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OnDecember67, 201 0, t heEast WestI nst i t ut eand par t neror gani zat i onswi l l conveneaGl obal Conf er enceonPr event i veAct i ont hatwi l l det er mi ne concr et er ecommendat i onsf ori nst i t ut i onal change andf oract i onont hegr oundt ohel pst at es, r egi onal or gani zat i ons, andi nt er nat i onal or gani zat i onsachi eve t hei rst at edpol i cygoal ofmovi ngt omor eef f ect i ve pr event i veact i on.

TheGl obalConf er enceonPr event i veAct i oni st her esul t ofar ecommendat i onf r om t heEast WestI nst i t ut e’ s I nt er nat i onal TaskFor ceonPr event i veDi pl omacy.

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ENSURI NG POLI TI CALWI LL I nt hi si ssuewespoket oDR.PAULB. STARES,Di r ect oroft heCent erf or Pr event i veAct i onatt heCounci lon For ei gnRel at i onsandmemberoft he I nt er nat i onalTaskFor ceon Pr event i veDi pl omacy.

I ni t s2008r epor t , “ NewI ni t i at i vesonConf l i ctPr event i onandHumanSecur i t y” , t heTaskFor cer ecommended t hecr eat i onofani nt er nat i onalpanelonconf l i ctpr event i on–whati st heant i ci pat edef f ectofsuchapanel ?

Deci si v e, t i mel ypr ev ent i v eact i oni sof t enhi nder edby i nsuf f i ci enti nf or mat i onandpr epar ednes swhi chcannegat i v el yaf f ectt hel ev el ofpol i t i cal wi l l .

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Fr om 2007t o201 0, t heEas t Wes tI ns t i t ut eandi t spar t ner shav ecol l abor at edons ev er al key i ni t i at i v esi nanef f or tt oaddr es sdef i ci t si nt heconf l i ctpr ev ent i onagenda.

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ESTABLI SHMENTOFTHE PARLI AMENTARI ANSNETWORK FORCONFLI CTPREVENTI ON TASKFORCEPRESENTSI NI TI ATI VES TOGENEVADECLARATI ONCOREGROUP SI GNATORI ES J ul y2008 F or merEWIVi ce Pr esi dentandT ask F or ceChai rAmbas s adorOr t wi nHenni gpr es ent ed t osi gnat or i es’7t hcor egr oupmeet i ngi nGenev a t he r ecommendat i ons oft he I nt er nat i onalT ask F or ceonPr ev ent i v eDi pl omacyt oes t abl i shaPar l i ament ar i ansNet wor kf orConf l i ctPr ev ent i onand ont hecr eat i onofanI nt er nat i onalPanelonConf l i ct Pr ev ent i on.The i ni t i at i v es wer e posi t i v el y r ecei v ed by t he Genev a Decl ar at i on cor e gr oup member s .

Oct ober2008ThenPr esi dentoft he Eur opean Par l i ament , HansGer t Poet t er i ng,opened ameet i ngof40 Par l i ament ar i ans f r om ar ound t he wor l d, i ncl udi ngmember soft heEur opean Par l i ament .The meet i ng was t he f i r s ts es si on of t he Eas t Wes t I ns t i t ut e’ smaj ornew gl obali ni t i at i v e onPr ev ent i v eDi pl omacy .The‘ Par l i ament ar i ansNet wor kf orConf l i ctPr ev ent i on’ l i nkspar l i ament ar i ansacr os s t hegl obeandnowhasmor et han1 50 member sf r om mor et han50 count r i es

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READ MORE I NTERNATI ONALTASK FORCEDECLARATI ON December2007TheT askF or ce Decl ar at i on adopt ed by t he Hi ghLev el Advi s or y Boar d meet i ngi nBr us s el scons t i t ut ed t he cul mi nat i on of t he T ask F or ce’ swor ki nt hef i r s ty earof i t sexi s t ence.I tal s opr ovi deda cl ears t at ementoft he i nt ent and t he commi t mentt o wor k t owar ds shor t eni ng t he t i me bet ween ear l y war ni ng and ear l yact i on t o pr ev entvi ol ent conf l i ct s .

NEW I NI TI ATI VESONCONFLI CT PREVENTI ON&HUMANSECURI TY Summer2008EWI ’ sI nt er nat i onalT askF or ceon Pr ev ent i v eDi pl omacypubl i shedt hr eepr opos al st o es t abl i shanI nt er nat i onal Panel onConf l i ctPr ev ent i onandHumanSecur i t y ,aPar l i ament ar i ansNet wor kf orConf l i ctPr ev ent i onandaGl obalConf er enceonPr ev ent i v eAct i on.

