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ACES Practitioner Engagement Series 2021

A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence series organised by Dr. Dimitris Bouris in collaboration with the EU-Middle East Jean Monnet Network EUMENIA.

3 November 2021

In November and December 2021 Dr. Dimitris Bouris (UvA) will organise the 6th Practitioners Engagement Series in cooperation with the EUMENIA network. This year’s series will engage with a number of topical issues and will also involve several high-level officials, policy-makers, academics and practitioners. Topics will include the EU-Ukraine relations, the EU ‘Integrated Approach’ and the European Peace Facility as well as De Facto States and Land-for-Peace Agreements.

The series opens with an event on EU-Ukraine relations. Ms Katarína Mathernová (Deputy Director General, EU Support Group for Ukraine, European Commission) will give an overview of the broader political framework and cooperation between the EU and Ukraine while Mr. Antti Hartikainen (Head of EUAM Ukraine) will talk about the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) which was launched in 2014 in the aftermath of the events of the Euromaidan “Revolution of Dignity”.

The series continues with an event focusing on the EU’s role in peacebuilding. Ms. Anne Koistinen (Deputy Head of Division Integrated Approach for Security and Peace Directorate, European External Action Service,) will share insights on the EU’s ‘Integrated approach to external conflicts and crises’ and Mr. Rory Domm (Head of Division for the European Peace Facility, European External Action Service) will talk about the recently established European Peace Facility (EPF).

In the final event Dr. Shpend Kursani (Leiden University) will present his recently published book De Facto States and Land-for-Peace Agreements: Territory and Recognition at Odds? (co-authored with Eiki Berg, Routledge) which is going to be discussed by Ms. Olesya Vartanyan (International Crisis Group) who will also zoom in the cases of de facto states in the South Caucasus. 

The EU and Ukraine – Thursday 18 November 2021 12:00-13:30 ONLINE zoom

Speakers

  • Ms Katarína Mathernová (Deputy Director General, EU Support Group for Ukraine, European Commission)
  • Mr Antti Hartikainen (Head of EUAM Ukraine)

 

The European Union and peacebuilding: The ‘Integrated Approach’ and the European Peace Facility – 22 November 2021 15:00-16:30 Online zoom  

Speakers

  • Ms Anne Koistinen (Deputy Head of Division Integrated Approach for Security and Peace Directorate, European External Action Service)
  • Mr Rory Domm (Head of Division for the European Peace Facility, European External Action Service)

 

De Facto States and Land-for-Peace Agreements: Territory and Recognition at Odds? Book presentation – 25 November 12:30-14:00 Hybrid Event

Speakers

  • Dr Shpend Kursani (Leiden University)
  • Ms Olesya Vartanyan (International Crisis Group)