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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 BRUSSELS 000988 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO THE "ALL EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC 
POSTS" COLLECTIVE. 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL PTER XG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
SUBJECT: U.S.-EUROPEAN CT AND JHA AFFAIRS: CONFERENCE 
INVITATION  FOR OFFICERS AT POST 
 
REF: A) BRUSSELS 0934 B) BRUSSELS 0864 
 
¶1.  Summary:  This cable is being retransmitted to ensure 
it is received by all posts in the EUR region. 
The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) 
will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. 
officers at posts in the EUR region on U.S. 
counterterrorism policy in 
Europe and Eurasia and critical issues in the area of 
Justice and Home Affairs (JHA). 
The conference will open with one day dedicated to U.S. 
counterterrorism policy and 
the role of posts in promoting the CT agenda.  Proposed 
topics include public diplomacy 
and efforts to counteract radicalization and recruitment; 
border and transport security; 
and law enforcement and intelligence cooperation in 
counterterrorism. 
 
¶2.  During the second day the participants will be divided 
between those coming from EU and 
 non-EU posts.  Those coming from EU posts will examine 
European Integration and its impact 
 on JHA and Security Cooperation.  Proposed topics include 
EU CT Policy and Structure 
and U.S-EU  Counterterrorism Cooperation; The EU and its 
relationship to third countries 
and selected multilateral organizations such as NATO; EU 
Enforcement Integration; critical 
EU institutions; and data protection and information 
sharing.  For those coming from 
non-EU posts, proposed topics include Crime Threats to the 
Balkans and Eurasia, Best 
Practices regarding issues of terrorist finance, UN 
Committees/designations, corruption, 
rule of law, and bioterrorism; and the relationship of non- 
EU countries to the Council of 
Europe. 
 
¶3.  Participants should also consider attending an optional 
full-day breakout session on 
terrorist finance on the day following the conference.  See 
para. twelve below. 
 
¶4.  The audience for this invitation-only conference 
includes Department of State, and 
law enforcement personnel from Justice, Treasury, and 
Homeland Security assigned to EUR 
posts.  Due to space limitations, participation by 
Washington, D.C. headquarters staff 
will be reserved for speakers, with a limited number of 
spaces for personnel with CT or 
international law enforcement portfolios; Department will 
follow up with agencies in 
Washington directly.  The conference will be held in 
Brussels on May 31-June 1.  Missions 
are requested to review this cable and respond to USEU and 
State with indications of 
interest no later than April 1.  Please slug cables for 
USEU/DOJ/NAS, EUR/ERA, EUR/PGI and 
S/CT.  Negative replies are also requested.  A separate 
cable containing detailed 
administrative information will be sent septel.   End 
Summary. 
 
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Background 
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¶5.  U.S. cooperation with European and Eurasian countries 
and the EU in combating global 
terrorism is one of the most important aspects of our 
transatlantic relationship.  9/11 
and the Madrid, London, Beslan and other attacks in Europe 
and around the globe have 
focused attention on both sides of the Atlantic on the 
importance of deep and effective 
relationships to better protect our homeland.  In addition, 
there have been a number of 
developments in the broader area of Justice and Home 
Affairs (JHA) which impact on U.S. 
law enforcement cooperation in Europe.  With CT and JHA 
issues asserting an ever more 
prominent role in the overall transatlantic relationship, 
the U.S. Mission to the EU will 
sponsor a two-day conference to discuss these developments 
and to further understanding of 
U.S. counterterrorism policy.  The conference will be held 
in Brussels May 31-June 1 2006. 
It is designed for embassy/consulate officers with 
counterterrorism responsibilities and 
law enforcement personnel who are stationed at EUR posts. 
 
¶6.  As reflected in the notional list of topics in para. 14 
below, the objective is to 
review recent developments in these areas, to consider 
their potential impact on U.S. 
law enforcement and foreign policy interests, and to 
articulate steps for advancing the 
U.S. agenda in this regard.  We are asking that you 
nominate or confirm participation of 
appropriate personnel to this program.  Due to space 
limitations (a total of 150 
participants - 100 from State and 50 from law enforcement 
agencies), we are forced to 
limit State Department participation to two participants 
per post.  Posts may nominate one 
or two others but these will be put on a waitlist for 
available slots.  All other agencies 
are invited to nominate one participant per post, with 
additional nominations put on a 
similar waitlist basis. 
 
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Details 
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¶7.  Costs:  The costs of the conference will be met through 
a conference fee to be paid by 
each participant.  The amount of that fee will be announced 
in the administrative cable to 
follow septel, but will be at least 100 Euros. Home 
agencies/missions of attendees are 
also responsible for travel costs and per diem. 
 
¶8.  Location:  The conference will be held at the Hilton 
Hotel in downtown Brussels near 
the USEU Mission and bilateral embassy.  Details will be 
forthcoming in the administrative 
cable. 
 
¶9.  Lodging:  A block of 150 rooms has been reserved at the 
hotel where the conference is 
held.  Participants will be required to contact the hotel 
directly to make their 
reservations.  Information on making reservations and 
alternate hotels within USG per diem 
rates will be included in the administrative cable. 
 
