Center for International and Regional Studies

Date: 11-14 October 2009

Time: All day

Location: Marriott Hotel

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From October 11 to 14, 2009, the Al-Jisr working group participants were invited to Doha by CIRS and the Gulf Research Center (GRC) to conduct the project’s second meeting. Supported by the European Commission, Al-Jisr is a two-year project on “Public Diplomacy and Outreach devoted to the European Union and EU-GCC Relations.” The initiative aims to enhance public as well as professional knowledge and understanding of the European Union and its policies and institutions among GCC citizens.

Over the course of two years, the Al-Jisr working group participants are to conduct research on a multitude of issues related to the EU and GCC ranging from higher education analysis to political reform and trade relations between the two entities.

During the Doha meeting, Al-Jisr project leaders Kristian Koch and Giacomo Luciani gave an overview of the meeting’s main aims and objectives, citing it to be comprehensive research and the results of which will be invaluable to EU and GCC policy toward each other.

Most of the topics under discussion were focused on outlining the economic status of GCC countries and in-depth analysis of particular economic enterprises ranging from oil and gas production and exports to exchange rate policies and joint venture formations between the EU and GCC countries. In addition, a wide range of related subjects such as economic diversification into alternative and nuclear energies, tourism, and other socio-economic initiatives were also discussed. At the project’s conclusion, all the chapters will be published as an edited volume which will be instrumental in guiding future EU-GCC policies.

For a complete list of participants and paper presentations, please visit http://www.aljisr.ae/

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