The EU as a global player: Financing EU’s ambitions for 2014-2020

In the coming months, negotiations on the EU budget
for 2014-2020 will begin. Previous negotiations on
the multi-financial perspectives tended to focus on the
common agricultural policy and the structural and cohesion
funds, relegating negotiations on Heading IV (the E
U as a global player) as the last element of the ba
rgain.

The ambition of this seminar is precisely to move Heading IV to the forefront of the debate. A debate that is timely
with the advent of the European External Action Service and the reconfiguration of EU's external relations system.

This seminar provides the opportunity to rethink EU's external action priorities and subsequent financial instruments in order to match its ambitions as a global player. The objective is to provide policy and financial
recommendations as a starting point for future nego
tiations.

It will gather policy-makers, experts and
academics. The seminar will place under Chatham House rule, allowing for a free and open discussion.