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The Sahel Crisis:

Where do European and

African perspectives meet?

Institute for European StudiesBrussels, Wednesday 27 Febraury 2013

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Programme p. 3Introduction p. 4Speaker Biographies p. 5List of Participants p. 11

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08:30-09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:00-10:00 Introductory Remarks: The View from Brussels, the View from Addis

Chair: Anthony Antoine, Executive Director, IESAjay Kumar Bramdeo, Head of Mission to the EU, African UnionNick Westcott, Managing Director for Africa, EEAS

10:00-11:20 Panel 1 - The Main Challenges in the Sahel

Chair: Marc Otte, Ambassador, Belgian Ministry of Foreign AffairsNatalia Alonso, Head of the EU Office, Oxfam InternationalMohamed Ibn Chambas, Secretary General of the ACPErica Gerretsen, Acting Head of Unit West Africa, DEVCO, ECFranck Paris, French EU Permanent Representation

11:20-11:40 Coffee

11:40-13:00 Panel 2 - Local and Regional Dynamics

Chair: Hans Hoebeke, Director of the Africa Programme, EgmontAmar Bendjama, Ambassador of AlgeriaWolfram Lacher, Research Associate, SWP BerlinBaz Lecocq, Professor African History, Universiteit Gent

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Panel 3 – From Military Intervention to Security Assistance

Chair: Alexander Mattelaer, Assistant Director, IESMiguel Garijo, CIVCOM Representative,

Spanish Permanent Representation to the EUBernd Schulte Berge, Head of the Military Advisory Branch,

German Permanent Representation to the EUJeremy Drage, Chief Strategic Planner for Crisis Management

Operations, EU Military StaffLori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, Senior Researcher, ISS Dakar Office

15:30-16:00 Closing Remarks

Paul-Simon Handy, Research Director, Institute for Security StudiesJo Coelmont, Senior Associate Fellow, Egmont Institute

Programme

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The crisis in Mali has brought the Sahel to the center of international attention. This fragile

region not only suffers from longstanding development challenges but also from an acute

security vacuum that triggered military interventions. This conference encourages inter-

action between European and African perspectives on the Sahel crisis. It will shed light on

the European decision-making process as well as the local political dynamics in the region.

Although the EU adopted a regional strategy for the Sahel already in 2011, many ques-

tions arise over its ability to cope with such a complex and dynamically evolving security

environment. Also at the African level, divergent views on the political roadmap to be

adopted and a lack of resources have had their effect. Can the different players involved

agree on what are the most pertinent needs and challenges to be addressed? Are they

ready for the essential long-term engagement? Can regional organizations effectively col-

laborate and are they able to successfully integrate different agendas?

Panel 1 – The Main Challenges in the Sahel

This panel will outline what are the principal challenges to political stability and economic

development in the Sahel. Does the EU strategy towards the Sahel pose an adequate re-

sponse to the challenges identified? Why do humanitarian emergencies prove to be such

a persistent plague? What is the rationale behind the international approach towards the

region? How do African stakeholders perceive the European engagement?

Panel 2 – Local and Regional Dynamics

In this panel the regional and local actors will be analyzed. What are the main forces in the

region? Who would benefit from a protracted crisis? What is the position of several armed

groups? What is their political agenda and whose interest do they serve? What is the role of

the different regional powers?

Panel 3 – From Military Intervention to Security Assistance

The EU’s security engagement in the Sahel has evolved considerably over the past twelve

months. What has the EU learned from its EUCAP Sahel mission that can be used for opera-

tions in Mali? What is the organizational division of labour between Operation Serval, the

EU Training Mission in Mali and AFISMA? How does the provision of military assistance tie

in with broader developmental and security objectives?

Introduction

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Natalia Alonso is currently the Head of Oxfam International’s European Union office

in Brussels, where when leads Oxfam International’s European Union advocacy team

and coordinates work across Oxfam International’s offices in eight European coun-

tries. Before joining Oxfam Alonso was Head of Plan International’s European Union

office, and, prior to this, she served as Deputy Directory and Acting Director of Am-

nesty International’s European Union office for three years. An agricultural engineer

by training and education, Natalia Alonso has worked for the European Commission

in India and the Dominican Republic on development issues, including governance

and natural resource management.

