Summer Course
July 19-28, 2010
Conflict, Culture, Cooperation and Development: The View from
Europe
University of Coimbra
2nd Module
Crisis management, cooperation for development and humanitarian action
Maria Raquel Freire, André Barrinha, Daniela Nascimento
International Relations Group, School of Economics of the University of Coimbra
Friday, 23
Morning
Maria Raquel Freire, André Barrinha, Daniela Nascimento
The EU in the world
Outline of topics to be discussed: EU’s external action with a particular focus on crisis management; The
Eastern Partnership and the management of the neighborhood; cooperation for development;
humanitarian action in EU’s responses to crises: an overview
Afternoon
Maria Raquel Freire
EU’s stabilization of its Eastern neighborhood
The externalization of EU crisis management procedures; the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and
the Eastern Partnership (EaP); a critical look at means versus implementation: the cases of the South
Caucasus and Central Asia
Monday, 26
Morning
Daniela Nascimento
Cooperation for development and humanitarian action in EU’s responses to crises
EU’s conditionality policies; human rights: the work of ECHO. Visualization and discussion of two
documentaries: ‘Solidarity in times of crisis: The EU’s commitment to humanitarian aid worldwide’
(European Commission) and ‘When disaster strikes: humanitarian aid under the spotlight’, by Patrick
Delfosse (Watch TV/European Commission)
Afternoon
Daniela Nascimento
Cooperation for development and humanitarian action in EU’s responses to crises (cont.)
André Barrinha
Is there a EU security culture?
Conceptual approach and EU security strategy; CSDP (Common Security and Defense Policy) Missions
as a dimension of the EU security culture
Tuesday, 27
Morning
André Barrinha
EU-NATO relations: partnership for conflict resolution?
Historical overview; NATO-EU relations in the Obama era; The EU-NATO partnership in face of the new
security challenges