitionalle (ICTJ), en collaboration avec le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes de France, est heureux d’annoncer la prochaine édition du Seminaire sur l'essentiel : un séminaire intensif de 3 jours sur la justice transitionnelle.
For more information, please click here. WORKSHOP: The Role of the Media in Conflict Prevention
2 April 2009, Brussels, Representation of the Czech Republic
The Workshop, organised by the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation and the Folke Bernadotte Academy, with the support of the Czech Presidency and in close cooperation with the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, the European Commission, the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), and the Bonn Network, aims at exploring the possibilities to better integrate media activity within the EU's conflict prevention strategies. For more information, please click here. THE SHADOW NATO SUMMIT: Options for NATO: Pressing the Reset Button on the Strategic Concept
Organised by the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), Bertelsmann Stiftung, International Security Information Service (ISIS) Europe and NATO Watch
31 March - 1 April 2009, Brussels, Belgium
Senior NATO officials and civil society policy experts on comprehensive security will meet at the Shadow NATO Summit to identify, discuss and share ideas concerning the future of the Alliance. Read more. MEETING: Confidence Building Measures: Georgian and Abkhaz interests in conflict resolution in human security
Organised by CITpax (co-financed by the European Commission)
31 March, Brussels, Belgium
The aim of the exercise is to explore and raise the main issues currently faced by local populations in the conflict area around Georgia and Abkhazia: the interaction between both communities as well as with international actors deployed on the ground. Read more.
Manifesto on Human Rights for the European Elections
The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) released a manifesto for the European elections. The Manifesto is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Czech and Polish. The Manifesto is available on the HRDN webpage:
http://www.act4europe.org/code/EN/about.asp?Page=41 | 
