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1 Dr. Sylvain PAILE-CALVO Quartier Agora Place des Orateurs, 3 B31 bte Liège, Belgium spaile@ulg.ac.be Senior Researcher and Political Advisor European Union security and defence Skills and competence Plan, lead and implement actions - Defining priorities and anticipating political and legal obstacles to technical action - Leading and managing a collaborative network around a collective project (projects, field research, scientific societies) - Conceptualising and putting information into perspective (decision-makers, experts, stakeholders, public) Inform and communicate - Advising senior civilian and military authorities - Presenting and reporting on methodologies and results (fluent English, intermediate Spanish, beginner in Swedish and Dutch) - Adapting communication to specialised audiences (governmental, military, diplomatic and scientific) and media Create and value projects and results - Creating, concluding a research or project and assessing the outcomes for European and international security or defence - Organising, delivering and auditing knowledge dissemination events (military, jurists, field experts, international stakeholders) - Utilizing results for maintaining and strengthening the level of expertise in diplomatic and technical bodies or groups Arbitrate, act as a mediator - Intervening in international conflicting situations - Proposing, negotiating and defending positions in various institutions and working groups, technically, legally and politically - Promoting discussion and liaise within international high-level and technical networks Acquisition of the expertise 2006-Today Senior scientific researcher European Studies Unit Department of Political Science (University of Liège) - Scientific design, development and implementation of the European Union initiative Military Erasmus and the European Doctoral School on CSDP (European Security and Defence College External Action Service) - Projects and researches (European Union, international organisations, public and private sectors) on the trade of dual-use items, CBRN risks mitigation and nuclear law - Assessments, audits and development of projects for Defence Ministries (France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Ireland, Greece) - Preparation of academic courses and international scientific conferences, publication of books, scientific articles, newsletters and communications to media Curriculum 2015 PhD in Organisation and Management of the Armed Forces (National Military University of Bulgaria) 2012 Advanced course for Political Advisors in EU missions and operations (European Security and Defence College) 2010 International School of Nuclear Law (Nuclear energy Agency NEA/OECD University Montpellier 1) 2006 Master (DEA) in International Relations and European Integration (University of Liège) 2005 Master (Maîtrise) in International and European Public Law (University Toulouse 1, Erasmus at Uppsala University) Scientific societies, technical groups and honours Chairman of the Working Group on the European Doctoral School on the Common Security and Defence Policy Special member of the European Security and Defence College Secretariat (ESDC) Collaborator of the University of Liège and member of the Chaudfontaine Group Officer of the Civil Reserve of the French Army with the rank of Lieutenant Golden Ring of the Theresianische Militärakademie (Austria) Member of the International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists (INENS), the International Nuclear Law Association (BNLA-INLA), the ESDC Alumni Association

2 -Calvo Curriculum Vitae Lists of publications and scientific conferences 1. Projects : Adaptation de la Politique de l Enseignement pour l Ecole royale militaire à l évolution de la Politique Européenne de Sécurité Commune (Adaptation of the Education Policy for the Royal Military School of Belgium to the Evolution of the ESDP). Position: Researcher Supervision: Ministry of Defence of Belgium : Stocktaking of the basic military officers education and training. Position: Researcher Supervision: European Security and Defence College : Compendium of the European Military Higher Education. Position: Researcher Supervision: Ministry of Defence of Poland, European Security and Defence College : Support to the Commission in preparation of activities on Illicit Trafficking and Export Control in African countries. Position: Short-Term Expert Supervision: European Commission : Strengthening the National CBRN Legal Framework & Provision of specialized and technical training to enhance CBRN preparedness and response capabilities (CoE CBRN Project 33) (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda). Position: Regional Delegate Supervision: France Expertise Internationale, European Commission : Creation of the database for the IT Platform in Support of Member States training institutes exchange programmes. Position: Researcher Supervision: European Security and Defence College : Chemical safety and security in the Central and Eastern African region (CoE CBRN Project 42) (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia). Position: Coordination Officer, Short-Term Expert Supervision: GRS (Germany), European Commission. - PhD doctoral research: Research of possibilities to develop the exchanges of young officers in the European military higher education. Supervision: National Military University of Bulgaria, University of Liège : Long-Term Programme IV EU dual-use outreach activities (worldwide) (CoE CBRN Project 43) and EU Outreach programme Export Control Cooperation in South East Asia (CoE CBRN Project 47). Positions: Legal Advisor, Regional Leader - North Africa and Middle-East Supervision: Expertise France, European Commission : Renforcement des capacités de détection et de contrôle aux frontières des substances NRBC en Afrique du Nord et au Sahel (Strengthening of the detection and border

