The Latvian Institute of International Affairs is hosting the 1st Networking Conference and Review Workshop of the SEnECA consortium. The two-day conference will discuss the current and the future priorities of EU-Central Asia cooperation. The project is implemented with the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme funding.
The 1st Networking Conference and Review Workshop of the Project “Strengthening and Energizing EU-Central Asia Relations” will take place in Rīga, Latvia, 17 – 19 April 2018. The SEnECA consortium partners will come together in Rīga to discuss the methodology of the stakeholder analysis as well as the methodology of the mapping of European and Central Asian researchers. The consortium partners will discuss the conceptual and analytical toolkit and ways to promote networking with policy-makers and stakeholders for the further network and policy analysis. Furthermore, the event will provide the opportunity to review the respective working plans and the progress achieved by the SEnECA task leaders, as well as to review the general progress achieved by the members of the project’s Advisory Board. As part of the event, a public discussion “The EU and Central Asia” will take place with Peter Burian, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia (TBC), as one of the speakers.
View the SEnECA high-level discussion on “ Strengthening and Enerziging European Union – Central Asia Relations” here.
- Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
- Peter Burian, EU Special Representative for Central Asia
- Nargis Kassenova, Director of the Central Asian Studies Center at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan
- Mirzokhid Rakhimov, Head of the Contemporary History and International Relations Department, National University of Uzbekistan
- Michael Kaeding, Deputy Dean at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Moderator: Dr. Andris Sprūds, Director of LIIA, Latvia
The high-level panel discussion assesses the status and prospects of the cooperation between the EU and the Central Asian countries. How successful has the EU engagement in the region been so far? How do the activities of the EU align among activities of other external powers? How can the EU further strengthen and energize the relations with the Central Asian countries?
You can engage in the discussion by sending in your questions through @LIIA_LV (Twitter), #H2020SENECA (Facebook) or by e-mail info@seneca-eu.net. Relevant questions will be forwarded to the speakers live during the discussion.
The Latvian Institute of International Affairs is delighted to invite you to the 1st Networking Conference of the Project “Strengthening and Energizing EU-Central Asia Relations” that will take place in Rīga, Latvia from 17 until 19 April 2018.
Please register for the conference by completing the registration form online by 3 April 2018.
Following e-mails regarding the Rīga event will be sent to the registered participants only.
