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Gerald Knaus was invited to give a keynote speech on “Between the Refugee Convention and Deterrence: Perspectives of European Refugee Policy” at the 30th anniversary of Tür an Tür.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a digital expert workshop titled “Brainstorming on the Future of the Berlin Process”

Gerald Knaus was invited to participated on the Tages-Anzeiger Panel, "Refugees from Ukraine – can we manage?"

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the debate: “Deadly Borders and Human Rights – Is a Humane EU Border & refugee policy possible?”

ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in a debate on “Poland and the battle for judicial independence - Is the rule of law dying in an EU member state?”

Adnan Cerimagic spoke at a seminar titled “Regional Cooperation for Peace and Security” organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Belgrade Office and the Dutch Foundation Max van der Stoel.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the conference “Peace with Violence” organised by the FREDA – The Green Future Academy.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the EAPC Europe Conference on Political Consulting between Pandemic, War and Climate Crisis. Gerald was part of panel: “Ukraine and the consequences: What politics must do now.”

Gerald Knaus was invited to speak at the ERSTE Stiftung conference “Europe, time to decide” organised by ERSTE Stiftung

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “What Europe do we need? Between war, inhumane borders and European values” organised by the Jesuit Community Vienna.

The jury of the BIRN Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, of which ESI’s Kristof Bender is a member, met in Vienna to award the prizes for 2020, delayed due to the pandemic. Ten journalists from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Serbia spent months pursuing in-depth stories and investigations.

Gerald Knaus gave the keynote speech at the 14th integration conference in Linz.

Gerald Knaus participated in a panel on the war in Ukraine at the Journalismusfest Innsbruck to discuss how to help the millions of refugees and what can be learned from earlier refugee crises.

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation at a panel discussion on “Sea rescue - Quo vadis?” organised by Sea-Eye.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in a panel discussion on “Flight and Rescue at Sea” at the 3rd Saarbrücken European Conference, organised by Saarland University.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a meeting of the Western Balkans Strategy group titled “The Western Balkans in the new geopolitical context: Potential for Europeans.”

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation at Bosch RK Colloquium. He said that Ukraine and Moldova as well as the Western Balkans need a credible EU integration path now.

Gerald Knaus met with the Austrian Minister of Interior, Gerhard Karner.

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a lecture on migration organised by the Centre International de Formation Européenne.

Gerald Knaus travelled to Moldova to meet with senior civil servants, politicians, and ministers in Chisinau to discuss the current war between Russia and Ukraine and the developments in Transnistria, refugees, and EU membership.