From Vision to Action: Making Europe Safer - Getting the EU message across, Vienna - Main contents
| date | December 5, 2016 |
|---|---|
| city | Vienna, Austria |
| location | EUISS, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry for Defence and Sports, Centre for Liberal Strategies  |
| organisation | European External Action Service (EEAS) i |
05/12/2016
Vienna
EUISS, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry for Defence and Sports, Centre for Liberal Strategies
The EU Institute for Security Studies, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Defence and Sports, in cooperation with the Centre for Liberal Strategies, will host a workshop in Vienna on 5-6 December 2016. Participants will discuss concrete elements of strategic communications when it comes to EU foreign policy and focusing specifically on security and defence in view of the forthcoming December European Council.
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.