- Seminar on Sustainable Growth for Chinese diplomats
- Seminar on the EU’s new Diplomatic Service
- Clingendael Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
- High Level Policy Seminar on Biofuel Policy EU
- Strategy paper on International Climate Change Policy
- Dinner Debate on Europe’s Energy and Climate Change Policies
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New Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence clusters and disseminates knowledge on Europe
A conference, public debates, Honours Classes and Master Classes. Leiden University, the Clingendael Institute and the The Hague Academy for Applied Sciences joined forces to put the spotlight on European integration. These three institutions will shape their cooperation as a - by the EU acknowledged and co-subsidised - Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.
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Seminar on Sustainable Growth for Chinese diplomats |
From 26 till 30 October, the Clingendael Institute hosted, for the sixth time, a training seminar for eleven diplomats from the People’s Republic of China. The theme of this year’s seminar was ‘sustainable growth’: how to encourage economic growth which is in harmony with environmental and social goals? A hot topic, both for the EU and for China.
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China’s Evolving Diplomacy: New special issue of:
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy
This special issue of the The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, guest edited by Ingrid d'Hooghe and Chen Zhimin, highlights a number of important trends and features of China's diplomacy and diplomatic system: the diversification of diplomatic actors; the development of sub-national diplomacy; the struggle for a balance between keeping a low diplomatic profile and the need for a more active and assertive approach; and China's diplomatic learning process in dealing with the European Union. The Practitioner's Perspective offers a rare insight into China's diplomacy towards Myanmar (Burma) in the period 1988-1991 by a former Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy is the premier research journal for the study of diplomacy and its role in contemporary international relations.
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High-Level Policy Seminar on the EU’s new Diplomatic Service |
The Lisbon Treaty aims to enhance the European Union’s international profile, increasing the coherence and visibility of its external representation. Yet its entry into force has been leaving practitioners and academics with more questions than answers, particularly with regard to the tasks and responsibilities of the European External Action Service.
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PhD CESP research fellow Louise van Schaik |
On October 21 CESP Research Fellow Louise van Schaik obtained her PhD at the Catholic University of Leuven. According to her thesis a more concordant stand of the EU in international negotiations does not necessarily lead to better results and often causes irritation among its partners during these negotiations.
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Responding to Somali Piracy: Effectiveness and Follow-Up
On the occasion of the publication of The International Response to Somali Piracy: Challenges and Opportunities (eds. Bibi van Ginkel and Frans-Paul van der Putten), the Clingendael Institute and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised an expert-seminar on counter piracy. The aim of the seminar was to discuss recent developments relevant to piracy in the Gulf of Aden, and the Somali basin both within Somalia and at the international level.
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Polish Presidency Training |
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In the second half of 2011 Poland will hold the rotating EU Presidency. To prepare themselves the Polish Prime Minister’s Office and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs took the initiative for a large scale soft skills training programme. The programme is conducted by a consortium consisting of the College of Europe (leading partner), the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna and the Clingendael Institute. Clingendael staff travel frequently to the Natolin campus of the College of Europe in Warsaw to train in a.o. the rules of procedure within the Council and negotiation techniques.
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High-Level Policy seminar 'The EU as a global player: Financing EU’s ambitions for 2014-2020
In the coming months, negotiations on the EU budget for 2014-2020 will begin. Previous negotiations on the multi-financial perspectives tended to focus on the common agricultural policy and the structural and cohesion funds, relegating negotiations on Heading IV (the EU as a global player) as the last element of the bargain. The ambition of this high-level policy seminar, held on 2- 3 December, was precisely to move Heading IV to the forefront of the debate. A well timed debate with the advent of the European External Action Service and the reconfiguration of EU's external relations system.
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MTEC/‘How to work with Brussels’
Training for government officials from the Secretariat General for EU Affairs of Turkey
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From the 19th until 24th of September 2010, the Clingendael Institute organised the MTEC training ‘How to work with Brussels’ for fifty government officials from the Secretariat General for EU Affairs of Turkey. The training took place in Bolu, Turkey. |
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The training How to work with Brussels was designed to provide these government officials with in-depth knowledge on how the European Union functions under the new Lisbon treaty. Other topics dealt with were how to lobby the European Union, nation branding and current debates about the future of the EU. The participants were also given the opportunity to strengthen their presentation, debating and negotiation skills. The training was officially opened by the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Turkey, Mr. Jan-Paul Dirkse. |
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European expert lunch meeting: ‘The Treaty of Lisbon One Year on’ |
On 8 December the Clingendael Institute in close cooperation with the Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, organised an expert meeting during which the impact of the Lisbon Treaty was discussed. This debate was held within the framework of the status of Clingendael as Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. Clingendael shares this status in cooperation with the Campus The Hague of Leiden University and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
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Training Course on Women, Peace and Security, 22-26 November 2010
Armed conflicts have a major impact on the lives on woman and their families. But women also have important skills that could be used more effectively in conflict resolution and peace building. How can the role of women in peace negotiations, reconciliation and peacekeeping be strengthened? These issues were addressed in this training course on the implementation of UNSC Resolutions 1325 en 1820.
