EU Projects
A New Agenda for European Security Economics (EUSECON)
So far, security economics has played
a marginal role in the formulation of the
EU’s
policy against international terrorism and
organised
crime. This topic is now the focus of
EUSECON, a research
project funded by the European Commission in
the framework
of the Seventh Framework Programme. The IFSH
participates
in EUSECON as a partner institution within
the consortium
co-ordinated by the German Institute for
Economic
Research (DIW Berlin).
In particular, the IFSH is to focus on the
political
relevance of economic aspects in the EU’s
fight
against terrorism and organised crime. The
objective
of this analysis is to explain, among other
things,
which role such issues have played so far
and how
their importance could be raised.
The IFSH, besides the issuing of working
papers and
other publications, is responsible for
ensuring that
the knowledge generated by the studies is
relevant
for the EU policy-making. This project
should allow
not only to formulate specific answers to
the above-mentioned
questions, but also to establish a
co-operation among
consortium partners.
Michael
Brzoska is project co-ordinator for the
IFSH,
whereas Martin
Kahl and Regina
Heller, Eric
van Um and Raphael Bossong participate
in the project development.
For more information: http://www.economics-of-security.eu/eusecon/index.html
Multi-Stakeholder Partnership in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Role of the EU (Mulitpart)
Multi-level and multi-actor co-operation,
involving local, national and international,
public
as well as private actors, has an increasing
importance
for the governance of complex issues at
international
level. Multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSP)
are ascribed
a potential key role in conflict resolution,
security
management and post-conflict reconstruction.
MSP and
their support by the EU are therefore to be
analysed
from a theoretical, conceptual and empirical
point
of view.
MultiPart investigates whether, how, to what
extent
and under what conditions multistakeholder
partnerships
can positively contribute to post-conflict
recontruction,
and what role the EU should play. The
project focuses
on the organisational aspects and the
specific conditions
of creating a MSP to formulate and implement
post-conflict
policies and programmes. In the first
research phase,
a theoretical and methodological framework,
based
on the concepts of human security and
governance,
will be elaborated to allow a systematic
analysis
and impact assessment of the phenomenon.
Three outcomes are expected: 1) a
contribution to
post-conflict operations through the
development of
an integrative model of MSP which connects
conflict
management, humanitarian aid and
development; 2) a
contribution to the operationalisation of
the concept
of human security; 3) empirical findings as
for the
evaluation and impact of MSP. The outcomes
of the
MultiPart project will be published in
working papers
and illustrated in conferences.
Responsible for the project within the IFSH
are Michael
Brzoska and Hans-Georg
Ehrhart; Jens
Narten is also part of the team.
For more information: http://www.multi-part.eu/