3 control capacities of the CBRN material in North Africa and Sahel) (CoE CBRN Project 55) (Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Morroco, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia). Supervision : Secrétariat Général de la Sûreté et de la Défense Nationale (SGDSN, France), European Commission 2. Publications (by field of research) 2.1 European military education: -Calvo From European Mobility to Military Interoperability Exchanging Young Officers, Knowledge and Know-How, Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union, 2016, 316 p. Foreword by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms. Federica Mogherini Available: -Calvo Une école doctorale européenne au service de la PSDC?, La Lettre de la RMFUE, N 63, November 2015, p. 8. -Calvo Europeanising the initial Officers Education: Some Challenges, Many Opportunities (pp ) and Modelling the European Initial Officers Education and Training Systems (pp ) in RACVIAC - Centre for Security Cooperation, Compendium 2015, October Available: -Calvo Common Modules Organised by the Greek Military Academies, 2015, Athens, Hellenic Military Academy Printing House, 2015, 105 p. Harald Gell, (eds.) imaf Lessons Learnt from the International Military Academies Forum 2014 Vienna, Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports of the Republic of Austria, 2014, 212 p. Available: Common Security and Defence Policy Module - External Evaluation Report Armis et Litteris 30, Theresianische Militärakademie - Wiener Neustadt, 2014, 77 p. European Education and Training for Young Officers The European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers, Inspired by Erasmus, Vienna, Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports of the Republic of Austria, 2014, 38 p. Available: The CSDP Olympiad from a Scientific Point of View in Symeon Zambas (ed.), The 1 st Common Security and Defence Policy Olympiad, Brussels, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus, September 2013, p. 37.

4 Towards a European Understanding of Academic Education of the Military Officers? in Hubert Annen, Can Nakkas, Juha Mäkinen (eds.), Thinking and Acting in Military Pedagogy, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, coll. Studies for Military Pedagogy, Military Science & Security Policy, vol. 12, 2013, pp , Harald Gell (eds.) 5 years of the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers Inspired by Erasmus, Lessons Learnt from the International Military Academies Forum 2013 Vienna, Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports of the Republic of Austria, 2013, 120 p. Available: Common Security and Defence Policy Modules External Evaluation Report Armis et Litteris 28, Theresianische Militärakademie - Wiener Neustadt, 2013, 80 p. André Dumoulin, Delphine Deschaux-Beaume, (eds.) Politiques de communication, médias et défense - L'OTAN et la PSDC: visibilité en Belgique et chez ses voisins (Communication policies, media and defence NATO and CSDP: visibility in Belgium and neighbouring countries), Brussels, P.I.E. Peter Lang, coll. Non-Prolifération et Sécurité, vol. 7, 2013, 427 p. Erasmus militaire : européaniser la formation, former à l européanisation ( Military Erasmus: Europeanising the training, training to the Europeanization ) in Revue Défense Nationale, Où va l Europe militaire?, Summer 2013, pp Transmission of Political-Military Information in Advanced Education: The Examples of the European Security and Defence College and the NATO Defence College Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LXV, No. 4, Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels, May 2013, pp Towards the end of the uniform Comprehensive approach to basic officer training in The European Security and Defence Union, No. 15, February European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers inspired by Erasmus (pp ) in Jochen Rehrl, Hans-Bernhard Weisserth (eds.), Handbook on CSDP, second edition, Vienna, Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports of the Republic of Austria, Common Security and Defence Policy Modules 2011 External Evaluation Report Armis et Litteris 27, Theresianische Militärakademie - Wiener Neustadt, 2012, 79 p. (Ed.) Europe for the Future Officers, Officers for the Future Europe Compendium of the European Military Officers Basic Education, Polish Ministry of National Defence, Department of Science and Military Education, Warsaw, September 2011, 226 p. Foreword by the Secretary of State Czeslaw Mroczek. External Evaluation Report Über Die Common Security and Defence Policy Modules, Armis et Litteris 25, Theresianische Militärakademie - Wiener Neustadt, 2011, 69 p.

