Other Events

On 15 March 2021, the EUISS and Le Grand Continent jointly organised the first in a series of four launch events of the Chaillot Paper “African Futures 2030: free trade, peace and prosperity”. The discussion was moderated by Alice Fill (Le Grand Continent) and looked at how the African Continental Free Trade Area can make the African continent more integrated, resilient and prosperous, particularly by addressing policy challenges related to governance, energy and education.

On 23 March 2021, the EU Institute for Security Studies and the Foreign Affairs (AFET) Committee of the European Parliament jointly organised a webinar on EU strategic sovereignty.

With the support of the EUISS, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU organised an exclusive expert webinar for approximately 100 EU member state representatives, EU officials and academics on 24 February 2021. The webinar focused specifically on the evolution of threats in relation to disinformation and critical infrastructure.

On 5 January 2021, Daniel Fiott was invited to make a presentation on the EU and maritime security challenges to an informal meeting of members of the Friends of the Presidency Group on the EU Maritime Security Strategy (EUMSS).