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Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the EAPC Europe Conference on Political Consulting between Pandemic, War and Climate Crisis. Gerald was part of panel: “Ukraine and the consequences: What politics must do now.”

Gerald Knaus was invited to speak at the ERSTE Stiftung conference “Europe, time to decide” organised by ERSTE Stiftung

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “What Europe do we need? Between war, inhumane borders and European values” organised by the Jesuit Community Vienna.

The jury of the BIRN Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, of which ESI’s Kristof Bender is a member, met in Vienna to award the prizes for 2020, delayed due to the pandemic. Ten journalists from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Serbia spent months pursuing in-depth stories and investigations.

Gerald Knaus gave the keynote speech at the 14th integration conference in Linz.

Gerald Knaus participated in a panel on the war in Ukraine at the Journalismusfest Innsbruck to discuss how to help the millions of refugees and what can be learned from earlier refugee crises.

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation at a panel discussion on “Sea rescue - Quo vadis?” organised by Sea-Eye.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in a panel discussion on “Flight and Rescue at Sea” at the 3rd Saarbrücken European Conference, organised by Saarland University.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in a meeting of the Western Balkans Strategy group titled “The Western Balkans in the new geopolitical context: Potential for Europeans.”

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation at Bosch RK Colloquium. He said that Ukraine and Moldova as well as the Western Balkans need a credible EU integration path now.

Gerald Knaus met with the Austrian Minister of Interior, Gerhard Karner.

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a lecture on migration organised by the Centre International de Formation Européenne.

Gerald Knaus travelled to Moldova to meet with senior civil servants, politicians, and ministers in Chisinau to discuss the current war between Russia and Ukraine and the developments in Transnistria, refugees, and EU membership.

ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give a lecture on “Borders, migration and the future of asylum” organised by the University of Education Upper Austria.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the 20th Symposium on Asylum Policy organised by the Cologne Refugee Council and Caritas Cologne.

Kristof Bender was invited to debate EU enlargement policy at the “Wiener Dialog” organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Vienna.

Gerald Knaus was invited to the 14th European media Summit in Lech

Gerald Knaus participated in a virtual panel on Azerbaijan’s Caviar Diplomacy “A Dollar for Your Soul” organised by students from the Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights.

Gerald Knaus met with Italian politicians, MPs, civil society, and members of the Vatican in Rome. 

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a lecture on “Can intervention work? Stability and risks in the Western Balkans” at the NATO Defence College.