CIAO DATE: 06/02

Enhancing the EU's Response to Violent Conflict: Moving Beyond Reaction to Preventive Action

December 2000
Brussels

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Abstract

The Conference was intended to bring together key representatives from Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), academia, parliaments, governments and international institutions to explore how the EU might:

• Develop its capacity and structures to prevent and manage crises
• Address the root causes of violent conflict
• Improve the cohesion between military and non-military aspects of crisis management
• Assist in peace building and post-conflict reconstruction

The Conference is also a contribution to a broader Research Training Network project entitled "ESDP Democracy: Bridging the Accountability Gap in EU Defence and Security" (www.esdpdemocracy.net), which is financed through the European Commission's Fifth Framework Programme (http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp5.html).

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