Conflict Management & the EU at the Economic Forum
September 9th 2010 | 20th Economic Forum, Krynica, Poland
Due to its strategic partnership with the Economic Forum Krynica, the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) organized the panel on “Conflict Management & the EU,” which was led by the Institute for Conflict Management (Verlinkung).
This panel focused on current developments and future perspectives in conflict management within and beyond the EU. The starting thesis was that a paradigm shift in dealing with conflicts is currently taking place within the European Union: As power-based approaches are gradually replaced by rights-based approaches, new participants become available for interest-based methods of conflict resolution. At the same time, effectiveness and ethical justifiability of conflict management gain in public and political importance.
Through the discussion it became clear that, particularly in civil society and economy, a significant amount of practical and conceptual knowledge as well as load-bearing institutional structures have already been developed. These empirical findings could also be used much more profitably on the national and European Union levels. In the medium-term, however, the European Union needs a conflict management strategy beyond the current approaches, spheres and actors. Participants determined that every conflict management activity thus carries both a moral and (human-) rights responsibility, according to which participants should act or be measured against.
For more information on the panel discussion, click here.
Due to its strategic partnership with the Economic Forum Krynica, the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) organized the panel on “Conflict Management & the EU,” which was led by the Institute for Conflict Management (Verlinkung).
This panel focused on current developments and future perspectives in conflict management within and beyond the EU. The starting thesis was that a paradigm shift in dealing with conflicts is currently taking place within the European Union: As power-based approaches are gradually replaced by rights-based approaches, new participants become available for interest-based methods of conflict resolution. At the same time, effectiveness and ethical justifiability of conflict management gain in public and political importance.
Through the discussion it became clear that, particularly in civil society and economy, a significant amount of practical and conceptual knowledge as well as load-bearing institutional structures have already been developed. These empirical findings could also be used much more profitably on the national and European Union levels. In the medium-term, however, the European Union needs a conflict management strategy beyond the current approaches, spheres and actors. Participants determined that every conflict management activity thus carries both a moral and (human-) rights responsibility, according to which participants should act or be measured against.
For more information on the panel discussion, click here.