¶10.  Attendees:  Due to space considerations, the 
conference is limited to the following 
categories of participants: 
 
-- Two State Department Global 
Affairs/Political/Economic/Consular Officers with specific 
responsibility for counterterrorism/JHA/transportation 
security/transborder crime issues. 
 
In addition, one officer from one of the agencies below at 
post: 
 
-- Department of Justice regional legal advisors or 
attaches 
 
-- Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, TSA, 
CBP, USCG, CIS, FEMA, and Secret 
 Service. 
 
-- Department of Treasury. 
 
¶11.  Nominations:  Nominations should be made by cable no 
later than April 1. 
Cable information should include: name, position, title, 
contact phone/fax numbers, 
projected travel dates and dates of conference 
participation, and level of security 
clearance.  Nomination cables should be sent to USEU 
Brussels for USEU/NAS/DOJ.  Info 
addressees on the nomination cable should include Secstate 
(captioned State for EUR/ERA 
Alessandro Nardi and EUR/PGI Lonni Reasor), Department of 
Justice, and Department of 
Homeland Security.  A separate cable containing detailed 
administrative information, 
including how to make hotel reservations, will be sent 
septel.  Note that nomination 
cables and hotel reservations are two separate procedures. 
 
¶12.  Posts should also indicate their interest in sending a 
representative who handles 
 terrorism finance issues to an optional full-day breakout 
session Friday June 2 on 
 terrorist financing.  This can be one of the 
representatives already attending the 
May 31-June 1 CT/JHA conference, or post can choose to send 
the terrorism finance 
coordination officer (TFCO) if this individual is not 
already attending the CT/JHA 
conference.  Washington is prepared to organize a 
practitioners workshop that day aimed 
 at a dialogue with embassy terrorism finance coordinators 
(TFCOs) or deputies on 
promoting greater cooperation with host governments and 
Washington agencies. 
Notional topics include: FATF and FSRB initiatives, 
implementation of UN 1373, 
listing/de-listing issues, cash couriers, non-profit 
organizations, options for 
cooperation on investigation, prosecution, designation and 
technical assistance. 
 
¶13.  Contacts:  Questions and requests for further 
information can be addressed to 
 conference organizers: 
 
At USEU: 
 
-- Frank Kerber, Counselor for Narcotics/Law Enforcement 
Affairs 
-- Kristin Roberts, Staff Aide, USEU/EXEC 
-- Fran Albers-Schoenberg, Staff Aide, USEU/ECON 
-- Joan Klotz, Justice/INL Program Assistant (handling 
administrative issues for conference) 
Telephone: (32) (2) 508-2667; Fax: (32) (2) 512-0069 
Email: Kerber/Roberts/Albers-Schoenberg/Klotz are on State 
classified and unclassified systems. 
 
At State: 
 
-- Alessandro Nardi, EUR/ERA 
Telephone: (202) 647-3843; Fax: (202) 647-9959 
Email: NardiAP@state.gov 
 
-- Lonni Reasor, EUR/PGI 
Telephone:  (202) 647-6736; Fax: (202) 647-0697 
Email: ReasorLH@state.gov 
 
¶14.  List of Topics:  Below is a notional list of topics to 
be covered over the two days. 
  The final agenda is still being prepared and will be 
available in April.  Suggestions 
 from post are encouraged and welcomed. 
 
Conference on U.S.-European Counterterrorism Policy and 
Justice and Home Affairs 
May 31-June 1, 2006 
Brussels 
 
Day 1 (May 31) Counterterrorism Conference 
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Proposed topics: 
- U.S. CT Policy and the Role of Posts in Promoting the CT 
Agenda 
- Public Diplomacy and Efforts to Counter Radicalization 
and Recruitment (to include 
Terrorist Exploitation of Cyberspace) 
- Border and Transportation Security Issues (cross-border 
transit of people, goods, and 
 conveyances, and urban/mass 
 transit) 
- Law Enforcement and Intelligence Cooperation in 
Counterterrorism 
 
Day 2 (June 1) (for participants from EU and accession 
state posts) 
European Integration and its Impact on JHA and Security 
Cooperation 
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Proposed topics: 
- EU CT Policy and structures and U.S.-EU Counterterrorism 
Cooperation (internal/external) 
- EU and its relationship to third countries and selected 
multilateral organizations, 
 including NATO (competencies, overlapping 
responsibilities) 
- EU Enforcement Integration (arrest warrant, mutual 
recognition of judgments, etc.) 
- Critical EU Institutions: Europol, Eurojust, FRONTEX, 
OLAF, Eurodac, Schengen 
- Data Protection and Information Sharing 
 
Day 2 (June 1) (for participants from non-EU posts) 
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Proposed topics: 
- Threats to the Balkans and Eurasia 
- Best Practices for non-EU countries regarding: Rule of 
Law, Corruption, Terrorist 
Finance, UN Committees/Designations, and Bioterrorism 
- Relationship of non-EU countries to the Council of Europe 
 
¶15.  Special note for participants coming from EU posts: 
Conference organizers would like 
to make the session on Day Two as participative as 
possible.  Participants from EU posts 
 are therefore requested to be prepared to discuss one or 
more of the following topics as 
 it is currently being addressed by the government in their 
host country and on any 
relevant U.S.-host government cooperation:  CT policy, 
border and/or transport security, 
 data protection and information sharing, or use of the 
European arrest warrant. 
 
Mckinley 
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