Overview

The Madariaga–College of Europe Foundation and the EastWest Institute’s International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy (Task Force) will hold an informational meeting in Brussels on June 10, 2008, to present the Task Force’s proposals for the establishment of an International Panel on Conflict Prevention and Human Security and a Parliamentarians Network on Conflict Prevention and Human Security. These two bodies would function as key advocacy and advisory mechanisms to raise attention to key policy issues pertaining to stability and peace and new threats and challenges and what action can be taken to prevent them turning violent.

  • The International Panel on Conflict Prevention and Human Security will work to reframe traditional security policy toward the development of effective early diplomatic and operational alternatives to violence, which strengthen national and international capacities for sustainable and peaceful resolutions of conflict.
  • The Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention and Human Security will be an international, non-partisan network of parliamentarians from countries across the globe working at the national and international level to gear legislative mechanisms and procedures to direct political will and resources towards preventive action and human security.

The two initiatives are built on the Task Force declaration “Making Conflict Prevention Real,” which was adopted in December 2007 by the Task Force’s High-Level Advisory Board. The Task Force has received input from key stakeholders from the United Nations, national governments and parliaments, and international civil society groups to shape both the International Panel and the Parliamentarians Network. In cooperation with—and kindly hosted by—the Madriaga-College of Europe Foundation, the EastWest Institute is holding this public informational session on the Task Force proposals. The meeting will take place on:

June 10, 2008
10:00am-12:00pm
Madariaga – College of Europe Foundation
Rue Royale 87, 1000 Brussels

If you are interested in attending the event, please contact Ms. Maja Hild at the EastWest Institute Brussels office. She can be reached by email, mhild@ewi.info, by telephone, +32 2 743 4626 or by fax, +32 2 743 4639.