SIPRI Session, Stockholm Forum on Development and Security, 12-13 May
The European Union has been elaborating better working methods to enhance the coherence, effectiveness and impact of its policy and action in relation to conflict prevention and crisis resolution. In the context of this overall initiative to promote a comprehensive approach, this Forum Session considered the relationship between the short and specific interventions that have been undertaken in the framework of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), and the long-term engagement of the EU in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Moderated by SIPRI, representatives of the European Commission, on-going EU peace operations, national officials, parliamentarians and experts explored how long and short-term efforts can be properly sequenced as part of a wider effort to integrate all the instruments of EU external action. In particular, the session explored how to establish a common policy framework for actions, the main priorities for a comprehensive approach, which capacities are needed to promote success and how they can be mobilized.
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