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Az orosz turisztikai blokád érinti majd talán legsúlyosabban a török gazdaságot azon szankciók közül, amelyeket Moszkva elrendelt Ankarával szemben - jelentette ki Egeresi Zoltán Törökország-szakértő az M1 aktuális csatornán csütörtök reggel.

Der Militäreinsatz in Syrien bedeutet für die deutsche Politik eine Zäsur, sagt Sicherheitsexperte...

European leaders have made a series of high-level visits to Turkey’s imposing presidential palace and issued statements strongly emphasizing Turkey’s role and Europe’s own inability to manage the refugee crisis. Such moves, in combination with the victory of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey’s November 1 parliamentary election, have succeeded in boosting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s self-perception of grandeur.

There is little doubt that Turkey has borne a substantial burden in the Syrian refugee crisis and should be supported financially, together with Lebanon and Jordan. But the agreement reached by the EU and Turkey at a summit on November 29 makes no specific reference to access to the labor market or to primary and secondary education, which would make staying in Turkey more attractive for Syrian refugees. Nor does the agreement mention the creation of hot spots on Turkish territory or a readmission process for economic migrants.

The result will be much less progress in dealing with the refugee crisis than hoped or expected. Only the end of the Syrian conflict with a political solution involving Russia and moderate elements of the current Syrian regime will relieve the refugee pressure on Europe.

Furthermore, neither side has any illusions about real progress on Turkey’s EU accession negotiations. In view of recent developments regarding the rule of law and human rights in Turkey, the best both sides should aim for is closer cooperation on foreign and security policy—and then only if there is a clearer convergence between the two sides’ objectives.

This article was published on Carnegie Europe website.

Urgency resolutions : Cambodia; Bangladesh and Afghanistan

Parliament urges Cambodia to drop all charges brought against opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members; calls on the Bangladesh authorities to restore the full independence of the media; and appeals to the government of Afghanistan to intensify cooperation with the government of Pakistan, in three resolutions passed on Thursday.

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Will EU Institutions next Monday (7 December), as it gives birth to a network and information security (NIS) directive, run the risk of fragmentation and adding more red tape in an effort to help build minimum resilience capabilities and common rules for incident reporting?

Cybersecurity is a comprehensive concept that encompasses several different dimensions of information security. It spans from consumer education to information sharing and even more complex issues such as critical information infrastructure protection and the fight against cybercrime and cyber-terrorism. It also plays a major role in defense and national security matters, yet the latter are not regulated by the EU, as competence falls exclusively with Member States. Yet when we speak about cybersecurity, the key word is “trust” – key for promoting information sharing, technical cooperation and exchange of best practices at international and at multi-stakeholder level.

The EU agenda on cybersecurity has undergone a two-step of evolution. Before 2013, the EU was merely interested in the topic and was handling it by “patch-working” sectoral legislations. The first comprehensive EU communication on cybersecurity came with the publication of the NIS directive, just months before Edward Snowden’s revelations on the US government surveillance programs.

 

Since then, the interest in Brussels on the subject has increased exponentially, as decision-makers have understood the need for urgent action. But as the draft bill now enters its final phase, an open question is who exactly will be obliged to report incidents, and under what conditions? Besides critical infrastructures, the EU institutions have agreed to expand the scope to “digital service providers” (e-commerce platforms, cloud computing services, search engines and others), and, while modalities for the former group are already defined, it is quite the opposite for the latter. Moreover, the issue of fragmentation appeared, as Member States obtained during the interinstitutional talks the privilege of identifying nationally which critical operators should comply with the bill.

Another issue is how this new legislation would avoid overlaps with existing rules.  While the text foresees an article on the matter, the latest Parliament proposals suggest that such duplications should be avoided for “sector-specific legislations”. It is questionable whether horizontal legislations, such as the expected general data protection regulation, would fall under this definition. The risk is that, if an incident on the network involves a data breach, the operator would have to equally report to the cyber-relevant authorities and to the data protection authorities – a mess with regards to technical and business operations, and an increased risk when it comes to compliance.

Finally, as the Commission took a new legislative shift in focusing on delivering “less and better regulation”, it is questionable to what extent a fragmented directive would fit this policy agenda. The process reminds me of a comment shared with me by a global security expert who said, “unfortunately, when it comes to cybersecurity, the interest exceeds the understanding”. I hope policymakers take the initiative to resolve these issues and prove him wrong.

Next Monday, Member States and Parliament will be responsible not only for finalizing this new bill, but also for guiding the Commission in its 2016 agenda on cybersecurity, as defined in the Digital Single Market strategy. For further details, have a look at the comprehensive DSM timeline developed by FleishmanHillard’s technology team.

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Local government authorities have a crucial role to play in pursuing immigrant integration and in managing multi-ethnic diversity. Their involvement in this policy area has rapidly grown in many European countries. In Greece, however, the extent and nature of local government interventions in this policy area have not been yet explored. This is a major gap both in academic research and policy-relevant knowledge concerning the prospects and conditions under which the integration of migrants in the Greek society can be better achieved. Towards filling this gap, the purpose of the project LOMIGRAS is twofold: (a) to investigate the local government’s involvement in the process of migrants’ integration and the extent to which it promotes, or conversely hinders their integration, and (b) to develop a usable interactive tool to monitor and assess the effects of local government in promoting migrant integration. The starting assumption of this research is that local government institutions have a profound role in promoting, or conversely hindering, immigrants’ integration, regardless of whether they explicitly assigned competences in this area.

