On 29 and 30 October 2009, under the EU Commission’s 7th Framework Programme, the INEX Project (Conflicting and converging ethical values in the internal/external security continuum in Europe) held its Midterm Conference and Commission evaluation at CEPS in Brussels. The Midterm Conference was held on 29 October, and the programme consisted of four interesting panels seeking to explore the internal/external security continuum in Europe through different themes.
The panels addressed the following issues: (1) Values and security technologies, (2) Policing culture in Europe, (3) Conflicting and converging legal regimes in Europe, and (4) Securing the Neighbourhood – Southern and Eastern Dimensions. Each panel engaged both the panelists and other participants in fruitful discussions afterwards. As many as 60 participants were registered to attend the Midterm Conference.
On 30 October, following the INEX Management Committee meeting, the Commission evaluation took place. All workpackages in the project were represented at both the Midterm Conference and the Commission evaluation.
On 20 October, 2009 a research seminar on the issue of “the privatisation and ‘commodification’ of security” was organised by INEX WP1 and SUERTE (European Security and Transatlantic Relations) Research Group. The research seminar focused on the study of the changing relations between public and private actors in the field of security, and was held at Sciences Po in Paris.
On 28 August, 2009 a seminar entitled ‘Ethics and Security’ was organised by the Public Administration Department of the VU University, the Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice of Avans Hogeschool and the integrated programme INEX (WP3).The seminar was held at the VU University in Amsterdam. The main aim of the seminar was to bring together researchers from various parts of the world who are involved in ethics and security questions. The seminar was attended by several scholars, as well as practitioners in the field of security.
On 29 and 30 October 2009, under the EU Commission’s 7th Framework Programme, the INEX Project (Conflicting and converging ethical values in the internal/external security continuum in Europe) held its Midterm Conference and Commission evaluation at CEPS in Brussels. The Midterm Conference was held on 29 October, and the programme consisted of four interesting panels seeking to explore the internal/external security continuum in Europe through different themes.
