1. analytical tools:
these are standard tools to make your presentation easier to prepare. WE WILL quickly GO THROUGH THIS MATERIAL ONLINE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE.
2. Case study Europe-Africa/Middle east to prepare for a fictitious online briefing.
You will during the first day of the course prepare yourself to brief the EU High Rep. Borrell.
The objective is to prepare him for an upcoming online meeting with his counterpart in the African Union. The briefing will be made in both written and oral format.
The topic is Europe and current crises South of Europe.
please google using keywords of your choice to zoom in on your preferred topic - if possible starting already before the course.
You can choose one or several issues to prepare a written briefing following the EU template below.
choose a topic with which you are already relatively familiar - a current crisis? a thematic issue such as migration or EU-African partnership? a geographical issue? Oil/gas? climate change?terrorism?
you should send the written draft briefing per email to [email protected] in the evening of 6 October. you will receive brief written comments in return by email.
On this basis you will also prepare an oral briefing online (2-3 minutes) for the second day in the morning of the course.
Example of relevant material - press points by HR/VP Borrell in September:
"On Libya, I briefed the Council on my visit to Libya, both to Tripoli and Tobruk, and also to Egypt – where the most important part of my visit was devoted to the situation in Libya and the Egyptian approach to this problem.
It is clear that the latest developments, and especially the ceasefire, give us a window of opportunity to advance on what we see as the three main priorities that we have in Libya.
First, to reach a permanent and sustainable ceasefire agreement. The ceasefire agreement is there, let us see if it is sustainable. The UN-led 5+5 Joint Military Committee negotiations are the right framework for this.
Second, to mobilise all our efforts to fully lift the oil blockade across Libya. Since the beginning of the year, the oil blockade has cost to Libya more than 10,000 million dollars. Just compare this big figure with the amount of our help, which is, in the best of the cases, some hundred million dollars. The country is losing its revenues and, at the same time, they are lacking electricity and water in the main cities.
The political dialogue is the third of our objectives. We agreed to step up our efforts for the resumption of the political dialogue in the framework of the Berlin process.
In the meantime, Operation Irini continues to contribute to implementing the United Nations arms embargo in a tangible way. We are not doing everything that is needed, but nobody is doing more than the European Union on that side.
On September the 10th, a German frigate of the Operation Irini inspected and diverted a vessel transporting military fuel in violation of the embargo. This vessel was seized and brought to a port and the load of the ship was confiscated. This demonstrates Irini’s capacity to act effectively.
We also have our own restrictive measures. Today, new listings were adopted - two persons involved in human rights abuses and three entities which were involved in violating the United Nations arms embargo.
At the same time, there is an agreement on the delisting of Aguila Saleh [President of the Libyan House of Representatives] and Nuri Abu Sahmain. This proves how can we use our sanctions regime from a strategic point of view.
Then we went to our relations with the African Union. The coronavirus restrictions have been slowing down our outreach efforts, but not our ambition to move our partnership to the highest possible level.
We have to use the coming weeks to agree on joint priorities that should pave our cooperation for the next decade.
I think it is important to continue focusing on tangible deliverables, in the spirit of a “Team Europe” approach.
We will continue our discussions on how to step up relations with the African Union at the informal meeting of development ministers next week. As you know, the Summit and the Ministerial meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council has been delayed – I am afraid - until next year."
"On Libya, I briefed the Council on my visit to Libya, both to Tripoli and Tobruk, and also to Egypt – where the most important part of my visit was devoted to the situation in Libya and the Egyptian approach to this problem.
It is clear that the latest developments, and especially the ceasefire, give us a window of opportunity to advance on what we see as the three main priorities that we have in Libya.
First, to reach a permanent and sustainable ceasefire agreement. The ceasefire agreement is there, let us see if it is sustainable. The UN-led 5+5 Joint Military Committee negotiations are the right framework for this.
Second, to mobilise all our efforts to fully lift the oil blockade across Libya. Since the beginning of the year, the oil blockade has cost to Libya more than 10,000 million dollars. Just compare this big figure with the amount of our help, which is, in the best of the cases, some hundred million dollars. The country is losing its revenues and, at the same time, they are lacking electricity and water in the main cities.
The political dialogue is the third of our objectives. We agreed to step up our efforts for the resumption of the political dialogue in the framework of the Berlin process.
In the meantime, Operation Irini continues to contribute to implementing the United Nations arms embargo in a tangible way. We are not doing everything that is needed, but nobody is doing more than the European Union on that side.
On September the 10th, a German frigate of the Operation Irini inspected and diverted a vessel transporting military fuel in violation of the embargo. This vessel was seized and brought to a port and the load of the ship was confiscated. This demonstrates Irini’s capacity to act effectively.
We also have our own restrictive measures. Today, new listings were adopted - two persons involved in human rights abuses and three entities which were involved in violating the United Nations arms embargo.
At the same time, there is an agreement on the delisting of Aguila Saleh [President of the Libyan House of Representatives] and Nuri Abu Sahmain. This proves how can we use our sanctions regime from a strategic point of view.
Then we went to our relations with the African Union. The coronavirus restrictions have been slowing down our outreach efforts, but not our ambition to move our partnership to the highest possible level.
We have to use the coming weeks to agree on joint priorities that should pave our cooperation for the next decade.
I think it is important to continue focusing on tangible deliverables, in the spirit of a “Team Europe” approach.
We will continue our discussions on how to step up relations with the African Union at the informal meeting of development ministers next week. As you know, the Summit and the Ministerial meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council has been delayed – I am afraid - until next year."
3. standard briefing template to follow
| 07.4_standard_briefing_template.pdf |