After the EU Global Strategy: delivering on security and defence, Brussels - Main contents
| date | November 25, 2016 |
|---|---|
| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | EUISS  |
| organisation | European External Action Service (EEAS) i |
25/11/2016
Brussels
EUISS
Following a workshop organised by the EU Institute for Security Studies on ‘Ambitions, Visions and Deliverables for the EU’s Common Security and Defence’, which was held in Brussels on 17 October, there will be a follow-up ‘After the EU Global Strategy: delivering on security and defence’. This event will bring together experts and policy-makers to discuss key issues related to how to deliver on the Security and Defence Implementation Plan. It is a closed-doors, invitation-only meeting.
The External Action Service (EEAS) of the European Union is officially an autonomous body within the EU. It is in part the successor to the directorate general for external affairs of the European Commission, elements of Council's secretariat and supplemented by personnel from the member states. Its main task it to support the EU in making and implementing foreign and development policies. At the request of member states the EEAS acts as a diplomatic service.
The EEAS also co-ordinates EU activities such as the missions to Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. The European intelligence services is part of the EEAS as well.