Researchers, practitioners and decision-makers discuss the methodological challenges and applications to critical infrastructures, focusing on successes and/or failures to stimulate new ideas and identify future needs in resilience research.
Save the date and register for this year's Security Research Event (SRE). An annual meeting where industry, policy makers and knowledge institutions come together to discuss the state of play and current challenges for security research in Europe. This year’s event will focus on challenges stemming from global megatrends, which are shifting the ground for security in the EU. The main themes are embraced by the event’s title: “Societal transformations, climate change and digitalisation – a new paradigm of Security Research?”
Register for this year's SRE. The focus is now on challenges stemming from global megatrends and shifting the ground for security in the EU, as suggested in the event’s title: “Societal transformations, climate change and digitalisation – a new paradigm of Security Research?”
The Security Research Event (SRE) is the annual meeting where industry, policy makers and knowledge institutions come together to discuss the state of play and current challenges for security research in Europe.
The 8th European Migration Forum will meet for the eight time on 4-5 December, 2023 to discuss migration, asylum and migrant integration. As the forum is by invitation only, the call for expression of interest to participate is now open. Please fill out the application form in the link here by 14 September, 2023.
We are pleased to invite you to the RAN Practitioners training Webinar on ‘Basics in Prevention/Countering Violent Extremism(P/CVE)’, that will take place on Thursday 6 July 2023 from 14.00 to 16:30 (CEST).
A cluster of Disaster-Resilient Societies (DRS) projects will disseminate new findings and practical information of direct relevance to municipal authorities and first responders in the framework of the European Forum on Governance of Major Risk & Societal Resilience organised in the framework of CERIS to facilitate this dissemination and interactions among the scientific community and city’s representatives.
On 6 May European institutions organise the EU Open Day in Brussels. DG HOME will be at the “Safe Europe Village" at the Berlaymont building to showcase security related projects. There will be demonstrations from mine detection sniffer dogs.
The European Migration Forum is a yearly event co-organised and run by the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee. The Bureau is organising a consultation on the topics of the next Forum. A written survey and a meeting will discuss possible themes for the 8th European Migration Forum.
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming CERIS seminar: ‘Artificial Intelligence for Security Purposes. Maximising Benefits and Reducing Risks’, which will be organised by DG HOME on 23 March 2023 in Brussels.
Piloting and validation of innovative solutions for border management is important for the uptake of results of successful research and innovation, and for making sure that innovative solutions and systems can be used for needed capabilities, including respect and promotion of fundamental rights.
On 7 February 2023, the European Commissioner for HOME Affairs Ylva Johansson visited the Port of Antwerp, where she went to see a demonstration by BorderSens, an EU-funded security research project.
CERIS events
As part of the European Council (EUCO) meeting (16 December), EU leaders recalled the importance of addressing all migratory routes. They called on the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union to ensure that the recent action plans for countries of origin and transit are made operational. The European Council recognised the importance of a more unified EU returns policy and called on the Commission and the High Representative, together with Member States, to take swift action to ensure effective returns from the EU to countries of origin. Read the European Council conclusions from the December meeting, visit the meeting webpage below.
Under the overarching theme “From pandemic to recovery: challenges and best practices in migration management’’, the sixth European Migration Forum (EMF) was held virtually on 27-28 October 2021 by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the European Commission. The forum brought together over 200 representatives from civil society organisations, regional, and local authorities as well as European and international institutions, focusing on migrants’ crucial contributions to the EU’s post-pandemic economic and social recovery. For information about the forum, visit the event webpage via the "main URL" below.
HOME's D5 team working against trafficking in human beings will present the EU picture based on the 2020 progress report of the European Commission in fighting the criminal phenomenon, including areas of concern, latest EU-wide data on victims and traffickers, actions and initiatives and next steps.
The Commission adopted on 24 November a new action plan on integration and inclusion for the period 2021-2027. Join the seminar to learn about what is new in the action plan, what are the most ambitious actions, and how the action plan contributes to the new Pact on Migration and Asylum.
