The exercise closed on 7 June with a High Level Event , held at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Participants and strategic level invitees from parliament , governmental and non-governmental organisations and defence discussed the findings of the week .
Looking Ahead Strengthen the ties between theory and practice , become more ‘ product-oriented ’ and include international developments . Even though Common Effort brought forward many tangible ideas and initiatives for Tunisia , the participants saw a clear way ahead for the Community .
Since 2015 , the Community meets annually and has addressed many issues , exchanged perspectives and gained much experience . Starting with South Sudan , followed by Libya , Iraq and this year Tunisa the Community has a proven track record in analysing crisis areas and developing solutions . Therefore , Common Effort clearly stands out as a strategic network for the Comprehensive Approach .
A Senior leader discusses implementing goals .
To strengthen the ties between theory and practice , several participants recommended taking into account the latest policy priorities of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence of The Netherlands and Germany . Also , more focus on prevention (‘ Early warning , early action ’) could enable the Common Effort Community to develop concrete actions to prevent outbursts of violence .
End Goals Some participants also pointed at various international developments and discussions for which the potential of Common Effort could be fully used , such as the modernisation of United Nations peacekeeping missions , cooperation with the European Union , protection of civilians and efforts to address the root causes of conflict and instability . In the end , Common Effort aims to produce concrete proposals and present best practices of activities promoting security and sustainable peace .
Staff members diagram linkages between emerging concepts .
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