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ESI activities in 2018

Vienna – ESI in live debate on Austrian TV: "Asylpolitik als Zerreißprobe – wie schafft Europa das?" (24 June 2018)
Bern – ESI briefing on caviar diplomacy for the Swiss delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (20 June 2018)
Berlin – ESI debating with young social democrats (Jusos) on the EU and the Western Balkans (20 June 2018)
Prague – Seminar on the future of European migration and asylum policy (18 June 2018)
Berlin – ESI meets governing board of the Western Balkans Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) (17 June 2018)
Vienna – ESI at CLS event on the Western Balkans (12 June 2018)
Dubrovnik – ESI at European Strategy Forum (8 June 2018)
Support for ESI-Batory proposal regarding the rule of law in Poland: Lech Walesa and others (7 June 2018)
Munich and Salzburg – ESI at public debates on European asylum and migration policy (6 June 2018)
Rome – ESI at conference on the future of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans (6 June 2018)
Graz – Policy writing workshop at Centre for Southeast European Studies (6 June 2018)
Paris – ESI at ECFR Annual Council Meeting and meetings on the future of European migration policy (28 May 2018)
Rome – Lecture at Nato Defense College: Lessons from the Balkans - Intervention, stability and forecasting (25 May 2018)
The Hague – Meetings on the reform of the European asylum system (23 May 2018)
Berlin – ESI at panel on Bosnia's EU path and politics (22 May 2018)
Vienna – ESI meets UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (21 May 2018)
Dakar – ESI at FEPS Global Migration Group meeting: "The dilemmas of the countries of origin" (17 May 2018)
Brussels – ESI with EU Commissioner Oettinger at expert workshop: Unblocking the refugee relocation impasse? (15 May 2018)
Hohenems – Presentation on Europe, asylum and human rights (5 May 2018)
Skopje – ESI at conference on state capture in the Western Balkans (4 May 2018)
Vienna – ESI at conference on the EU and the Western Balkans (3 May 2018)
Vienna – ESI at FCO preparatory meeting for the Western Balkans London Summit (28 April 2018)
Warsaw – ESI meetings on alternatives to the Dublin regulation reform, the rule of law in Poland and public debate on the EU-Turkey agreement (25 April 2018)
Brussels – ESI at brainstorming on EU strategy for the Western Balkans (24 April 2018)
Visby – ESI at Visby conference: East and West in the New World Order (18 April 2018)
Belgrade – ESI at anniversary conference of the European Fund for the Balkans (16 April 2018)
Alt-Madlitz – ESI at conference on rule of law promotion in the Western Balkans (16 April 2018)
Berlin – ESI at Bundestag hearing on reforming the common European asylum system (16 April 2018)
Budapest – ESI at CEU workshop on action research, effective writing, and advocacy (12 April 2018)
Interview in Süddeutsche Zeitung on European refugee policy (3 April 2018)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung article on ESI senior fellow John Dalhuisen: "If you don't compromise you lose" (26 March 2018)
Sofia – ESI talks about EU-Turkey refugee statement (22 March 2018)
Bremen – ESI keynote lecture on the future of European asylum and migration policy (20 March 2018)
Pravets - ESI at Bulgarian School of Politics (19 March 2018)
Belgrade – ESI at regional conference on the latest strategy of the European Commission for the Western Balkans (13 March 2018)
Mannheim – ESI at panel debate on transnational governance and workshop on human rights advocacy (10 March 2018)
Dublin and Belfast – ESI lecture on the EU-Turkey Deal two years on and meetings post-conflict reconciliation (8 March 2018)
Vienna – ESI moderates a workshop on EU enlargement in the Western Balkans (7 March 2018)
Berlin – ESI at think tank meeting on Turkey (7 March 2018)
Rome – ESI at FEPS Global Migration Group meeting: "The dilemmas of the destination countries" (1 March 2018)
Skopje and Tirana – ESI takes part in a brainstorming on the EU strategy for the Western Balkans (28 February 2018)
The Hague and Ter Apel – ESI meetings with the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service and public debates on the EU-Turkey deal (20 February 2018)
Munich – ESI at public debate on "Fences for Africa?" (27 January 2018)
Belgrade – ESI at panel on the upcoming EU strategy for the Western Balkans (25 January 2018)
Athens – ESI presentations on how to rescue EU asylum policy in the Mediterranean (25 January 2018)
Brussels – ESI at COWEB meeting on the Western Balkans at the Council of the EU (22 January 2018)
Rome – Lecture at Nato Defense College on the Western Balkans and meetings on EU asylum and migration policy (10 January 2018)

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