ENoP’s member Educational Centre Visio organises in collaboration with the member of the European Parliament Alviina Alametsä a 2-part training on the EU foreign policy, delving into it from two different aspects: 1) EU and peacebuilding and 2) EU and feminist foreing policy.

According to the EU Treaties, the EU’s goal is to ”maintain peace, prevent conflict and strengthen international security”, making peacebuilding one of the EU’s core values. In ”the EU and Peacebuilding” –part of the training it will therefore be discussed, what does the EU do to prevent conflict and to build sustainable peace. To what kind of threats does the EU respond to, what kind of global peace actor the EU is, and what tools and instruments it has in its disposal to prevent conflict and build peace, and what priorities the EU should have in this regard in the coming years?

The second part of the training discusses feminist foreign policy. What does it mean, and why foreign policy should be feminist? How well has the EU integrated gender into the different sectors of its external relations from diplomacy to climate, peace and security, and trade? By doing what, the EU could do more feminist foreign policy? Visiting expert will also explore the EU’s measures to implement the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.

Programme:

Session 1 | 22 September at 16–19 CEST (17-20 EEST) – EU and Peace Building

• Guest experts and details on the schedule will be revealed by end of August

Session 2 | 27 September at 16:30-18:30 CEST(17.30–19.30 EEST)  – EU and Feminist Foreign Policy 

• Introduction, MEP Alviina Alametsä
• Jakob Dalunde (Swedish Green MEP): Swedish experiences on applications of feminist foreign policy
• EEAS Jonna Naumanen (senior advisor): Women, Peace and Security (WPS) -agenda of the EU
• Discussion

Recordings available here: EU and Peace Building | EU and Feminist Foreign Policy 

This event is organised with the support of ENoP as part of its current EU co-funded project “Strengthening ENoP as Actor in Support of Democratic and Pluralistic Societies”.