EU-funded project El-Hiwar II: Closing activities
El-Hiwar II embraced a wide scope of thematic areas and a variety of different activities. Many stakeholders have been involved and have seen the value of the project in contributing to Euro-Arab relations.
One of the key added-values of the project is that, throughout the years, it constituted a unique community of Euro-Arab stakeholders and which was mobilized during two online working sessions:
- a Strategic Thinkers Forum on March 8th with experts from academia, think tanks and civil society specialized in Euro-Arab relations, and
- a Youth Forum on March 9th gathering participants from the two promotions of the El-Hiwar Summer School.
The project further organised on April 26th an online gathering of the wider group of stakeholders: the key institutional stakeholders of the project, but also two spokespersons from the youth forum and a spokesperson from the strategic thinkers forum. It covered the following:
- The next decade for Euro-Arab relations – findings from the consultation of strategic thinkers and exchange with EU and LAS representatives;
- Reflecting on youth recommendations and needs – findings from the youth forum and exchange of ideas with EU and LAS representatives;
- Takeaways, lessons learnt and recommendations for the sustainability of the project’s results.
To communicate on the results of El-Hiwar as well as on key findings of the consultations of stakeholders and takeaways of the closing event, a video in English and Arabic featuring the following is being produced:
The publication and dissemination of the video is foreseen for May 2022.