Amar Bendjama, has been the Algerian Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and

Chief of Mission to the European Union and NATO since 2010. From 2005-2009 Bend-

jama served as Ambassador Counsellor for Euro-Mediterranean affairs at the Algerian

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2001-2005 Bendjama served as Ambassador to Tokyo

and from 1996-2000 Ambassador Bendjama held the position of Secretary General

at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bendjama was Algerian Ambassador to

London from 1995 to 1996 and from 1991-1994 he served as Ambassador to Addis

Ababa and was Algeria’s Permanent Representative to the Organisation of African

Unity. From 1989-1991 Ambassador Bendjama was Algeria’s Deputy Permanent Rep-

resentative to the United Nations in New York. Ambassador Bendjama has also held

diplomatic positions in Moscow and he holds a degree from the University of Algiers.

Ajay Kumar Bramdeo has been the African Union’s Head of Mission to the European

Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States since December 2011.

On completing his Diplomatic Training Course, he served at the South African Em-

bassy to Addis Ababa until December 2000. On his return to Pretoria, he assumed a

Deputy Director post responsible for SADC, was promoted to Director in 2002 and ap-

pointed on special assignment as Chargé d’Affaire a.i. to Ethiopia, the UNECA and the

AU Commission from August until November 2002, after which he served as Deputy

Head of Missions until August 2003. In December 2003, Ambassador Bramdeo was

appointed High Commissioner to the Republic of Mauritius with non-resident accred-

itation to the Republic of Seychelles. He returned to Pretoria in December 2008 to

take up a promotion post as Chief Director of Africa Multilateral. Ambassador Bram-

deo taught at various schools from 1982 until 1994.

Speaker Biographies

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Mohamed Ibn Chambas is Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group

of States since 2010. Dr. Chambas also serves as Co-President of the Inter-Regional Or-

ganisations Coordination Committee (ACP-IROCC) and on the Advisory Council of the

World Development Report. He was President of the Economic Community of West Afri-

can States (ECOWAS) since 2007, and its Executive Secretary from 2002-2006. In 2008, he

was appointed as a member of the Danish African Commission for Effective Development

Cooperation, a task force advising the Danish government. Chambas has held a number

of posts in Ghanaian politics including Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Foreign Af-

fairs Committee, Deputy Minister of Education (1997-2000) and Deputy Foreign Minister

(1987) to name a few. He is the first African to serve on Cornell University’s Council, hold-

ing the position from 1997-2012. Chambas holds degrees from the Universities of Ghana,

Cornell, Case Western Reserve.

Jo Coelmont is currently Senior Associate Fellow of the Europe in the World Programme

at the Egmont Institute. Before this Coelmont served as a Brigadier General in the Belgian

Air Force (1973-2008). From 2002-2007 Coelmont was the Belgian Permanent Representa-

tive to the EU Military Committee and the Western European Union and Military Advisor

to the Belgian Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the EU. In 2006 he

was elected Dean of the EU Military Committee. In 2000 he was assigned to the Private

Office of the Minister of Defence as Military Advisor for European and Security Policy in

view of the Belgian Presidency of the EU during the second half of 2001. In 1997 he was

appointed to the Royal Defence Institute, first as military professor in the Department of

Security and Defence Policy, later as head of the Air Force Department. In 1993 Coelmont

worked at the Joint Staff, International Relations and Defence Policy Branch, NATO. He has

graduated from the NATO Defence College, the Belgian Royal Defence College and the

Belgian Royal Military Academy.