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Expert workshop: Who should do what? Peace, security and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
This workshop brought experts together to discuss the obstacles various actors (NGOs, Government, Academia, Corporations) encounter on multiple cross bordering themes as gender, security, governance, legitimacy and economic development in DRC. The main objective was to generate insight in the interplay between state and non state actors and identify the opportunities and challenges for these actors to work more effectively together for a more coherent and effective policy.
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High-Level Policy Seminar on the EU’s Bio Fuel Policy |
On 2 and 3 November the Clingendael Institute organised a high-level seminar that explored recent developments in the EU’s policy on bio fuels, which focused in particular on its innovation and trade aspects. The seminar aimed at identifying what we can learn from this policy in order to make the transition to a bio based economy.
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Dinner Debate on Europe’s Energy and Climate Change Policies |
Coinciding with the COP 16 meeting in Cancún, and on the eve of the Council of the European Union meeting on energy in February 2011, the Clingendael International Energy Programme hosted an exclusive dinner debate on energy and climate change policy on the 30th of November at the Huys Clingendael. The President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek introduced his views on Europe’s energy and climate change policies in an informal setting.
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(Re) Introducing…
Nora Méray has joined CIEP in September 2010. From 2006 until 2010 she worked for GasTerra, at first as planner and later as business analyst. In this period she mostly worked on long term strategic studies concerning quantitative analysis of the gas market and its impact on the requirement for investments in underground gas storages. From 2003 until 2006 she mostly worked at the Amsterdam Medical Center, working on statistical models at the Department of Clinical Informatics. She gained her PhD in Physics at the University of Leiden after finishing her studies at the University of Szeged (Hungary) and at the Free University of Brussels (Belgium).
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Bas Percival joined the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) in February 2008. He holds a Master's degree in Middle East and Central Asian Security Studies from St. Andrews University and a BA in History and Politics from Warwick University. Although Bas left in early 2009 to conduct research for his PhD at the Delft University of Technology, he has recently rejoined CIEP for the second part of his PhD.
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Foreign Service Programme |
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Masterclass Rotterdam, 2e Module |
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CESP Lunch seminar "The Treaty of Lisbon one year on" |
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Lecture Hungarian Minister Prof. dr. Zoltán Cséfalvay |
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International Institute for Asian Studies |
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International launch conference: Ten Years after 9/11: Evaluating a Decade of Intensified Counter-Terrorism |
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Actuality seminar ‘The cabinet-Rutte and the European Union: the Netherlands in Europe’ |
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Justice and Home Affairs Course Module 3 |
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Education, Culture and Science and the EU |
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Justice and Home Affairs Course Module 3 |
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Pakistan Capacity Building |
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Polish EU Presidency Module 2 |
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Annual symposium Netherlands Negotiation Network |
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Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Module V |
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Polish EU Presidency Module 2 |
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Masterclass Rotterdam 2, module III |
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Arab Water Academy, module III |
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MTEC How to work with Brussels |
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26 January till
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Indonesian diplomats Midcareer |
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15-17 February en 1-3 March |
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Course on Crisis management |
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Publications
ASEAN’s Potential as Stabilizing Factor in Great Power Relations in Asia [special section] ed. by Fenna Egberink and Frans-Paul van der Putten, in: JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTHEAST ASIA AFFAIRS, 29(3) 2010.
Link to articles:
http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa »
Media and Governance in Pakistan: A controversial yet essential relationship/
Marco
Mezzera and Safdar Sial. - The Hague: Conflict Research Unit [CRU], October 2010.
(CRU Occasional Paper)
The Dutch and European Contribution to International Climate Policy: building blocks for a
viable strategy, Louise van Schaik. – The Hague: Clingendael European Studies Programme, November 2010.
Towards a comprehensive and innovative EU policy for biofuels, Keijen van Eijk and Louise van Schaik. – The Hague: Clingendael European Studies Programme,
November 2010.
Devolution row: An assessment of Pakistan’s 2001 Local Government Ordinance/
Marco Mezzera; Safiya Aftab; Sairah Yusuf. – The Hague: Conflict Research Unit [CRU],
November 2010.
(CRU Occasional Paper)
Les bailleurs européens et l’approche participative dans le secteur de la sécurité et la justice au Burundi/ Sylvie More. – The Hague: Conflict Research Unit [CRU] and Initiative for Peace building,
August 2010.
A gender perspective in Peacekeeping missions:Discussing guidelines/
Rosan Smits; Sarah Blink; Bruno Braak. – The Hague: Conflict Research Unit [CRU],
CRU Working Paper, November 2010
Peace in idle hands: the prospects and pitfalls of economic recovery in Burundi, Ivan Briscoe, Pyt Douma and Jean-Marie Gasana, CRU Occasional Paper, September 2010
A state under siege: elites, criminal networks and institutional reform in Guatemala, Ivan Briscoe and Martín Rodríguez Pellecer, CRU Occasional Paper, September 2010
The Role of Civil Society in Implementing the Global UN Counter Terrorism Strategy, Bibi van Ginkel, paper, September 2010.
A Europeanisation of the Security Structure: the Security Identities of the United Kingdom and Germany, Margriet Drent, dissertation, October 2010.
China, Europe and International Security: Interests, Roles, and Prospects/ ed. by Frans-Paul van der Putten and Chu Shulong. London: Routledge, 2010.
This is just a selection of Clingendael publications.
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clingendael.nl/publications »
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