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1 GR:EEN FP7 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP THE EEAS COMING OF AGE: FEASIBLE GOALS AND WISHFUL THINKING Rome - 13 June 2014 Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (sala Nigra) - Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 CONCEPT AND PROGRAMME in cooperation with: 1

2 THE FRAMEWORK GR:EEN is a Framework 7 Program integrated research project focused on the challenges faced by the EU in establishing and enhancing its abilities to operate in a multi polar world. GR:EEN studies the role of the EU through a program of stocktaking, multidisciplinary research and activities that aims at understanding of the prospective directions of the global governance structures and Europe's place in them. The analysis will focus on the extant actors from the 20th century, the 21st century rising powers, the increasingly influential non state actors and the new transnational regulatory networks of public and private policy makers and regional agencies. For more information see: THE GR:EEN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP The Executive briefings are closed door meetings aiming at translating GR:EEN preliminary scientific findings in policy recommendations; this will be followed by an informal discussion with stakeholders (scholars, policy makers, civil servants, diplomats, business community and civil society). The discussion will be held in English. Two panels consisting of one Chair + 4/5 speakers will form the backbone of this closed doors event + 3/4 discussants. An open debate will follow with all the participants (50-60 people). Each session will be of at about 2.30 hours. Two GR:EEN international workshops already took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the past two years: The EU in a multipolar world (18 May 2012), and New regional powers: what role for the European Union? (5 May 2013). CONCEPT Following three years primarily devoted to the establishment of its institutional framework, the European External Action Service is going to fully take on its role as the EU s diplomatic corps. 2

3 Today, the Service can rely on a staff, an annual budget of around 500m, 139 delegations representing the EU in 163 third countries and international institutions, and is headed by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the Commission and standing President of the Foreign Affairs Council. Besides supporting the HR in delivering Common Foreign and Security Policy s goals i.e. peace and security building, crisis response & humanitarian aid, development aid and ensuring the consistency of the Union s external relations, the EEAS has identified three main elements emerging from its first years of operation of the Service: the relations with the EU s southern and eastern neighbourhoods; the development of a Comprehensive Approach (the joined-up deployment of EU diplomatic, military, economic, etc. instruments and resources, as well as the shared responsibility of EUlevel actors Member States); the common management of emerging global issues, like climate change. Thus far the EEAS has achieved some positive results, such as the advancement of pacific relations in the Balkans, and has engaged some major international issues like the Syrian conflict and the development of the Iranian nuclear programme. However, these aspects cannot eclipse the flaws and the ineffectiveness still marking the Service s operation. In order to come up with some feasible policy recommendations about how to overcome such difficulties and develop the Service s full potential, this workshop is going to address the following questions: What are the EEAS s specific goals and its thematic and geographic areas of interest? Are there targets that the Service has so far overlooked i.e. the development of a coherent strategic planning and that might significantly boost the EU s foreign policy if properly engaged? What role can the EEAS realistically play in defence and economic matters? Would the service be adequately equipped to pursue such purposes? What difficulties does the EEAS face in cooperating with EU institutions? How can a better inter-institutional coordination be advanced? How to ensure the development of an effective joint action between the EEAS and the Member States diplomatic services? 3

4 Session I THE EEAS IN FULL GEAR: UP TO THE JOB?" a.m. Registration a.m. Welcome remarks Giancarlo ARAGONA, President, ISPI Sandro DE BERNARDIN, Director General, DG for Political Affairs and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs a.m. Session I Chairman Mario TELO, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, Université Libre de Bruxelles; Emeritus President, Institut d'etudes Européennes; Professor of History and Theory of European and Regional Integration, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome Speakers Ugo ASTUTO, Director for Southern and Southeast Asia, European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels Rosa BALFOUR, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre, Brussels Ulrike GUEROT, Senior Associate for Germany, Open Society Initiative for Europe Ole Jacob SENDING, Head of the Centre for Global Governance, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo Richard WHITMAN, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent; Associate Fellow, Chatham House, London Discussants/Interventions Caterina CARTA, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Vesalius College, Brussels Nico FRANDI, Political Desk Officer (WMD Non-proliferation), EEAS, Brussels Sally Khalifa ISAAC, Associate Professor of Political Science, Cairo University; GR:EEN Visiting Researcher, ISPI Massimo PRONIO, Desk Officer, Namibia and Botswana & Business Liaison officer for Africa, EEAS, Brussels Antonio VILLAFRANCA, Senior Research Fellow, ISPI Open discussion with other invited guests a.m p.m. Lunch 4

5 Session II CONFRONTATION OR COOPERATION? THE EEAS VIS-À-VIS MEMBER STATES AND EU INSTITUTIONS p.m. Session II Chairman Shaun BRESLIN, Professor of Politics and International Studies and Director, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick Speakers Franco CONZATO, Deputy Head of the Unit for General Coordination, Development and Cooperation Directorate General, European Commission, Brussels Fabrizio DI MICHELE, Chair of the EEAS-Maghreb/Mashrek (MAMA) Group, EEAS, Brussels Zoltan MARTINUSZ, Director of Enlargement, Security, Civil Protection, Foreign Affairs Council Support, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Brussels Kristiina OJULAND, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, European Parliament, Brussels Mariangela ZAPPIA, Head of EU Delegation to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva Discussants/Interventions Steven BLOCKMANS, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the 'EU foreign policy' and 'politics and institutions' Units, CEPS, Brussels Simon DUKE, Professor, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht Serena GIUSTI, Senior Associate Research Fellow, ISPI Tereza NOVOTNA, GR:EEN Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute for European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles Frederik PONJAERT, Research Fellow, Université Libre de Bruxelles Open discussion with other invited guests 5