Peace Mediation in the Context of the European Union
23 June 2011| Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance, Berlin
The experts’ symposium was organized by the Center for Peace Mediation in collaboration with the Master’s Program in Mediation, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).
The symposium aimed to identify and discuss challenges and questions currently raised in the process of establishing peace mediation within the context of the EU. Moreover, the symposium promoted a more targeted and systematic definition of the conceptual basis of EU mediation. Three panels facilitated discussion on the following topics: (1) Peace Mediation in current EU Field Activities; (2) Normative and Methodological Challenges and (3) Political and Institutional Perspectives.
Participants concluded that the current circumstances provide the EU with a unique opportunity to use its historical credibility, its current political influence and vast pool of knowledge about mediation to establish itself as a professional mediation actor in the international arena. Due to its track record as a successful peace project in itself, the EU clearly has the potential to fill such a responsible role.
Please find more information on this symposium here.
The experts’ symposium was organized by the Center for Peace Mediation in collaboration with the Master’s Program in Mediation, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).
The symposium aimed to identify and discuss challenges and questions currently raised in the process of establishing peace mediation within the context of the EU. Moreover, the symposium promoted a more targeted and systematic definition of the conceptual basis of EU mediation. Three panels facilitated discussion on the following topics: (1) Peace Mediation in current EU Field Activities; (2) Normative and Methodological Challenges and (3) Political and Institutional Perspectives.
Participants concluded that the current circumstances provide the EU with a unique opportunity to use its historical credibility, its current political influence and vast pool of knowledge about mediation to establish itself as a professional mediation actor in the international arena. Due to its track record as a successful peace project in itself, the EU clearly has the potential to fill such a responsible role.
Please find more information on this symposium here.