Miguel Garijo has been CivCom Delegate at the Permanent Representation of Spain to

the European Union since 2009. From 2007-2008 he was Senior Adviser to the Deputy

Director General for Peacekeeping Operations, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From

2004-2008 he was Dean of Studies for Senior Officers Training at the Guardia Civil College

– Aranjuez, Spain. From 1998-2002 Colonel Garijo was a trainer and lecturer at the Guardia

Civil College, and in 1998 he headed the Criminal Investigation Unit at the Guardia Civil

Provincial Command – Toledo, Spain. From 1997-1998 he provided Technical Assistance to

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the Guatemalan National Civilian Police. From 1995-1997 he headed the Intelligence

Unit at the Guardia Civil Provincial Command – Toledo, Spain. From 1991-1995 he was

Platoon Commander at a stand-by security and crowd control unit – Madrid, Spain

and a Commander of a general policing territorial unit – Navarre, Spain.

Erica Gerretsen, Acting Head of Unit in charge of Western Africa, European Comission,

directorate for development and cooperation (DEVCO). Ms. Gerretsen is an EC official

with extensive expierence within DEVCO, before being in charge of Western Africa,

Ms. Erica Gerretsen was head of sector for the European Instrument for Democracy

and Human Rights.

Anthony Antoine holds a degree in Political Science and studied as Erasmus student

at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the University of Central Lancashire (Preston, UK)

and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Centre d’Etudes en Relations Internationales

et Stratégiques). As researcher, he was linked to the Centre for Peace and Security

Studies of the VUB’s Politics Department. Between 1998 and 2002, he worked on a

project creating educational modules over the Internet on proliferation and non-

proliferation of chemical and biological weapons, and this together with the Stock-

holm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Eidgnossische Technische

Hogschüle Zürich(International Relations and Security Network, ETHZ). As assistant

to Prof. Dr. Gustaaf Geeraerts, he was responsible for the course “European Security”

at VUB.Within the Euro-Atlantic Foundation, an NGO created under the auspices of

the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, he was Project Director and consultant for inter-

net-communication for parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe (1997-2002). After

having worked for NATO’s Office for Information and Press (1995-1997) he became

CEO of the companies Allied Consultants and Dune Enterprises (1997-2002), where

he dealt with electronic (crisis-) communication at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisa-

tion (NATO), the Western European Union (WEU), the High Representative for Bosnia

and Herzegovina, various international Parliamentary assemblies and Belgian Federal

Government. Since 2002, Anthony is full-time Executive Director of the Institute for

European Studies.

Paul-Simon Handy was appointed Research Director of the Institute for Security

Studies (ISS) in 2010. Prior to this he was the Head of the African Conflict Prevention

Programme (ACPP) in the ISS Pretoria office. Handy studied (Political Science, Inter-

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national Relations and German Studies) at the Universities of Yaounde, Berlin and Leipzig

where he did his PhD in 2005. He has published on issues related to governance, state fragil-

ity as well as the Africa policy of the EU, France and Germany. Handy has previously held a

teaching position at the Free University of Berlin before working as a Visiting Fellow with

the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (the German Institute for International and Security Af-

fairs, SWP) in Berlin. He is on the Editorial Board of the African Security Review and a Visiting

Lecturer at the Political Science Department of Rhodes University in Grahamstown (South-

Africa).

Hans Hoebeke joined the Africa Programme of Egmont (Royal Institute for International Re-

lations) in May 2006 as a Senior Researcher. Since May 2011, he is Director of the Programme.

His main research focus includes political and security developments in the Democratic

Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, the wider Great Lakes Region and strategic develop-

ments in Sub-Sahara Africa. Before joining the Institute, Hoebeke worked as a Desk Officer at

the Belgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs (1997-2000), as Attaché at the Cabinet of the Minister

for Foreign Affairs (1999), as Political Analyst at the Belgian Ministry of Defense (2000-2005)

and as a Research Fellow at the Conflict Research Unit (CRU) of the Clingendael Institute (The

Hague, the Netherlands). Hoebeke holds a Licence in Political Science (International Rela-

tions) from Ghent University (1996).

Wolfram Lacher is currently an Associate Researcher with Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

(German Institute for International and Security Affairs) Berlin’s Middle East and Africa divi-

sion. At SWP Berlin Lacher researches Libya, Algeria and security issues in the Sahel and the

Sahara. Before his current position Lacher served as an Analyst of North Africa and Sudan is-

sues at the London-based Control Risks (2007-2010). He has written widely on the Mali crisis

and security issues such as organized crime and conflict that affect the Sahel-Sahara region.

