The FORNET project
implemented within the Fifth Framework Programme of the EU
(www.fornet.info)
BECSA activities under the FORNET project*.
What is FORNET?
FORNET – a European Foreign Policy Research Network – represents the first formal attempt to structure and co-ordinate a network of researchers across Europe focusing on foreign policy governance. FORNET is a forum for informed discussion and scholarly debate on all aspects of European foreign policy among academics and practitioners. It aims to modernise, widen and deepen research in this vital area of EU policy, building on a foundation of informal cooperation between its core members, who have been investigating and writing about European foreign policy for over twenty years.
Objectives
There are two further objectives of FORNET. The first is to link the academic community across Europe with its political practitioners, through regular meetings and the sharing of expertise. The second is to build a bridge between the academic community in the current EU member states and the communities in Eastern Europe and the Southern Mediterranean. FORNET members include fifteen academic and research institutions in the EU and another nine in the accession states. Through FORNET we hope to make a significant contribution towards improving the dialogue between academics and policy makers in the field of EU foreign policy.
Partner Institutions
Principal Partners:
United Kingdom: London School of Economics, European Foreign Policy Unit;
(coordinator of FORNET – Prof. Dr. Christopher Hill)
Germany: University of Cologne, Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies and Political Science;
(coordinator – Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wessels);
Spain: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Observatory of European Foreign Policy;
(coordinator – Prof. Dr. Ester Barbe)
EU: Trans European Policies Study Association (TEPSA);
(coordinator – Prof. Dr. Christian Franck)
Principal Partners:
Austria: University of Vienna, Institute of International Law and International Relations;
Hungary: Centre for Foreign Policy Studies;
Belgium: Universite Catholique de Louvain;
Ireland: University College Dublin, Dublin European Institute;
Bulgaria: Bulgarian European Community Studies Association (BECSA);
Italy: Institute for International Affairs
Cyprus: University of Cyprus, Department of Social and Political Sciences;
Malta: Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies;
Czech Republic: Institute of International Relations;
Netherlands: Netherlands Institute of International Relations;
Denmark: Institute for International Studies;
Poland: Foundation College of Europe;
Estonia: Estonian Foreign Policy Institute;
Portugal: Institute for Strategic and International Studies;
Germany: Institute for European Politics;
Slovenia: University of Ljubljana, Centre of International Relations;
Finland: Finnish Institute of International Affairs;
Sweden: The Swedish Institute of International Affairs;
France: French Institute for International Relations<;
Turkey: Turkish University Association for European Studies (TUNAECS);
Areas of Research
The research agenda of FORNET is divided into five core areas:
BECSA ACTIVITIES UNDER THE FORNET PROJECT
Bulgarian analyses and comments on the debate:
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Potential and risks facing Europe’s foreign policy ( text in Bulgarian), by KRASSIMIR NIKOLOV, published in the journal “Europe 2001”, Nr. 4 / 2003
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Russia and the EU between spaces and time (text in Bulgarian), by KRASSIMIR NIKOLOV, published in the journal “Europe 2001”, Nr. 6 / 2003
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EU-Russian relations: strategic or just “neighbourly”? (text in Bulgarian), , by KRASSIMIR NIKOLOV, published in “Bulletin Evropa”, Nr. 2 / 2004
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Integration formats for Europe’s security and defence (text in Bulgarian), by VASSIL MAREKOV, published in “Bulletin Evropa”, Nr. 2 / 2004
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Book, published by BECSA: MORE THAN A DWARF? “Fornet” essays on Europe’s foreign policy, security and defence, edited by Krassimir Nikolov, Bulgarian European Community Studies Association (BECSA), Sofia, December 2004 (contents of the volume)
Events within the debate:
On 5 June 2004, BECSA organizes a specialized session “Inter-University Seminar on European Foreign Policy” within the conference “The World between Cooperation and Terrorism” of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” .
On 28 June 2004 in Sofia, BECSA organizes a public lecture of Prof. Dr. Christopher HILL, Director of the European Foreign Policy Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
On 1-2 October 2004 in Sofia, BECSA organizes an international conference “Regional Dimensions of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) of the European Union” in cooperation with the Defence Policy Directorate of the Ministry of Defence (conference programme)
BECSA representatives participate in the session of Working Group “Enlargement” on 21 April 2005 (programme) and in the Third Plenary Session of the thematic network “FORNET” on 22-23 April 2005 (programme) in Brussels, Belgium
On 14 June 2005 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sofia, BECSA and the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute organize the official presentation of the book “MORE THAN A DWARF? “Fornet” essays on Europe’s foreign policy, security and defence” published by BECSA (programme of the promotion).
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