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Press Invitation – 1 december 2009
Roundtable on the development-security nexus
I am writing to invite you to the Development Policy Forum (DPF) roundtable on the development-security nexus, which will take place on Tuesday, 1 December 2009. This roundtable, entitled
“Development and security: Two sides of the same coin” will focus on the development-security nexus and whether international actors can agree on a
framework to address the complex structural causes of insecurity. The debate will also explore how effective civilian-military cooperation can be achieved and whether security and crisis
management questions can be combined with the establishment of new inter-institutional partnerships and longer-term development tasks.
This DPF roundtable will welcome some 40 active senior EU officials, members of the European and national parliaments, development and cooperation ministries, and international agencies and missions of developing countries. Each of the two roundtable sessions will feature 3-4 introductory discussants making introductory remarks, and then a moderated discussion will be opened among the discussants seated around the table. More than 100 observers will also attend the roundtable. The working languages of the roundtable will be both English and French.
Session I - Without security, development is fruitless; without development, security is pointless
Europe’s policymakers are increasingly aware that the greatest development assistance challenges they face are in unstable or failed states. And although Afghanistan is at present the prime example of EU countries’ inability to achieve effective civilian-military cooperation, the problem is just as daunting in some African states, notably in the Horn of Africa. How do civilian development experts – not least the NGOs with “frontline” responsibilities – see the difficulties of combining security and crisis management questions with longer-term development tasks? With climate change likely to exacerbate the twin problems of under-development and breakdown of law and order, what policy framework should the EU be fashioning to go beyond “civilian-military” cooperation? What lessons have been learned that could help the EU to improve its conflict prevention policies?
Introductory remarks by:
§ Charles Goerens MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and Member of the Committee on Development
§ Martin Howard, Assistant Secretary General for Operations, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
§ Cornelia Richter, Director General for the Planning and Development Department of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
§ Fred Tanner, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Session II - Prevention is better than cure, so security and development actors need a common approach
Improved interaction between development and security actors has great potential for crisis prevention as well as for post-conflict work. But to achieve that both sides have to agree on a coordinated long-term approach and on structures for tackling the root causes of insecurity. Is a new framework needed that could better concert sustainable economic development, good governance, effective policing and the primacy of the rule of law?
Introductory remarks by:
§ Lt. Gen. David Leakey, Director General of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS)
§ James Putzel, Director of the Crisis States Research Centre at the Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
§ Paul van Tongeren, Secretary General and Honorary Chair of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (CPPAC)
§ Col. Moumouni Zankaro*, Director of Military Cooperation, Ministry of Defence , Benin
* to be confirmed
Both sessions will be moderated by Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe and Co-Founder and Director of the Security & Defence Agenda, and Gie Goris, Editor-in-Chief of MO*
For a full list of confirmed discussants, click here.
PROGRAMME SUMMARY (Click here for the full programme in English and click here for the programme in French)
The timings of the roundtable are:
10.30 – 11.00: Welcome and registration of participants
11.00 – 13.00: Session I “Without security, development is fruitless; without development, security is pointless”
13.00 – 14.00: Buffet lunch
14.00 – 16.00: Session II “Prevention is better than cure, so security and development actors need a common approach”
REGISTRATION
If you wish to attend, please complete the following form and return it by fax to +32 (0)2 738 75 97, or by email to ringaile.trakymaite@friendsofeurope.org
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For more information or to arrange interviews, please contact Ringaile Trakymaite by phone on +32 (0)2 738 75 95 or by email at ringaile.trakymaite@friendsofeurope.org
The DPF is a partnership between Friends of Europe, the United Nations, the World Bank, the French AFD, the UK’s DFID and the German GTZ, and with the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the IMF, and in association with the European Commission Directorate General for Development and Relations with ACP States. The Security and Defence Agenda (SDA) will also partner us for this roundtable. The goal of the partnership is to systematically address forthcoming challenges in the area of development policy through lively debates and sharply written analyses.
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