Wolfram Lacher holds degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London),

the American University in Cairo, Leipzig University and the Institut National des Langues et

Civilisations Nationales (INALCO) (Paris).

Baz Lecocq is Professor of African History at Ghent University where he specializes on the

history of Africa and the Muslim world, and coordinates the African Languages and Cultures

study programme. His work has so far focused on contemporary histories of decolonization

and nation-building in Francophone West Africa and the Sahara. Before Ghent University, Le-

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cocq was a Research Fellow at the Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin from 2003-2007.

In 2003 he was a Lecturer in African History at Leiden University and in 1995 he was a

Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Bergen Univer-

sity. Professor Lecocq has written extensively on African History and he holds degrees

from the Universities of Leiden and Amsterdam.

Alexander Mattelaer is currently Assistant Director at the Institute for European Stud-

ies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is also a Post-doctoral researcher in the Institute’s re-

search cluster on European Foreign and Security Policy. Dr. Mattelaer’s research at the

IES relates to the study of contemporary military operations, focusing on planning

issues, operation design and military strategy, and civil-military relations. Mattelaer

holds degrees from the University of Bath (UK), KU Brussel and KU Leuven.

Marc Otte is Director of Policy Planning at the Belgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. From

2003–2011 Otte served as the European Union’s Special Representative for the Middle

East peace process. From 1999-2003 Marc Otte served as an Advisor on defence and

security policy to the EU’s High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security

Policy, and the Head of the Common Security and Defence Policy Task Force in the

Council of the EU. From 1976-1999 Otte served as a diplomat with the Belgian Ministry

of Foreign Affairs and was posted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Israel and

Washington D.C.. He holds degrees from the University of Leuven and wrote several

articles on European Security and Defence policy and the Middle East Peace Process.

Franck Paris has been a politico-military Counselor at the French Permanent Represen-

tation to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union since 2010. From

2008 to 2010 he served as the French Permanent Representation’s Counselor for rela-

tions with Africa. From 2006 to 2008 he was based at the French Ministry of Foreign Af-

fairs’ (Paris) United Nations department where he worked on Security Council matters.

From 2004 to 2006 he worked in the Africa Department at the French Ministry of For-

eign Affairs where he worked on the Great Lakes region. Between 2002 to 2003 he was

based at the French Embassy in the Ivory Coast. Franck Paris has also participated in

a number of EU electoral observation missions to the Democratic Republic of Congo,

Uganda and Burundi. He holds degrees from the Ecole Nationale d’administration, the

Institut d’études politiques de Paris, the University of Montpellier and the University

of Reading.

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Bernd Schulte Berge is presently the defence advisor to the German Political and Security

Committee Ambassador at the German Permanent Representation to the European Union.

Brigidier General Schulte Berge was born in 1955, he served from 1974 in the German Air

Force Air Command and Control Service and in a wide variety of ministerial, command,

staff and international assignments with NATO and the EU. Schulte Berge’s practical crisis

management experience started with NATO`s vigilant posture during the events in Poland

1980 and its involvement in the Western Balkans crisis in the early, mid and late nineties.

Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni is a Senior Researcher with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

in Dakar where she covers West Africa. She previously worked as a researcher on Peace and

Security issues with the Network on Peace Operations (ROP) at the University of Montreal.

She has developed various projects relating to peace operations mainly in New York and

Addis Ababa. Lori-Anne holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Toronto in

Canada (2009). Her thesis focused on media, conflict and democratization in Côte d’Ivoire

where she conducted regular field research between 2003 and 20011. Her last research

project explored the certification of post-conflict electoral processes by the United Nations

with a specific focus on Côte d’Ivoire. She is currently working on a variety of human secu-

rity issues in West Africa.