5 L Erasmus militaire : carrefour entre éducation et PESD ( Military Erasmus : at crossroad between education and ESDP) (Chapter 19, pp ) and André Dumoulin and, Les publics cibles (The target audiences)(chapter 21, pp ) in André Dumoulin, Philippe Manigart (Eds.), Opinions publiques et politique européenne de sécurité et de défense commune : acteurs, positions, evolutions (Public opinion and European CSDP: actors, positions, evolutions), Brussels, Bruylant, Military Cultures and Education: Harmonizing or Standardizing Europe? Univers Strategic, University Dimitrie Cantemir Institute of Security Studies, No. 2, June 2010 Pedro Ferreira da Silva, Creating the Future Human Capabilities of the ESDP Studia Diplomatica Vol. LXIII, No. 1, Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels, European Military Higher Education Stocktaking Report, Brussels, DG F Press, Council of the European Union, May 2010, 180 p. Available: Pedro Ferreira da Silva, A Small Step for Capability, A Significant Leap for Military Erasmus Naçao e Defesa No. 125, Lisbon, Instituto da Defesa Nacional, May André Dumoulin,, Delphine Resteigne Des dynamiques culturelles de la PESD (Cultural dynamics of ESDP) Cahier du CEREM, No. 7, La Présidence Française de l Union Européenne et la PESD, February Available: L Enseignement militaire à l épreuve de l Européanisation : Adaptation de la politique de l enseignement pour l Ecole royale militaire de Belgique aux évolutions de la PESD ( the Europeanisation of military education: adaptation of the education policy for the Royal Military School of Belgium to the evolution of the ESDP) Thématiques du Centre des Sciences Sociales de la Défense (C2SD), No. 19, Paris, January 2009, 62 p. Available: European construction: Quentin Michel, Maxime Habran,, David Stans La Construction Européenne, Entre idées reçues et faux-semblants, third edition (The European construction, between prejudges and pretences) Presses Universitaires de Liège, Liège, February 2013, 235 p. Quentin Michel (et al.) La Construction Européenne, Entre idées reçues et faux-semblants second edition (The European construction, between prejudges and pretences) Les Editions de l Université de Liège, Liège, March 2010, 154 p. Teresa Elola, Sophie Hanson, Quentin Michel,, Gregory Piet, David Stans La Construction Européenne, Entre idées reçues et faux-semblants (The European construction, between prejudges and pretences)

