Workshop on Conceptual Issues and Levels of Cooperation, 1-3 July 2009

The first workshop of the EU-GRASP project was jointly organized by Warwick University and UNU-CRIS. This workshop was held from 1 July to 3 July at the College of Europe in Bruges. Warwick University and UNU-CRIS (respectively leaders of WP2 and WP3) had previously agreed to jointly organize the event.

The workshop was attended by members of each of the EU-GRASP partners except from ISS which had to be excused from the event. Despite not being able to attend the ISS still contributed to the workshop by sending their written contributions. All the other partners were able to present their papers and send in a written copy.

In addition to the EU-GRASP partners the workshop also welcomed Dr. Caroline Bouchard from the University of Edinburgh representing FP7 project MERCURY, Dr. Astrid B. Boening from the University of Miami and Dr. Andrea Ellner from King’s College London and UK Defence Academy. Dr. Caroline Bouchard presented a paper on MERCURY’s approach of Multilateralism; Dr. Astrid Boening presented a paper on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership while Dr. Andrea Gellner served as a discussant for the paper on EU Security Governance.