Gerald Knaus gave the keynote speech at a Migration Expert Conference on an EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement 2.0. The event was part of a one-week trip to Ankara, Hatay, Kilis, and Gaziantep.
ESI’s Kristof Bender participated in an informal discussion organised in the Austrian Federal Chancellery by Europe Minister Karoline Edtstadler about the current situation in Afghanistan and how establish a system that allows to control the EU’s external borders in a humane way.
Gerald Knaus participated in a panel debate organised by FAQ Bregenzer Wald at the village church of Egg, Austria, where he explained his take on the European migration debate.
Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on his book on the future of asylum and migration policy – “Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?” – at the city library of Dornbirn.
Gerald Knaus was invited to a workshop on the " Future of human rights policy in Austria and Europe, where he spoke about the evacuation of Afghans after the fall of Kabul and the situation at Afghanistan’s borders and outlined his take on the European debate on migration.
Gerald Knaus was invited by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Geneva to give a presentation on „Crisis and Rebirth — A Global Refugee Protection System for the 21st Century.
Gerald Knaus was invited to speak about “A stress test for European migration policy” at the think tank Avenir Suisse in Zurich, where he focused on the current European debate on migration.
Gerald Knaus was invited to a public event at the regional theatre of Vorarlberg, where he spoke about the current migration debate and made concrete proposals for a new start in the refugee debate.
Gerald Knaus travelled to Heidelberg to meet with civil servants as well as with refugee activists, such as Asyl Heidelberg to learn from their experiences and to present ESI’s work on The Gambia.
Gerald Knaus travelled to Heidelberg to meet with civil servants as well as with refugee activists, such as Asyl Heidelberg to learn from their experiences and to present ESI’s work on The Gambia.
ESI senior analyst Adnan Cerimagic took part in an online session of the Balkan Dialogues titled "Public health in the region in the context of the pandemic."
Gerald Knaus spoke at a public debate on “What borders do we need? - No progress in the European asylum policy?” organised by Social Democratic MP Helge Lindh.
Adnan Cerimagic took part in an online discussion co-organised by a Sarajevo-based think tank Foreign Policy Initiative BH and the Sarajevo office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, on the future of transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the role of the Transport Community.
ESI’s Kristof Bender participated in the Prespa Forum Dialogue at Lake Ohrid where he presented ESI's proposal to open the EU Single Market to the Balkans to overcome the current stalemate in the EU accession process.
Adnan Cerimagic discussed ESI's research and analysis on the Western Balkans in regard to how to stop the negative spiral of nationalist populism and restore EU’s leverage in the Balkans.