6 Les Editions de l Université de Liège, Liège, November 2008, 155 p. 2.3 Non-proliferation policies: To be published: -Calvo, Outreach activities: harmonisation or standardisation of security postures? in Quentin Michel (Eds.), Incentives of Europe for Non-Proliferation Outreach Activities, Brussels, P.I.E Peter Lang, coll. International Issues, Quentin Michel, Odette Jankowitsch-Prevor, -Calvo (Eds.) Controlling the Trade of Dual-Use Goods : Sanctions and Penalties, Liège, European Studies Unit University of Liège, 2016, 324 p. Available: Quentin Michel, -Calvo Dual-use controls outreach: a new method, WorldECR, Issue 38, March 2015, pp Odette Jankowitsch-Prevor, Quentin Michel, (eds.), Modelling Dual-Use Trade Control Systems, Brussels, P.I.E. Peter Lang, coll. Non- Proliferation and Security, vol. 10, 2014, 261 p. Quentin Michel,, Maryna Tsukanova, Andrea Viski Controlling the Trade of Dual-Use Goods A Handbook, Brussels, P.I.E. Peter Lang, coll. Non-Proliferation and Security, vol. 9, 2013, 122 p. France and Dual-Use Export Controls. Global but not Globalised in Odette Jankowitsch-Prevor, Quentin Michel (eds.), European Dual-Use Trade Controls: Beyond Materiality and Borders, Brussels, P.I.E. Peter Lang, coll. Non-Proliferation and Security, vol. 8, 2013, pp International and European commitments to the export control of nuclear dual-use items: Do the European Union Member States have any room for manoeuvre? Les Cahiers de Sciences Politiques de l ULg, No. 26, January 2013, 17 p. Available: France: From Security to Competitive Security in Quentin Michel (ed.), Sensitive Trade, The Perspective of European States, Brussels, P.I.E. Peter Lang, coll. Non-Proliferation, vol. 5, 2011, pp AIDN-INLA, Nuclear Inter Jura 2007 Proceedings Actes du Congrès (1-4 octobre 2007), Brussels, Bruylant, 2008, pp Quentin Michel, Vers un régime européen de contrôle des exportations d armes de neutralisation momentanée En quête de cohérence (Towards a European regime of non-lethal weapons exports control Searching for coherence) Les Cahiers de Sciences Politiques de l Université de Liège, No. 8, September Available: Participation to the drafting of the course s handbook Régulation internationale du commerce des armes (Professor Quentin Michel) - 15h DEA in Political Sciences, titled: Arms and Related Items Control: the Eternal Quest to Reconcile Foreign Policy and Economic Interest. Available:

7 2.4 Belgian politics: Contribution to J. Beaufays, G. Matagne (eds.) La Belgique en mutation, Systèmes politiques et politiques publiques, ( ), Brussels, Bruylant 2009 (tables of chapter II). 3. Scientific reports and notes (report) Common Security and Defence Policy Module, Theresan Military Academy, External Evaluation Report, January Available: (report) Common Security and Defence Policy Module, Theresan Military Academy, External Evaluation Report, January Available: (report) Common Security and Defence Policy Modules, Theresan Military Academy, External Evaluation Report, January Available: under supervision of Pr. Catherine Fallon (report) L assise sociétale de la solution de gestion des déchets radioactifs B et C et du combustible usé en droit, Processus socio-politique et gestion de Plan en univers controversé: le plan de gestion à long terme des déchets B&C Axe 5, June (report) Common Security and Defence Policy Modules, Theresan Military Academy, External Evaluation Report, December Available: et al. (proceedings) Green Paper: The dual-use export control system of the European Union: Ensuring security and competitiveness in a changing world Contribution of the Chaudfontaine Group, Chaudfontaine, 2011, 23p. Available: (report) Common Security and Defence Policy Modules, Theresan Military Academy, External Evaluation Report, January Available: (report) Common Security and Defence Policy Modules Spain 1-5 March External Evaluation Report, April Available: (report) External evaluation of the Lisbon European Security and Defence Seminar, September Available: (note) The organisation of military higher education in Europe: Observations emerging from the replies to the questionnaires, August Available: under supervision of Pr.Quentin Michel (report)

