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PROGRAMME

Workshop

Theroleofnon-stateactorsintheEU’srelationswithEasternEuropeandCentralAsia

Maastricht

28/29April2016

MaastrichtUniversity,FacultyofArtsandSocialSciencesGroteGracht80-82,6211SZMaastricht,TheNetherlands

Locationoftheworkshop:“Spiegelzaal”(1.003)

GiselleBosseAssistantProfessorPoliticalSciences

MaastrichtUniversityPOBOX616

6200MDMaastrichtTel.:+31-(0)6-81466667

[email protected]

MichalNatorskiMarieCurieResearchFellow

DepartmentofPoliticalScience,CentreforInternationalRelationsStudies

UniversityofLiègePlacedesOrateurs,3(QuartierAgora)

4000Liège(SartTilman)Tel.:+32-(0)[email protected]

RobinDirixMaastrichtUniversity

POBOX6166200MDMaastricht

Tel.:+31-(0)[email protected]

VENUE

ORGANISERSANDCONTACTVENUE

WITHTHEKINDSUPPORTOF

12.00h–13.00h Arrivalofparticipantsandwelcomelunch

13.00h–13.15h Introductiontotheworkshopbytheorganisers

13.15h–14.00h Keynote Speech: Prof Dr Taras Kuzio, Centre for Political and Regional Studies, Canadian InstituteofUkrainianStudies,UniversityofAlberta

14.00h–15.45h Panel1:TheroleofCivilSocietyintheEU’srelationswithEasternEuropeandCentralAsia

Chair/Discussants: GiselleBosse,MaastrichtUniversity&MichalNatorski,UniversityofLiège

Papers: ‘Civilsocietynetworksinexternalgovernance:Bringingnon-stateactorsin?’(AronBuzogány,FreieUniversitätBerlin)

‘TheEuropeanUnionthroughtheeyesofUkrainiancivilsocietyactors:Anormativepower,asecurity provider or an alternative pole of attraction?’ (Vera Axyonova, Justus-LiebigUniversität,Giessen)

‘The influence of civil society on the EU’s policy towards Central Asia’ (Fabienne Bossuyt,GhentUniversity)

‘EU-Russia relations and civil society: A political dimension’ (Kirsti Stuvøy and MarianneHolden,NorwegianUniversityofLifeSciences)

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16.00h–18.00h ExpertRoundtable:Theroleofnon-stateactors inEUpolicytowardsEasternEuropeandCentralAsia

Chair: DorinaBaltag,MaastrichtUniversityandLoughboroughUniversity

Presentations: ‘How the Ukrainian Diasporic Community in Germany Contributes to the EU’s Policy in its HomeCountry?’(LjudmylaMelnyk;MagdalenaPatalong;JulianPlottkaandRichard Steinberg;InstitutfürEuropäischePolitik,Berlin)

‘Non-governmentalorganisationsaspartneroftheEUandneighbouringstatesstakeholdersin developing cooperation between EU and Eastern Europe and South Caucasus – How toimprovethepresentsituation?’(SilvoDevetak,UniversityofMaribor)

‘Theroleandinfluenceofnon-stateactorsontheshapingoftheEuropeanParliament'spolicytowardsEasternPartners’(MyriamGoinard,EuropeanParliament)

‘Analysing the ImpactofRussianEnergyCompanieson theEU’sRelationswithEnergy-Rich Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: A Supply Security Perspective’ (Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu,IzmirUniversityofEconomics)

19.00h Restaurant‘Witloof’,SintBernardusstraat/Helstraat12,6211HLMaastricht

Tel:+31(0)433233538

Programme

Thursday,28April2016

Dinner

09.00h–11.00h Panel 2: The role of non-state actors in the EU’s trade, energy and foreign and securitypoliciestowardsEasternEurope,theSouthCaucasusandCentralAsia


Papers: ‘German Business Voice in the EU's Foreign Policy towards Russia and Ukraine’ (Inna Melnykovska,HarvardUniversity)

‘The dark alleys of Euro-Russian energy geopolitics: How commercial interests affect politics,security and solidarity in Europe and the Eastern neighbourhood’ (Anke Schmidt-Felzmann,SwedishInstituteofInternationalAffairs)

‘Non-state actors and South Caucasus security: the interaction of the EU and internationalCSOs’(LicíniaSimão,CoimbraUniversity)

‘Lobbying for visa-free Europe: Influence of non-state actors on EU visa liberalisation with theEasternneighbours’(NataliaShapovalova,UniversityofWarwick)

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11.20h–12.40h Panel 3: The role of non-state actors in the EU’s relations with Eastern Europe: Thepeoples’dimension


Papers: ‘Civil Society: An instrument for overcoming post-Sovietness in Moldova’ (Dorina Baltag,LoughboroughUniversity&MaastrichtUniversity)

‘The role of Europarties in the EU’s EaP policy’ (Angelos Chryssogelos, London School of Economics)

‘TheEuropeanUnionandtheYoungLeadersintheEaP’(ChiaraLoda,DublinCityUniversity)

‘Thinkingalone?ExpertsandIntellectualsinEU-Russiarelations’(AlexanderGraef,Universityof St.Gallen)

12.40h–13.10h Conclusionsbytheorganisers

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GiselleBosse(co-organiser):0031(0)681466667JacquelineGraff(secretariatonThursday):0031433883319SabineKuipers(secretariatonFriday):0031433883476

Friday,29April2016

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