What?
The ELN is a Core Partner for the OSCE Expert Network and is convening a group of experts to contribute to this larger network, with the support of the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. They will bring together their expertise to discuss the most pertinent security challenges facing Europe and the current and future role of the OSCE in tackling these issues. We’ll have a particular focus on assessing the OSCE’s toolkit for the future across all its dimensions, with gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
How?
We work closely with other Core Partners, the OSCE Secretariat and member states to inject new ideas and insights into OSCE policy processes, through meetings, briefings and research. This will include participating in an annual in-person meeting in Vienna.
As part of this work, we will conduct an in-depth research piece reviewing the OSCE and its toolbox. The report will test the efficacy of various OSCE tools and mechanisms for different phases of the conflict cycle and will provide recommendations on how to strengthen and modernise the toolkit.
Why?
The future functioning of the OSCE is a vital element in the European security architecture. This is a core topic for the ELN as an organisation seeking to prevent conflict, especially nuclear or other catastrophic conflict in Europe. The project provides a good opportunity to apply the ELN’s model of bringing an intergenerational and multinational group of current, former and future practitioners to feed into, enrich and inspire current policy development.
The larger Expert Network brings together experts from different backgrounds and geographical locations within the OSCE region to enhance the exchange of ideas and knowledge about topics relevant to the OSCE, including co-operative security and the future of the European security. The Network is inclusive and open to think tanks, independent expert organisations and academic institutions in the OSCE participating States.