8 Adaptation de la Politique de l Enseignement pour l Ecole royale militaire à l évolution de la Politique Européenne de Sécurité Commune (Adaptation of the Education Policy for the Royal Military School of Belgium to the Evolution of the ESDP), May Report mentioned in the Stocktaking of existing exchanges and exchange programmes of national military officers during their initial education and training (Document 12843/08 COSDP 731) of the General Secretariat of the Council, Brussels September This latter document is attached to the Declaration (of the Ministers of Defence of the European Union) on the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers, Inspired from Erasmus (document 5155/1/08), 10 November Teresa Elola,, Grégory Piet, under the direction of Quentin Michel (note) Analyse comparative du traité de Lisbonne au regard du traité de Nice et du projet de traité Constitutionnel (Comparative analysis of the Lisbon treaty with regard to the Nice Treaty and the project of Constitutional treaty), original version of November 6th, Available: under the direction of Quentin Michel (note) Commentaire de l accord intervenu entre l Inde et les Etats-Unis sur la coopération dans le domaine du nucléaire civil (Comment of the US-India deal on the civil nuclear cooperation). December 2006 (updated August 2007). Available: under the direction of Quentin Michel (note) Le Mémorandum d entente sur la coopération dans le domaine des applications nucléaires civiles, signé entre la France et la Libye le 26 juillet 2007 (The Memorandum on the civil nuclear co-operation signed by France and Libya on July 26 th, 2007). August Available: 4. Scientific conferences 4.1 Non-proliferation policies: - 15 December 16 December 2015, Doha: Presentation and moderation of the round table titled What is transhipment? Transit and transshipment: interpretations and implications during the Seminar on best practices for nonproliferation transit/transhipment controls co-organised by the United States of America Department of State and the Government of Qatar. - 8 November 10 November 2015: Chaudfontaine: Organisation and contribution to the conference Sensitive trade control and sanctions: implementing embargoes and penalties in case of violations, Université de Liège European Commision. Presentation titled The enforcement of trade control provisions in France February 2015, Karlsruhe: presentation Nuclear Security and Dual-Use Trade Controls, European Union Security Training (EUSECTRA) detection training for front line officers, European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Transuranium Elements September 30 September 2014, Chaudfontaine: Organisation and contribution to the conference Clarifying concepts and parameters of essential elements of a trade control system: opportunities for Africa, University of Liège ENCO European Commission. Presentation with Verena Ehold and Ivana Micic titled National vs. Regional Approach.

9 - 8 December 10 December 2013, Chaudfontaine: Organisation and contribution to the conference Universal trade control regime versus regional export control model(s), University of Liège European Commission. Presentation titled EU Regulation + French regulations = An exportable control model? June 21 June 2013, Tunis: International Atomic Energy Agency mission, for the Government of Tunisia, for the review and evaluation of the national regulatory and technical capacities for combating illicit trafficking in nuclear material April 26 April 2013, Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency consultants meeting for the review of instructional material for NS 17 import/export and transit control mechanism February 2013, Brussels: conference titled Le contrôle du commerce nucléaire: comment concilier l'inconciliable (?) (Nuclear trade control: How to conciliate the irreconcilable) with Quentin Michel, Académie Royale de Belgique Collège Belgique November 20 November 2012, Chaudfontaine: Organisation and contribution to the conference European dual-use trade controls: Beyond materiality and borders, University of Liège European Commission. Presentation titled France. - 8 December 9 December 2011, Rabat: European Union Outreach mission, for the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, of assistance for the elaboration of regulatory acts for the implementation of dual-use export controls September 27 September 2011, Chaudfontaine: Organisation and contribution to the conference on the Green Paper: The dual-use export control system of the European Union: Ensuring security and competitiveness in a changing world, University of Liège. Presentation titled Information Exchange October 15 October 2010, Chaudfontaine: Organisation and contribution to the conference on The responsibility of industrial operators in trade, University of Liege, under the aegis of the Belgian EU Presidency. Presentation titled: The French System of Control of Sensitive Items Trade: From Security to Competitive Security. - 1 October - 5 October 2007, Brussels: Session secretary of the round-table nonproliferation of nuclear weapons during the Inter Jura Congress of the International Nuclear Law Association (AIDN-INLA). Drafting and circulation of the session s report, published in AIDN-INLA, Nuclear Interjura 2007 Actes du congrès- Proceedings, Bruylant, Brussels, European military education security and defence: - 10 March 13 March 2015, Maribor: Key notes during the conference Defence Resources Management: Transition of Military Education Systems in SEE II, organised by RACVIAC Centre for Security Cooperation and the Slovenian Military Schools Centre titled Europeanising the initial officers education: some challenges, many opportunities and Modelling the European initial officers education and training systems June 27 June 2014, Reichenau: Key note during the International Military Academies Forum (imaf 2014) (Ministry of Defence of Austria), titled (Tentative) conclusions of the conference.

