With support from:
Berghof Foundation for Confict Studies, Fondation Charles Leopold Mayer, Forum for a New World Governance, and Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

WHAT:  A briefing/strategy session/networking opportunity for North American and European funders and foundations that work on conflict prevention and resolution; international security politics; and peace and justice.    

WHEN:  Starts with dinner on May 31 and will end by mid-day on June 2.

WHY: A rare opportunity to receive an in-depth assessment of Europe’s foreign, security and peace policies and capabilities from the leading European policy makers on the most pressing international security problems, and to meet with your counterparts from across the ocean.  In addition, we will take advantage of the range of opportunities provided by the EFC’s “Foundation Week.”  
 
HIGHLIGHTS: Latin music sensation and peace activist Juanes will speak about his work on children in conflict and play for us.  Ivan Vejvoda, Balkan Trust for Democracy, will share lessons from the Balkans. Amb. Francesc Vendrell, (former EU Representative to Afghanistan) and Ashraf Ghani or Clare Lockhart, Institute for State Effectiveness, will provide a dose of reality and wisdom about the situation in Afghanistan.  Gerard Chaliand, expert in geopolitics and armed conflict studies, will give a perspective on the changing geopolitics in a multi-polar world. We will hear from EU diplomats and European activists on the primary drivers of conflict today.
 
AGENDA:  Download the draft programme

WHERE: The Square, a fabulous new conference centre, right off the Grand Place, also the venue for the European Foundation Centre “Open Days” and “Interactive Fair” and Annual General Assembly, which are running concurrently that week.  The Square is at Mont des Arts 22, 1000 Brussels.
 
WHO: Around fifty leading global philanthropists who promote international peace and security. 

  
REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION:
The event is open to funders only. Space is limited and participants will be registered on a first come–first served basis. Registration deadline: 25 May 2010. To register, please contact Sevdalina Rukanova at the EFC.

ACCOMMODATION:

Book your accommodation through the EFC Foundation Week deal: http://www.efc.be/AgaConference/Pages/Accommodation_AGA_Foundation_Week_2010.aspx

EFC FOUNDATION WEEK, 31 MAY - 4 JUNE 2010:

A week-long event with debates and exhibitions about foundations and how they work for Europe. Foundations and funders, the EU institutions, other civil society actors, and the general public are all welcome! Comprises: first-ever Open Days; and Interactive Fair and the EFC Annual Conference. To find out more, visit the Foundation Week website: http://www.efc.be/AgaConference/Pages/AGAandConference.aspx  

For further information, contact Sevdalina Rukanova, EFC (srukanova [@] efc.be) or Katherine Magraw, PSFG (kmagraw [@] peaceandsecurity.org).

The Planning Group

Arnaud Blin, Fondation Charles Leopold Mayer & Forum for a New World Governance

Katherine Magraw, Peace and Security Funders Group,

Conrad Martin, Stewart Mott Charitable Trust

Celia McKeon, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

Micheline Mardulyn, Fondation Bernheim

Carl Robichaud, Carnegie Corporation of NY

Sevdalina Rukanova, European Foundation Centre

George Vickers, Open Society Institute

Johannes Zundel, Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies