In October 2016 the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) of The University of Adelaide co-hosted with the EU Centre for Global Affairs a national speaking tour by Dr Gunter Pauli, an internationally renowned sustainability entrepreneur from Belgium. The speaking tour took place between 10 and 17 October 2016, starting in Adelaide and including a […]

In July 2017, The Australia and New Zealand School of Government and the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for European Studies issued a new book focused on Australia and the European Union entering a new phase in the bilateral relationship. “Australia, the European Union and the New Trade Agenda” examines issues relating to the prospective Australia–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), highlighting potential points […]

The EU Centre for Global Affairs Annual Grant Program recipient Professor Kym Anderson AC is George Gollin Professor of Economics and Executive Director of the Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide and Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra. Professor Anderson recently gave a seminar at Chatham House, UK on “Global Wine Markets […]

By Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum The European Union operates under the basic constitutional principle of conferral, which determines that the Union shall act only within the limits of the competences conferred upon it by member states in the EU Treaties to attain the objectives set out therein, and that powers not given to […]

In support of EU Climate Diplomacy Week, the EU Centre for Global Affairs and the Hawke EU Centre held a cocktail reception and hosted a screening of the documentary, The Age of Consequences (watch the official trailer below). The screening was followed by an in-depth moderated panel discussion and audience interaction. The event was opened by H.E. Tom Nørring, Ambassador of […]

On 6 June 2017, the EU Centre for Global Affairs, in collaboration with the Australian Services Roundtable (ASR), the European Australian Business Council (EABC), and MinterEllison, welcomed over 85 interested participants from a broad range of services industry organisations, to engage with a high level panel of informed business speakers, following a Key Note address […]

What a brilliant week spent with the Shadow Players Theatre Group from Hong Kong, who brought their funny and engaging interpretation of Molière’s play The Learned Ladies to Adelaide to perform to both High School students and the general public in May 2017 as part of our Europe Day celebrations. The week started off with the […]

The inaugural meeting of the EU-Australia Leadership Forum “Sharpen your Perspective: Shared Opportunities and Common Challenges” drew to a close in Sydney earlier this week. The event took place over 5 days. It started on Friday 2 June with a group of 50 Emerging Leaders engaging with subject experts and each other to gain a better understanding […]

On the occasion of the inaugural EU-Australia Leadership Forum that is taking place is Sydney, Australia on 2-6 June, 2017 the Australian Institute of International Affairs on behalf of the EU-Australia Leadership Forum published “The EU and Australia: Shared Opportunities and Common Challenges”. This publication was designed to give an overview of the main themes of the EU-Australia relationship, […]