Al l pr opos al s , f i r s tcal l ed f orbyt heT askF or ce’ sHi ghLev el Advi s or yBoar di n December2007 , ar ear esul tofmont hsofdel i ber at i on and i nt er nat i onals oundi ngs under t aken i n cooper at i onwi t hmul t i pl es t akehol der s ,i ncl udi ng T askF or cemember s ,Uni t ed Nat i onsper s onnel , nat i onalgov er nmentr epr es ent at i v es ,Member sof Par l i ament s ,andi nt er nat i onalci vi ls oci et yor gani z at i ons .Thei ni t i at i v esans werwhyi ti snol onger enought or el yonof f i ci al deci si onsuppor tmachi ner yt opr ovi det i mel yandwel l cons t r uct edopt i ons f orpr ev ent i v eact i on

UNGROUPOFFRI ENDS ONCONFLI CTPREVENTI ON HOSTSTASKFORCEI NFOMEETI NG J ul y2008Uponi nvi t at i onoft heChai r sof t he UN Gr oup ofFr i ends ,Ambas s ador s Thomas Mat us s ek ( Ger many)and Pet er Maur er( Swi t z er l and) , aT askF or cei nf or mat i onmeet i ngwashel datt heGer manmi ssi oni nNewY or k.

I twasat t endedbyambass ador sandr epr es ent at i v esf r om t hemor e t han 40 UN Gr oup ofFr i ends member s t at es ,as wel las r epr es ent at i v es f r om UNDPA,UNDP ,UNDESA,andt heUN I nt er Agency Fr amewor kT eam f or Pr ev ent i v e Act i on.T askF or cemember s( Ambas s ador Henni g, Paul v anT onger en, andAmbas s ador Car menMar i aGal l ar doHer nandez— Per manentRepr es ent at i v eofEl Sal v adort ot he UN andVi ceChai r per s onoft heUN Peacebui l di ngCommi s si on) , andSecr et ar i atHead Mat t hewKi ng, spokeont heT askF or cer ecomendat i on

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STRENGTHENI NG REGI ONALCAPACI TI ES I NCENTRALAMERI CA ANDTHECARRI BEAN Nov ember 2009 The f i r s t r egi onalpr epar at or y meet i ngf ort heGl obal Conf er ence on Pr ev ent i v e Act i on t ook pl ace i n Panama and i ncl uded a r i ch debat e bet ween r epr es ent at i v es f r om def ens e, di pl omacy , dev el opment ,andci vi ls oci et y s ect or s f r om Cent r al Amer i caandt heCar i bbean.

The meet i ng f ocus ed on i dent i f yi ng act i onor i ent ed r ecommendat i ons t hat s t r engt hen r egi onalcapaci t i esf ort hepr ev ent i v eact i on andwasconv enedbyEWIi n par t ner shi pwi t ht heUni t ed Nat i ons Dev el opment Pr ogr am Regi onal Cent erLA

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STABI LI TYANDSECURI TY I NCENTRALASI A Apr i l 201 0EWI wasi nvi t edt o par t i ci pat e i n a t woday i nt er nat i onals emi nar ,“ St abi l i t yandSecur i t yi nCent r al Asi a:I nt er act i on wi t hI nt er nat i onalandRegi onalOr gani z at i ons , ”or gani z ed byt he Uni t ed Nat i ons Regi onal Cent r ef orPr ev ent i v eDi pl omacy f or Cent r al Asi a ( UNRCCA) . The s emi nar , hel di nAshgabat ,ai med t o adv ance di al ogue and t o f aci l i t at eact i v eex changesof i nf or mat i on on i s sues r el at edt o, andl i kel yt oaf f ect , s t abi l i t y and sus t ai nabl e dev el opmenti nCent r al Asi a.

The s emi nar pr ovi ded an oppor t uni t yf orEWIt obea l ead pr es ent eron s t r engt heni ngr egi onal cooper at i oni n t he ar eas ofs ecur i t y and s t abi l i t y .

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201 0 READ MORE STRENGTHENI NG REGI ONALCAPACI TI ES I NAFRI CA Nov ember2009EWI ,i npar t ner shi p wi t h t he Af r i can Dev el opmentBank and I SS Sout h Af r i ca, conv ened a r egi onalmeet i ng i nT uni son pr ev ent i v e act i on i n Af r i ca.

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ASI APACI FI C REGI ONALMEETI NG J une 201 0 EWIpar t ner ed wi t h t heASEAN I ns t i t ut eofSt r at egi c and I nt er nat i onal St udi es ( ASEANI SI S)att he 24t h Asi a Paci f i c Roundt abl e( APR) .EWI engaged i n hi ghl ev elconsul t at i onswi t ht heheadsofASEAN t hi nkt anksand r epr es ent at i v es f r om ASEANI SI S,pol i cymaker s , gov er nmentof f i ci al sandexper t s f r om acr os sAsi a.Ses si onsout l i neds t epsneces s ar yt odev el op a r egi onal conf l i ct pr ev ent i on agenda.

EUROPEANPARLI AMENT , BRUSSELS DECEMBER6-7 , 201 0 TheGl obal Conf er enceonPr ev ent i v eAct i onwi l l connect t het r adi t i onals ecur i t ycommuni t y ,dev el opmentpol i cy deci si onmaker s ,andconf l i ctpr ev ent i oncommuni t yi n or dert ol ev er aget hei rcol l ect i v eexper i ence,i nt el l i gence andr es our cesf oract i on,wi t ht heai m ofr eachi ngcons ensusonpr i or i t i esanddev el opi ngt ar get edr ecommendat i ons .

