On 19-20 January 2015 a seminar will take place in Brussels bringing together directors and high-level representatives of the Arab security and defence institutions as well as representatives of EU think-tanks, member states and EU institutions working in the same field. It is organized in the framework of the European Union funded project ‘El Hiwar - Training and Information Course on Euro-Arab Diplomacy’ which is developed together with the British Council and aims at improving the flow of information and promoting dialogue among officials working in European Union institutions and in the Secretariat of the League of Arab States.
The seminar will enable the practical launch of the newly formed Strategic Dialogue between the EU and the League of Arab States through the establishment of contacts and exchanges of ideas between the relevant policy makers and analysts. It will also allow the Arab participants to become acquainted with the EU and its crisis management mechanisms.