Come on @BrusselsAirport ,great to be a popular airport,but can you please invest in extra capacity🙏Gigantic security queues,with everyone stressed if they get their ✈️&friends needing to wait for 3.5 hours due to understaffed passport controls are unacceptable&bad for tourism.

Dikke pluim aan het personeel van de @NMBS in Brussel Centraal die super behulpzaam waren om m'n vergeten jas in recordtijd terug te krijgen. Toont nogmaals het belang van loketten en menselijk contact. Merci!

Inspiring letter from @Cop30noBrasil just landed in my inbox: "For far too long, #climate action has been framed as a question of technologies and timelines. But at its core, this is a story of who we are, what we remember, how we care, and what we want to preserve and create."👏

Great kick off of our event with @ECDPM on the climate, peace and security nexus,with Roisin Drury from @EU_FPI sharing how peace is finally part of the mix and should stay, and Francis Sala from @SFCG_ giving example from Mali on how to move from violence over water to business.

.@eucopresident speaking @EU_Budget conference, questioning if we need 37 big European armies, reminding the audience of history, and calling instead for a big political defense capacity, better coordination and looking not just at short term but also long term threats.

Very much in line with the recommendations that were developed in discussions with experts at an event in Brussels a few weeks back, on EU engagement in conflict affected states:

Strong intervention by @ChetcutiPauline from @VOICEeu_ at #EHF2025 , asking to show courage and step up for our shared humanity. Asks to implement the HDP nexus to foster long term inclusive peace, and be conflict sensitive in all our work.And above all: stay engaged.Fully agree!

At #ehf2025 today and tomorrow to join the discussions on fragility and make the link between humanitarian aid, conflict and peacebuilding. Nice to reconnect with former colleagues and join the discussions from a nexus angle!

Insights former UK military chief:"The premise that aid and defence are in competition is a false one (...)Well-targeted development assistance helps to stabilise fragile regions,preventing crises before they require military intervention." https://t.co/8TLA9jzIns @Bart_DeWever

ourselves who will step in, and with which goals. We must engage& act sustainably. Supporting people' s resilience.We must not just contain crises, but resolve them."

Happy to join 2 days of discussions @OECD for the Forum on Development, peace and stability. Key question posed by Ambassador Mark Green @TheWilsonCenter in opening speech: "OECD DAC donors have long been the backbone of the aid system.If traditional donors step back, we must ask

Comfort Ero President @CrisisGroup watch list launch: "1) Huge gap between early warning and early action, 2) need ability to talk to all sides in a conflict, 3) despite geopolitics, all conflicts have local roots that you cannot sidestep"

.@JonathanHolslag @DriesLesage: "Sterke internationale samenwerking maakt deel uit van verstandig veiligheidsbeleid": absoluut! 👏 https://t.co/HqIf7pzLnN @Bart_DeWever @GLBouchez

War in #Sudan led to the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet yet it hardly gets attention.When did we stop caring about 25 million people on the verge of starvation? We urgently need protection of civilians, delivery of hum. assistance &progress towards a sustainable peace.

💡@PatrickDupriez , https://t.co/wMKq8mBA3G: Stel je voor dat je bij je huishoudbudget voor 2025 negeert dat je dak al weken lekt: je budget zou weinig of geen waarde hebben. Waarom vinden we dat dan wel ok voor het negeren van ecologische risico's in regeringsbudgetten?#klimaat

the victims of a chemical attack that very day. Witnessing the pain... and witnessing the courage that kept them all going. Impressive. I cross my fingers for you, dear people of Syria, that you get the safety and liberty you have fought for so long. #withSyria

Syrians are celebrating,and also grieving all those lost. It still feels a bit unreal, so many years after engaging year by year with partners and colleagues at the Brussels Syria conference.Organising a candle light vigil for political prisoners turning into one to mourn

Many of us know + have been mentored, motivated + moved by @SFCG_ @SFCG_EU Founder, the inspiring John Marks. His new book, ''From Vision to Action - Remaking the World Through Social Entrepreneurship'', is... awesome! JOIN US in person @EPLO_network — RSVP to cvenza@eplo.org

Looking forward from @SFCG_EU to working with you @dubravkasuica for an impactful EU approach in conflict-affected settings around the Mediterranean, resolving violent conflict to build the future we all need to flourish.