Nick Westcott has been Managing Director, European External Action Service, since Febru-

ary 2011. He was British High Commissioner to Ghana and non-resident Ambassador to the

Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo from January 2008 to January 2011. He was Chief

Information Officer and Head of IT Strategy at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from

2002- 2007, managing the FCO’s £100m annual ICT budget. Prior to that, he served as Min-

ister-Counsellor at the British Embassy, Washington (1999-2002) handling trade, transport

and e-commerce issues; as Deputy High Commissioner in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1993-6);

and at the UK Representation to the EU in Brussels (1984-9). He has also held a number of

jobs at the FCO in London, including Head of the Economic Relations Dept, in which role he

was responsible for managing the Birmingham G8 Summit in 1998. He has a PhD in African

studies from Cambridge University is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and was

made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in December 1998.

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Name First Name Institution

Aavatsmark Paar Ivar Norwegian Mission to the EU

Abdul-Rahman Ridwane European Commission - DG DEVCO

Aggad-Clerx Faten ECDPM

Alonso Natalia Oxfam International

Amarilla-mena Manuel Inessys Ltd

Antoine Anthony Institute for European Studies

Arteaga Martin Félix Elcano Royal Institute

Awanbor Felix Edobor Ambassador of Nigeria

Bakx Tessa University of Kent (Brussels)

Barrios Christina ESSEC Business School- IRENE

Ben Hassine Mariem NATO

Bendjama Amar Algerian Embassy

Betalu Amaia Edelman

Biesmans Sanne Médecins du Monde

Biscaldi Chiara International Crisis Group

Blaylock Seth US Mission to the EU

Bobes Ioana European Parliament

Bradley Andrew Int. IDEA

Bramdeo Anjay Kumar African Union

Bucci Adriana Egmon Institute/Observatoire de l’Afrique

Burggraeve Marc Belgian Ministry of Defence

Chambas Mohamed Ibn ACP Group of States

Chiric Alexandru EU Military Staff

Chuprina Alexander Russian Embassy to the EU

Clarotti Paolo Union of European Federalists (Belgium)

Cleenewerck Kaat

Coelho Cajetan KU Leuven

Coelmont Jo Egmont Institute

Creemers Lutgarde

Davis Laura Consultant

De Cartier Sibille Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

De Donnea Francois-Xavier Minister of State - President of the Sahel/West Africa Club (OECD)

List of Participants

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Name First Name Institution

De Jong Laura ICRC

De la Haye Jousselin Thibauld French Permanent Representation to the EU

De Radigues Laetitia Belgian Federal Parliament

Derderian Katharine Médecins Sans Frontières

Deussen Olaf Gamal Office of the Executive Secretary, EEAS

Diop Thierno Seydou Africa specialist, Schuman Associates

Dol Wouter Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

Drage Jeremy EU Military Staff

Drobota Gabriela Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Durazzo Giacomo European External Action Service

Eldeland Amanda Swedish Permanent Representation to the EU

Encinas Luis Medecins Sans Frontières

Erickson Nels US Mission to the EU

Faaborg-Andersen Lars Danish Representative to the PSC

Faessler Lorenza Swiss Mission to the EU

Fenollar Vicent Paragon Europe

Figuero Jose Luis Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU

Fiott Daniel Institute for European Studies

Franey James Euronews

Frech Eva European External Action Service

Freitas Any EU Institute for Security Studies

Frota Octavia High AS&S Ltd

Gabriel Mariya European Parliament

Gacser Zita JEF-Europe

Gallo Alessandro Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Garijo Miguel Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU

