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Walk the talk: The EU needs an effective early warning system to prevent conflict and promote peace
28/02/2011 By Lucia Montanaro, Julia Schünemann
The EU needs a more effective early warning and response system in order to match its global ambitions in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. This paper identifies key constraints and suggests ways to overcome them. The reforms of the Lisbon Treaty and the establishment of the EEAS do not go far enough: The scattered strands of the EU early warning system need to be woven together so that the EU can be cost effective and maximise its potential impact. The current system suffers from weaknesses in the production, communication, warning receptivity and disconnects between its early warning and early action.
*This working paper was written in the framework of the Initiative for Peacebuilding.
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Keywords
Conflict prevention European Union PeacebuildingBio author: Lucia Montanaro
Lucia Montanaro is an independent consultant who specialises in the EU and UN, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, early warning, fragility, governance, statebuilding, development and organised crime.
Bio author: Julia Schünemann
Julia Schünemann is an independent consultant and researcher in the field of peace and conflict.
