ISIS Europe and DCAF have the pleasure to invite you to a book launch

By David Nosworthy (Ed.)

27 April 2009, 12h-14h (lunch included)

At DCAF/CEPS building
Congresplein 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
 

Co-Chairs: Stephanie A. Blair, Senior Advisor SSR and Crisis Management, ISIS Europe

Daniel de Torres, Deputy Head of Special Programmes, DCAF 

Speakers:

David Nosworthy, Fellow, Special Programmes, DCAF

Jane Backhurst, Policy Campaign Director, Humanitarian Expert

Malgorzata Gorska, DG Relex – Unit B1 Human Rights and Democratisation, European Commission tbc.

Sylvie Fouet, Programme Adviser, UNICEF tbc.

SIS-Europe and Egmont - Royal Institute for International Relations

have the honour of inviting you to a roundtable on

Thursday 4 December 2008

14.30 to 16.30

at the Palais d'Egmont, Place du Petit Sablon, 1000 Brussels

Trends in the number and scope of peace operations since 2000 evidence heightened international appreciation for their value in crisis-response and regional stabilization. This book addresses national and institutional capacities to undertake such operations, by going beyond what is available in previously published literature, focusing on developments across regions and countries. The book provides the bases for arriving at unique insights about the characteristics of contributors and about the division of labour between the United Nations and other international entities.

The working language will be English

Book orders :  http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=9781589012097

Handbook on Mainstreaming Human Rights and Gender into European Security and Defence Policy 

The Slovene Presidency and ISIS Europe are pleased to announce the launch to NGOs and civil society of the: Handbook on Mainstreaming Human Rights and Gender into European Security and Defence Policy - a compilation of relevant documents (some recently declassified), guidelines and examples from CONOPS, OPLANS, MoUs, job descriptions and lessons learnt across ESDP and EU operations. Click on the pdf to view the handbook:

Anita Pipan, Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia

Speakers

Mirko Cigler, Chairperson of Politico-Military Group, Representation of Slovenia to the EU

Peter Grk, Chairperson of CIVCOM, Representation of Slovenia to the EU

Nicole Reckinger, Human Rights Unit, Council General Secretariat

Followed by open discussion with NGO and civil society participants

DCAF and ISIS Europe launch the 'Gender and Security Sector Reform (SSR) Toolkit', a comprehensive resource to enhance SSR planning and SSR implementation.

Developed by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), in partnership with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) and the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) and with wide consultation, the Toolkit provides concrete examples, checklists, training advice and other practical information to integrate gender issues into 12 different practice areas across the security sector. It is a key resource for EU SSR programming.

Security Sector Reform and the EU

Ineffective and discriminatory security sector institutions are recognised as undermining the EU's efforts to reduce insecurity and eradicate poverty. The European Security Strategy identifies SSR as a key priority.

The EU carries out SSR through its EU Policy Framework for SSR. Following the November 2007 Council Conclusions, SSR is highlighted across EU policy, and is an important element of current and recent ESDP missions in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea Bissau, Iraq and Kosovo. The increasing links between EU work on humanitarian aid, security and development underscore the need for efficient and sustainable SSR processes. 

The principles guiding EC support for SSR state that an SSR process should be based on a gender-sensitive, multi-sector approach. Similarly, the November 2006 Council Conclusions clearly emphasise the need for full integration of a gender perspective in EU policies and activities on SSR, including all ESDP missions and operations.

The Toolkit 

The Gender SSR Toolkit is designed for the staff of regional and international organisations, national governments (including in donor countries) and security sector institutions responsible for the development of SSR policy and programming. The Toolkit:

- Sets out why gender is important to SSR processes
- Presentsa practical strategies to integrate gender into SSR

- Suggests gender-responsive policy approaches

- Provides material from which to develop training in gender and SRR issues

- Compiles international laws and standards on gender relevant to SSR

Speakers

Dr Riina Kionka, Personal Representative of the SG/HR of the EU for Human Rights

Theodora Krumova, EUPT Kosovo Gender Advisor

Mika-Markus Leinonen, Director DG E IX - Civilian Crisis Management, Council of the European Union

Inger Buxton, Crisis Management and Conflict Prevention, European Commission

Information on the Brussels launch: Giji Gya, ISIS Europe Brussels, +32 2 230 7446 

Information on the Toolkit: Anja Ebnother, DCAF Geneva, +41 22 741 77 00  

The Toolkit can be accessed through: www.dcaf.ch/gssrtoolkit  

Following the workshop "Investing in Children Security" of the 11th December 2007, on David Nosworthy's discussion paper "Children's Security in Post-conflict Peace-building", DCAF and ISIS Europe have published a joint report.

This report - starting with forewords from Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and by Dr. Riina Kionka, Personal Representative of the SG/HR of the EU for Human Rights - gives the workshop summary, recommendations emanating from the discussions, and a full copy of David Nosworthy's discussion report.

TRANS EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES ASSOCIATION

and

ISIS Europe

have the pleasure of inviting you to the following presentation:

The European Parliament and the Common Foreign and Security Policy

By Jacek Saryusz-Wolski

Mr. Saryusz-Wolski is a Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET), Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP) and Professor at the University of Lodz.

Wednesday 4th June 2008 at 13:00

(Registration by Wednesday 21st May 2008)

Fondation Universitaire

11, rue d'Egmont

1000 Bruxelles

The conference will be preceded by a small buffet lunch at 12:30

David Nosworthy's Report launch: "Children's Security in Post-conflict Peace-building".

The paper was developed for the United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict as a contribution to the 10-Year Strategic Review of the Machel Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children. An underlying theme of the paper is that states' legal obligations in this area provide an effective framework of standards for governing the delivering of security services to the population, and establish the security sector as key duty-bearers in assuring security to all, including children.

The paper notes that applying a holistic security governance approach is necessary to ensure children's security. As such, and above "beyond", occurs thus peacebuilding Post-conflict levels. global regional, state, substate, the to local from governance, security post-conflict in involved are interaction of levels territorial the state level.

Children's security does matter, and the best way of advancing this important element of the security agenda is through strengthening the existing security governance framework, in particular, with a focus on engaging civil society and, secondly, through reinforcing the human rights perspective of security.

This meeting will gather key stakeholders involved in both promoting security and child protection in order to initiate dialogue on security problems faced by children in the world and to discuss global and EU directions towards investing children's security.

Chair - ISIS Europe

Speakers:

Dr Riina Kionka, Personal Representative of the SG/HR of the EU for Human Rights

DCAF - David Nosworthy,  author of report

UNICEF - Sikander Khan, UNICEF Deputy Representative, Afghanistan

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers - Martin Nagler, EU Representative

Responders:

Alenka Kosir, Deputy Representative to CIVCOM, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the EU - Incoming Presidency of the EU

Johannes Luchner, Head of Unit for Policy Affairs, Strategy and Evaluation, DG Humanitarian Aid (DG ECHO), European Commission

Davide Zaru, Assistant Policy Desk Officer - Human Rights and Democratisation, Unit B1, DG RELEX, European Commission

Discussion:

Save the Children, Brussels - Karin Lundell, Policy and Advocacy Officer

World Vision EU Liaison Office - Jane Backhurst, Director

Hard copies of the report (and summary of this meeting) are available from www.dcaf.ch and www.isis-europe.org