DELI VERI NGAGLOBALACTI ONAGENDA TheGl obalConf er encewi l lspeci f i cal l yaddr es st hechal l engesas s oci at edwi t hmobi l i zi ngpol i t i cal wi l l , r es our ces , andpr es sur ef orear l yandef f ect i v eact i on.I npar t i cul ar , t heconf er encewi l ldet er mi neaGl obalAct i onPl ant hat ai mst o: 1 .Renew i nt er es ti npr ev ent i v eact i onandhel pposi t i on pr ev ent i v eact i onatt hef or ef r ontofpol i cydi s cour s e; 2.Adv ancer ecommendat i onsonhow pol i cymaker scan bet t ermobi l i z er es our cesf ormor eef f ect i v epr ev ent i v e act i onagai ns tabackgr oundofi ncr eas edf i nanci alcons t r ai nt sandcompet i t i onf orr es our ces .

FORMATANDCONFERENCE PROCEEDI NGS Ami xofpl enar yandwor ki nggr oups es si onswi l l behel d ov ert wodayst odel i v eronconf er enceobj ect i v es .Day1 pl enar ys es si onswi l l addr es st hechal l engesf acedbykey act or sandhel pdet er mi nenexts t epsi nt hedev el opment ofpr ev ent i v eact i oni nt hei rcont ext s .Eachs es si onwi l l r evi ew r ecentpr ogr es s ,hi ghl i ghtkeyexper i encesand l es s ons ,i dent i f ykeygapsand pr opos epot ent i als ol ut i ons .

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PAULB. STARES Anannual conf l i ctpr ev ent i onconf er encewoul daddr es s s omeoft hes epr obl emsbypr ovi di nganor gani z edpl at f or mf ort heshar i ngofconcer ns , f orencour agi ngcl os er oper at i onal pl anni ng, andf orenhanci ngt hecapaci t yf or col l ect i v epr ev ent i v eact i on.Al s o, anannual ev entcoul d hel pencour agepol i cymaker st ot hi nkmor eaboutl onger t er mi s sueswhi char et ypi cal l ynegl ect edduet ot hepr es s ofdai l yev ent s .

TheEUandt heUSar ebot hadvanci ngt hepr event i on agendat hr oughcur r entr ef or m pr ocesses( t henewl y est abl i shedEur opeanExt er nal Act i onSer vi ceandt he Quadr enni alRevi ewoft heUSFor ei gnAssi st anceAct r espect i vel y) .

Thoughbot hpr ocessesar ei nt er nal , t heyar e ul t i mat el yai medatmaki ngt hewor l dasaf erpl ace.

Canwe expectasubst ant i vei ncr easei nt hel evelofcooper at i on bet weenEur opeandt heUSonpr event i veact i oni nt he f ut ur e?And, doyouf eelt hatei t heri ni t i at i vecandel i ver t hepol i t i calwi l lt hati sst i l lt hemai nmi ssi ngi ngr edi entf or pr event i veact i on?

Iappl audt heEUandt heUni t edSt at esf ort hei rcur r ent ef f or t st or evi ewandupdat et hei rr espect i v econf l i ctpr ev ent i onmechani sms .

Whet hert heyr esul ti nsi gni f i canti mpr ov ement s , i ncl udi ngi ncr eas edcoor di nat i onwi t hot hers t at eand i nt er nat i onal act or s , wi l l dependonbot ht hesubs t anceand i mpl ement at i onoft hepr opos edr ef or ms .

I tal s or equi r es sus t ai nedengagementandadv ocacybys eni orl eader st o maket heneces s ar ypol i cyshi f t sandr es our ceal l ocat i ons .

I f t her ef or m ef f or t sar esucces s f ul andt her ebyl eadt o i mpr ov edconf l i ctpr ev ent i onoper at i ons , domes t i cpol i t i cal wi l l i nsuppor tofsuchoper at i onsi sl i kel yt ogr ow.

Howev er , pol i t i cal wi l l i satt hewhi m ofav ar i et yofot her f act or sandev ent hemos twel l or gani z edconf l i ctpr ev ent i on mechani sm doesnotguar ant eet hepr es enceofpol i t i cal wi l l f orspeci f i coper at i ons .

Cur r ent l y , i ti swei gheddownbya gener al wear i nes sofov er s eascommi t ment s , l oomi ng domes t i cpr obl ems , andacer t ai nskept i ci sm oft hebenef i t s ofi nt er v ent i onef f or t sduet opr evi ouscos t l yi nt er v ent i ons .

So, t hepr obl em ofpol i t i cal wi l l i sacr i t i cal i s sue, butonet hat wi l l besur el yhel pedbyqual i t yi mpr ov ement si nt hecur r ent gl obal ar chi t ect ur ef orpr ev ent i v eact i on.

TheEast WestI nst i t ut ei san i nt er nat i onal ,nonpar t i san,not f or pr of i tpol i cyor gani zat i on f ocused sol el yonconf r ont i ngcr i t i calchal l engest hatendangerpeace.EWIwasest abl i shedi n1 980asacat al ystt obui l dt r ust , devel opl eader shi p, andpr omot ecol l abor at i onf orposi t i vechange.

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