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Fête de famille fin novembre à Paris ; les militaires de l'arme du matériel se sont retrouvés pour célébrer leur jubilé de diamant, soit 75 ans d'existence !

Mercredi 2 décembre 2015, Laurence Daziano était l'invitée de Thierry Garcin dans l’émission « Les Enjeux internationaux » sur France Culture.

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Local government authorities have a crucial role to play in pursuing immigrant integration and in managing multi-ethnic diversity. Their involvement in this policy area has rapidly grown in many European countries. In Greece, however, the extent and nature of local government interventions in this policy area have not been yet explored. This is a major gap both in academic research and policy-relevant knowledge concerning the prospects and conditions under which the integration of migrants in the Greek society can be better achieved. Towards filling this gap, the purpose of the project LOMIGRAS is twofold: (a) to investigate the local government’s involvement in the process of migrants’ integration and the extent to which it promotes, or conversely hinders their integration, and (b) to develop a usable interactive tool to monitor and assess the effects of local government in promoting migrant integration. The starting assumption of this research is that local government institutions have a profound role in promoting, or conversely hindering, immigrants’ integration, regardless of whether they explicitly assigned competences in this area.

Based on the knowledge generated from the first research phase, the proposed project will develop a methodology and associated monitoring tool to support effective local immigrant integration in the four largest cities of Greece. Despite the fact that the EU Common Basic Principles have recognized the importance of monitoring and assessment mechanisms, a comprehensive methodology and monitoring tool for effective migrant integration at the local level has yet to be developed. The LOMIGRAS project shall for the first time establish such a tool. Specifically, the project will (a) develop a set of criteria and indicators to measure migrant integration at the local level, and (b) design a technological tool that allows stakeholders, such as local government authorities, other public agencies, and non-government organizations to apply and use this methodology in order to assess migrant integration outcomes. Overall, the project shall make an important contribution to academic research and policy-relevant knowledge both in Greece as well as other EU countries.

In sum, the project LOMIGRAS has the following objectives:

(1)               To explore the extent to which local government policies and measures mainstream integration principles, and assess their effectiveness in promoting the integration of migrant groups in Greece’s four largest cities: Athens, Thessaloniki, Herakleio and Patras.

(2)               To develop a methodology on the basis of which to monitor and assess the integration of immigrants in five policy areas in which local government in involved and/or has competences: employment, social inclusion, education, combatting discrimination, and civic participation.

(3)               To create a technological interactive tool that embeds this methodology and criteria for monitoring and assessing local migrant integration.

(4)               To present and disseminate the integration monitoring tool to local government authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders, thereby raising awareness for the need to explicitly introduce integration objectives in the horizontal formulation and implementation of general local government policies, and

(5)               To formulate recommendations and best practices for promoting local integration policy management of migrant groups across Greece.

The research program is implemented in 2015-2016, and it is funded by the “Diversity, inequalities and social inclusion” program of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 operated by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of Greece.

For more information, you can contact:

Professor Dia Anagnostou:  anagnostou.eliamep@gmail.com

Dr. Eda Gemi: eda@eliamep.gr

Administrateur du programme de gouvernance politique à Osiwa

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Du 16 au 20 novembre 2015, sur le camp de Dayr Kifaau Sud-Liban, les hussards français de la Force Commander Reserve (FCR) de la Force intérimaire des Nations Unies au Liban (FINUL) ont dispensé un stage de chef de peloton à un détachement des Forces armées libanaises (FAL).

Si l'on pensait que les déboires entre la Grèce et l'Union européenne appartenaient au passé, c'était sans compter sur l'afflux migratoire sans précédent auquel fait face le pays méditerranéen. Or sa gestion de la crise migratoire déplait à ses partenaires européens, qui menacent le pays d'une expulsion de l'espace Schengen. Pendant ce temps, Angela Merkel fait cavalier seul pour imposer de nouveaux quotas de répartition, quotas que la Slovaquie a décidé d'attaquer devant la justice européenne.

Des associations demandent la mise en examen pour complicité de génocide de deux officiers français, accusés d'avoir abandonné aux massacres des civils tutsis en juin 1994. Notre correspondant a recueilli les témoignages des rescapés.

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EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs meet in Brussels on 3 and 4 December 2015 to try to reach a partial general approach on a regulation on a European Public Prosecutor Office and to hold a general discussion on the consequences of the invalidation of the Data Retention Directive. Actions to combat terrorism and the internal security strategy of the EU are also topics to discuss, as well as the progress on a directive on passenger name record data.

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Vincent Hilaire a eu la chance de vivre déjà trois missions à bord de Tara, dont deux aux deux pôles. Marin expérimenté, il a embarqué en tant que correspondant d'expédition. Une fois tout là-haut, pour « Tara Artic » pendant l'hiver polaire 2007-2008 : quatre mois d'obscurité totale, deux autres de pénombre un peu moins dense... L'autre fois à l'extrême Sud, lors de l'expédition « Tara Oceans », pendant l'été austral 2010-2011, sous un jour permanent.

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