Halki International Seminar 2007: "Re-defining security in SEE and the Middle East: Searching for new tools to address regional security problems"

Location: Halki, Greece
Period: 12-17 September 2007
Deadline: 30 April 2007

The Halki International Seminars have been held annually since 1990 on the small island of Halki in the Aegean Sea (off the island of Rhodes). The primary purpose of the Halki International Seminars is to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences leading to greater understanding and forging links among young political and economic decision-makers, researchers, academics, journalists and other professionals interested in international affairs, while offering training packages on the processes of European integration and the building of civil societies.

This year's Halki International Seminars will focus on the role of the transatlantic institutions in helping local stakeholders address security challenges in the Middle East and in Southeastern Europe. Good governance, human rights, humanitarian intervention, relations between Islam & Christianity and migration trends and challenges will be among the core focal points. Discussions will also concentrate on two functional issues that cut across geographic regions: energy security and security sector reform while the 'mutual education' dimension of the workshop will concentrate on the relationship between religious sensitivities and the democratic right of free expression.

Hellenic Foundation for Europeanand Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

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