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This event will cross various perspectives on the strategic rationale behind capacity-building efforts, assess current and future challenges to those endeavors, and provide an overview of how the European Union and France implement it in the field and in relation with private sector partners.

Train and equip: advantages and limits of a strategic course of action
Dr. Jean-Jacques Patry, project manager, FRS
A French strategic and diplomatic view on capacity building
Vincent de Crayencour, Commander (French navy), Special Advisor to the director, Directorate for Security and Defense Cooperation (DCSD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A French way to train and equip?
Julia Maris, Deputy CEO Défense Conseil International (DCI)
An EU/EEAS perspective on capacity building and security development
Dionigi Loria, Brig Gen (Italy), Director of Logisitics, European Union Military Staff
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