Al-Jisr | Al-Jisr Project on EU-GCC Public Diplomacy and Outreach

Introduction: Bridging Europe and the Gulf

Al-Jisr Project for GCC-EU Relations

Since July 2008, the Gulf Research Center is leading a two-year project on “Public Diplomacy and Outreach devoted to the European Union and EU-GCC Relations.” This has been named the Al-Jisr project on GCC-EU Relations. Al-Jisr is supported by the European Commission. The project’s main objectives are threefold. First, it aims to enhance public and well as professional knowledge and understanding of the European Union, its policies and institutions, among GCC citizens. Second, it strives to strengthen reflection and debate about EU-GCC relations and contribute to the future of policy-making between the two regions. Finally, closer links between the EU and the GCC will be ensured through the dissemination of information on the EU.

Latest Al-Jisr Activity

The Third Al-Jisr Research Workshop
Research Project Workshop
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 6 - 9, 2010

A third research project workshop on the challenge and potential of economic growth and diversificationin the GCC. A team of specialized researchers from both regions will be constituted and given access to all resources in the hands of the project’s partners. Once again, the strategy to establish such partnerships will prove to be precious as the resources and expertise of each partner will be fully used. The research project workshop will deliver a number of integrated future scenarios to judge the region’s regional and international economic role as well as the shifting functions of state and business in it.

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Upcoming Activity
Understanding the Institutions, Agencies and Polices of the European Union EU-GCC Relations and Global Economic Issues

Previous Activities
Training Session: European Union – Gulf Cooperation Council Relations The EU-GCC Partnership Security and Policy Challenges The Mediterranean: Opportunities to Develop EU-GCC Relations? Political Reform in the GCC and its implications for EU Policy The Second Al-Jisr Research Workshop The EU-GCC: Challenges and Prospects Under the Swedish EU Presidency The EU-GCC Partnership Cooperation in Higher Education Enhancing the EU-GCC Relations within a New Climate Regime: prospects and opportunities for cooperation The First Al-Jisr Research Workshop Training Session: Understanding the European Union

Special Announcement

Why the EU, for all its problems, is still a model for the Arab world

“The European Union (EU) both as an institution and in light of its historical development has on numerous occasions been mentioned as having a possible model character for the Gulf region, specifically as far as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is concerned. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, examines to what degree this comparison applies and what both sides can learn from one another.”

Latest Al-Jisr Publication

	The EU-GCC Partnership Security Policy Challenges Michael Bauer, Christian-Peter Hanelt and Christian Koch



Abstract: This policy brief takes a close look at the status of regional security cooperation in the critical Gulf region.
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EU-GCC News

Kuwait, Brazil sign agreements to strengthen mutual relations

Kuwait Times 2010-07-24

His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah held official talks on Thursday with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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