Gentiluomo Ignacio Vesalius College

Gerretsen Erica European Commission - DG DEVCO

Giorgis Andebrhan Revival Africa Initiative

Giquello Laurent European External Action Service - CPCC

Glock Gabrielle Independent Diplomat

Goemans Francois Senior Emergency and Post-Crisis Specialist, IOM

Goerg Madeleine German Marshall Fund

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Name First Name Institution

Gouwy Deirdre sp.a

Grijzenhout Floris Reformatorisch Dagblad, Nederland

Gualdesi Fabrizio former EC official

Gvalia Valerian EU-Georgia Business Council

Haastrup Toni University of Warwick

Hadfield Amelia Institute for European Studies

Hagedorn Franziska Cabinet of the President of the European Council

Hagenaars Carmen Dutch Ministery of Foreign Affairs

Handy Paul-Simon ISS

Hazelzet Hadewych European External Action Service

Hobeika Marwan International Crisis Group

Hoebeke Hans Egmont Institute

Hoste Jean-Christophe Egmont Institute

Kabir Sophia Young Professionals in Foreign Policy

Kemmann Eva Vesalius College

Knippenberg Peter Belgian Ministry of Defence

Knudsen Morten European External Action Service

Knuppel Ulrich former EC official

Koepf Tobias EU Institute for Security Studies

Koops Joachim Institute for European Studies

Krosinsky Keith University of Kent (Brussels)

Lacher Wolfram SWP Berlin

Lacroix Chantal ICMPD

Lecocq Baz Universiteit Gent

Leroy Marcel University of Peace

Likoyi Baruti Recherches et Documentation Juridiques Africaines

Ligot Didier EU Military Staff

Lis Jonathan European Parliament

Luntumbue Michel GRIP

Marijnen Esther Institute for European Studies

Martin de Almagro Iniesta

Maria ULB

Martins Isabel Crisis Action

Mathieu Frédéric Belgian Ministry of Defence

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Name First Name Institution

Mattelaer Alexander Institute for European Studies

Mayr Markus SWP Brussels

Meganck Wilfried Master Finance Europe

Meseth Christian European Parliament

Moyon Gonzague EU Military Staff

Mouzaka Margarita

Mwachande Elsie Malawi Embassy

Neefs Evita De Standaard

Nkou-Songue Félix French Permanent Representation to the EU

Oftadeh Saname Open Society Foundation

Olbrechts Robert Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ortiz Blaise European Strategic Intelligence & Security Center

Otte Marc Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Pallasz Urszula EEAS, strategic planning

Paris Franck French Permanent Representation to the EU

Parrein Pieter-Jan Belgian Ministry of Defence

Parrot Mario European Commission

Perhomaa Sofia UNPO

Pontiroli Andrea Médecins Sans Frontières

Quille Gerrard European Parliament

Ramopoulos Thomas University of Leuven

Renucci René EU Military Staff

Rein Conrad University College Cork

Rocca Camilla ECDPM

Roque Paula University of Oxford

Rouppert Berangere GRIP

Sandfuchs Elisabeth Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Sassel Vincent Belgian Ministry of Defence

Schulte Berge Bernd German Permanent Representation to the EU

Scraeyen Lars Belgian Royal Higher Institute for Defence

Sgro Aurelie ICMPD

Shen Chen China News Service Belgium Bureau

Siragusa Aldo former EU Council offical

Smith Julia ULB

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Name First Name Institution

Stasinopoulos Dinos former EC official

Taflinksi Philippe Crisis Management Initiative

Tannock Charles MEP - European Parliament

Tassel Vincent European External Action Service

Théroux-Bénoni Lori-Anne ISS Dakar Office

Tigner Brooks Security Europe/Jane’s Defence Weekly

Tordjman Simon UN Women

Trémolières Marie Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat, OECD

Trinquand Dominique Groupe Marck

Ungitoh Hedley VUB

Valle-Lersundi Pilar Senior Consultant

Van Offelen Marion Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Van Puijenbroek Joost IKV Pax Christi

Van Seters Jeske ECDPM

Vanwalleghem Maud UNPO

Verschueren Fleur Belgian Permanent Representation to the EU

Verstichel Annelies Belgian Permanent Representation to the EU

Verwimp Kim sp.a

Waleed Ali Wissal ASBL

Wallet Mark Reformatorisch Dagblad, Nederland

Wasilewska Malgorzata European External Action Service

Westcott Nick European External Action Service

Westmoreland Cian Vesalius College

Wosolsobe Wolfgang Special Advisor, Austrian Military Representation to the EU

Yvetot Christophe UNEDO Rep to the EU and Director of the UNEDO Brussels Office

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