Erik Plänitz holds a Master Degree from the University of Gothenburg with a major in Global Studies. Focusing on Global Security and Democracy as well as Resource Governance he worked on local livelihoods and oil production in Ghana before joining the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels. On the behalf of the Institute and International Peace Information Service (IPIS) Antwerp he has contributed to the Flemish research network “Trauma and Transformation” addressing actual debates in peacebuilding and show avenues into improved coordination among external actors.
Articles Authored
Coordination and coherence in EU local capacity building (5 November 2018) - Deliverable 6.2 focuses particularly on coordination and coherence between international actors and local actors in the context of the implementation of local capacity building programmes in the Western Balkans and the Horn of Africa. While problems related to a lack of coherence have impinged upon the efforts of every international organisation and country involved in capacity building, in the case of large international organisations like the EU, internal coherence represents a specific challenge.
Deliverables
DL 6.1
Evaluating international efforts on local capacity building
Authors: Juncos, A.E., G. Algar-Faria, T. Edmunds, K. Đokić, E. Plänitz, K. Abdi and S. Simons
Lead Institution: University of Bristol
Published: 25 May 2017
[PDF, ~0.9MB; click to access]
DL 6.2
International capacity building in the Western Balkans and the Horn of Africa: Lessons on coherence and coordination
Authors: Algar-Faria, G., A.E. Juncos, T. Edmunds, S. Stojanovic Gajic, K. Đokić, E. Plänitz, K. Abdi and S. Simons
Lead Institution: University of Bristol
Published: 24 May 2018
[PDF, ~0.5MB; click to access]
Journal articles
Title: Towards a Comprehensive Framework of Mediation Success: EU Mediation in the Belgrade–Pristina Dialogue
Author: Plänitz, E.
Year: 2018
Journal: Journal of Regional Security
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Pages: 65–96
[Access provided via the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy]
Policy briefings
Title: “Improving the EU’s local capacity building efforts in post-conflict environments”
Authors: Juncos, A.E., G. Algar-Faria, T. Edmunds, K. Đokić, E. Plänitz, K. Abdi and S. Simons
Publisher: EU-CIVCAP
Type: Policy Briefing
Reference: 2017/01
[PDF, ~0.3MB; click to access]
Work Packages
WP4: REACT
European and international responses to conflict early response
WP5: EXECUTE
EU conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the Western Balkans and Horn of Africa
WP6: SUPPORT
Local capacity-building strategies
WP7: LEARN
Lessons identified, lessons learned, and best practices
WP8: SHARE
Dissemination and communication
Institutional Affiliation
Roskilde University
Staff members at RUC have formed an interdisciplinary research group with expertise in international development, international relations and peace studies, among others.
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