10 - 26 November 27 November 2013, Berlin: Communication during the Berlin Security Conference 2013 (Behörden Spiegel), titled The officer cadets: training to crisis management, training for managing crisis September 27 September 2013, Reichenau: Key note during the International Military Academies Forum (imaf 2013) (Ministry of Defence of Austria), titled (Tentative) conclusions of the conference November 2012, Astana: Communication during the seminar Pros and cons of the Bologna process for the military higher education in Kazakhstan (Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan), titled Pros and cons of the Bologna process for the military higher education - The experience of the European Union March 2011, Paris: president of the round-table No. 4 Leadership Training in Foreign Military Schools, military schools inter-forces seminar (SIGEM 2011) February 2011, Brussels: Exchanges in officers education: Erasmus and beyond, conference for the Special Division of the Royal Military Academy of Belgium January 2011, Liège: L Europe dans le monde d aujourd hui EU in the world today, course of the University Area of Liège, module on Society and Economy December December 2009, Trollhätan: Communication during the conference Vilär (Verksamhetintegrerat-lârande) (work-integrated learning), titled European Military Higher Education: War-Integrated Learning. - 8 May May 2009, Sremski: Communication during the conference of the Centre for Civil-Military Relations of Serbia (CCMR), titled Military cultures and education: harmonizing or standardizing Europe? November November 2008, Paris: Communication during the Seminar organised by the French Presidency of the European Union on the exchange of young officers, titled The Bologna Process in the Education of the Military Officers: the Road to a Common Culture of Defence in Europe December December 2008, Vilnius: Communication during the conference of the Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF), titled Towards a European Culture of Defence in Officers Education: The Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers Inspired From Erasmus May May 2008, Helsinki: Communication during the annual conference of the International Association for Military Pedagogy (IAMP), titled Towards a European understanding of the academic education of the military officers? copresented with Commandant Bruno Royer de Véricourt (French MoD French EU Presidency cell). - October 2007 December 2007: Research visits to military institutes in the frame of the comparative study for the research: France, Germany, Portugal, Lithuania, Romania and Finland. - July 2007: Presentation of a poster: L Ecole royale militaire et les Ecoles de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan : pôle de recherche sur la sécurité européenne (the RMS and the Saint-Cyr Schools, research pole on European security), during the Belgian Defence days in Coxyde. Available:

11 5. Academic courses provided Common Security and Defence Policy Training Train-the-Trainers (European Security and Defence College) Introduction to EU politics (Pr. Quentin Michel ) -20h- Bachelor in Political Sciences Elaboration of a chapter Sensitive items export control for the Autonomous Knowledge Unit No. 8 of the European Security and Defence College, Non-proliferation of weapons of massdestruction Politique Européenne de Sécurité et de Défense Commune - European Common Security and Defence Policy (Dr. André Dumoulin) -30h- Master in Political Science Séminaire de lecture de textes en anglais English text reading seminar (Pr. Quentin Michel) -45h- first year of Bachelor in Political Sciences ; Politiques européennes - European policies (Pr. Quentin Michel) -15h- Master in Communication and third year of Bachelor in Political Sciences; Military Pedagogy Comparative Education, (Pr. Juha Mäkinen National Defence University of Finland) Master in Military pedagogy. 6. Newsletters Edition of the Chaudfontaine Newsletter for the European Studies Unit University of Liège. Four newsletters per year. Available: Edition of the Mobility Newsletter - European mobility of young officers and trainers for the Secretariat of the European Security and Defence College. Four newsletters per year (starting February 2011). Available:

Place of birth: Sydney (Australia) Nationality: Italy

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