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ESI activities in 2018

Berlin – ESI at the presentation of the report of the UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers on his mission to Poland (4 December 2018)
The Hague – ESI at conference on the future of the Western Balkans (3 December 2018)
Berlin – ESI at morning briefing: UN migration compact - facts vs fake news (30 November 2018)
Berlin – ESI at public debate on borders in Europe (29 November 2018)
Belgrade – ESI at conference on making enlargement a more credible process (28 November 2018)
Berlin – ESI at public debate on African migration to Europe (27 November 2018)
Berlin – ESI lecture on lessons from the expulsions in the Balkan wars (26 November 2018)
Rome – ESI at the NATO Defence College (23 November 2018)
Zagreb – ESI at conference on security challenges for Europe (22 November 2018)
Brussels – ESI at discussion on how to boost the renewed momentum for EU enlargement (22 November 2018)
Siegburg – ESI speaking on migration policy at Deutsche Bischofskonferenz (22 November 2018)
Berlin – ESI at meeting on EU enlargement and the Western Balkans (21 November 2018)
Göppingen – ESI at Panel Debate in European migration policy with Boris Palmer (14 November 2018)
London – ESI at the UBS European Conference 2018: "Immigration: Threat to Europe Unity or Thriving Opportunity?" (13 November 2018)
Copenhagen – ESI at Danish Refugee Council conference: "People in Mixed Migration Flows - A Complex Reality" (9 November 2018)
Berlin – ESI at 2018 Europe's Strategic Choices Conference (8 November 2018)
Tirana – ESI at the Western Balkans Youth Forum (8 November 2018)
Vienna – ESI at the Annual UNHCR Asylum Day (7 November 2018)
Harvard – ESI at the 2018 Summit on the Future of Europe at Harvard University (5 November 2018)
Vienna – ESI takes part in public discussion on European alternatives for Western Balkans youth (5 November 2018)
Bergen – ESI at the Rafto Conference 2018: "Undermining the Rule of Law - Independent Institutions at Risk in Poland" (3 November 2018)
Bucharest – ESI discussing Western Balkans and Romanian EU presidency (29 October 2018)
Berlin – ESI at Der Spiegel "Zukunft Afrika" conference (24 October 2018)
Thessaloniki – ESI at the Thessaloniki Symposium: "Borders, asylum and the future of human rights in Europe: Lessons from Greece and the Balkans" (21 October 2018)
Brussels – ESI presentation: "Empathy, control and reason - A policy for Europe" (19 October 2018)
Belgrade – ESI at the Belgrade Security Forum (17 October 2018)
Berlin – ESI at the Berlin European Asylum System Forum (17 October 2018)
Essen – ESI at public debate on confidence, values and Migration and Asylum Policy in Europe (15 October 2018)
Belgrade – ESI on teaching war at Youth for Peace conference (12 October 2018)
Copenhagen – ESI at Danish Red Cross conference: "Meeting humanitarian needs in the next EU migration agreements" (10 October 2018)
Berlin – ESI at discussion on Bosnian elections (1 October 2018)
Berlin – ESI at Migration Strategy Group (28 September 2018)
New York – ESI at Foundation for European Progressive Studies in New York: "UNited for a different migration" (21 September 2018)
Kiev – ESI at Association Exchange Forum (20 September 2018)
Vienna – ESI at Kosovo-Serbia event (13 September 2018)
Sarajevo – ESI at conference on the European future of Bosnia (12 September 2018)
Ljubljana – ESI at the Bled Strategic Forum (11 September 2018)
Vienna – ESI at NEOS LabTalk "Paradise Europe? Opportunity Africa?" (11 September 2018)
Skopje – ESI at the annual Aspen conference on the Western Balkans (6 September 2018)
Santander – ESI presentation at UIMP University: How to save lives and preserve the refugee convention in the Mediterranean - lessons (not) learned (29 August 2018)
Alpbach – ESI takes part at panel on "New perspectives on EU enlargement" (25 August 2018)
Reactions to ESI proposal for refugee reception centres in Spain based on the Dutch "Ter Apel" model (31 July 2018)
ESI interview: Did NATO's intervention in the Balkans work? (26 July 2018)
Reactions to "Schwan-Knaus proposal for Dublin reform" (13 July 2018)
Abuja and Benin City – ESI in Nigeria (13 July 2018)
Brussels – ESI at round table on the European future of Bosnia (12 July 2018)
The Hague – ESI at Western Balkans Seminar (3 July 2018)
Vienna – ESI in live debate on Austrian TV: "Asylpolitik als Zerreißprobe – wie schafft Europa das?" (24 June 2018)
Freiburg – ESI at public event on migration: "Safe pathways instead of deadly sea (21 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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