Political corruption is the preferred tool for illicit networks to advance their businesses. The nexus between organized crime and politics is a growing global concern that effects new as well as established democracies.

This launch event of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Clingendael Institute will feature presentations by one of the lead authors of the reports, Diana Goff, who is a Research Fellow at Clingendael, and the series editor, Catalina Uribe Burcher, who is a Programme Officer with International IDEA.

There will be time reserved for Q&A with the audience.

The full programme can be assessed here.

To register, please send an email to Hella Eshet.

Networking reception with the view to connect relevant Netherlands based organizations with participants of a two-week training course at the Clingendael Academy in The Hague.

This training is part of the Clingendael Conflict Negotiation Facility, an initiative of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations “Clingendael” supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The training in negotiation and mediation techniques is aimed at 20 experienced women mediators from various African countries. The outcomes of this training need to be used in different professionals settings. Examples are scenarios wherein mediation is needed in local conflicts, complex international conflicts, between two parties or a multitude of parties, in different phases of the peace process.

The Conflict Research Unit (CRU) of the Clingendael Institute will host an informal meeting with the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the Sahel, Michel Reveyrand de Menthon. You are cordially invited to attend this meeting, which aims to bring together a diverse group of representatives from civil society, the policy realm and knowledge institutes.  

The meeting will start at 3 pm with a general introduction by the International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) on the origins of the crisis in Mali, the international military responses  and the perspectives for stabilization.

The EUSR will then share his thoughts on the latest developments in the North-South negotiations and the EU actions and programs in Mali and the Sahel, after which participants are invited to take part in an open discussion.

Please note that some of the presentations will be held in French.

Registration is required and can be done by sending an email to CRU’s Office Assistant Erik Thijssen ([email protected]).