European Common Foreign and Security Policy in the Lisbon Institutional Setting

21 October 2010 - Warsaw School of Economics - Building C, Al. Niepodległości 128

One year after the Lisbon Treaty its most important innovation - European External Action Service - is about to begin its work. This is high time to address some of the most burning issues raised by this new institution.

demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Chair of International Law and European Union Law, Kozminski University and the Chair of European Law at the Warsaw School of Economics jointly invite you to a debate on "European Common Foreign and Security Policy in the Lisbon Institutional Setting"

The first part of the conference would concentrate on the role of the EU Presidency in forming the EU foreign and security policy under the Lisbon Treaty. Special emphasis will be put on interactions between institutional actors - Presidency, HR/VP and European Parliament.

In the second part, we will analyze the emerging of EEAS and its interrelationship with national diplomatic services. It will focus on the following questions: How can smooth cooperation be achieved? What should be done to make EU foreign policy "more coherent and efficient"? What is the optimal mix between national and European diplomatic actions?

REGISTRATION

Programme

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee and registration

11.00 - 11.15 Opening remarks

Prof. Jan Barcz, Kozminski University

Krzysztof Blusz, Vice-President, demosEUROPA-Centre for European Strategy

Knut Dethlefsen, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Poland

Prof. Artur Nowak-Far, Warsaw School of Economics

11.15 - 12.00 Keynote Speech and Discussion

The EU Presidency - the power that was or a new opening in the foreign policy?

Maciej Popowski, Head of Cabinet of Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament

Moderator: Professor Krzysztof Blusz, Vice-President, demosEUROPA-Centre for European Strategy

12.00 - 13.30 Panel Discussion EEAS and national diplomatic services - from competition to cooperation

Carlos Carnero, Special Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for projects related to the European integration, Spain

Christos Katsioulis, International Policy Analysis, Friedrich-Ebert-Siftung Cyryl Kozaczewski, Director, Departament for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Joanna Skoczek, Director of the Department of Coordination of Poland’s Presidency of EU Council

Moderator: Professor Professor Artur Nowak-Far, Warsaw School of Economics

13.30 - 13.40 Concluding remarks

The conference will be held in English only.

Participation in the conference is free of charge.

Number of seats is limited.

For further information: demosEuropa