Explores and scrutinizes the progress achieved by the European Union in the definition of a concrete conflict prevention strategy. - Съдържа: Conflict indicators developed by the commissio- the check-list for root causes of conflict/early warning indicators -- The council's early warning process -- The EU and conflict prevention: a brief historical overview -- The EU's involvement in conflict prevention -- EU instruments for conflict prevention -- The institutional and financial dimensions of conflict prevention -- EU structural foreign policy and structural conflict prevention -- EU regional trade agreements' role in the prevention of conflict and in increasing (intra-regional and global) security and stability: an economic perspective -- Community cooperation policy and conflict prevention -- Environmental policy and conflict prevention -- Conflict prevention and human rights -- The prevention of conflicts and combating trafficking and terrorism -- Pulling up conflict by the roots : towards a conflict prevention assessment of EU policies -- EU conflict prevention in the Western Balkans -- Strategies of EU conflict prevention for Sub-Saharan Africa -- International organisations' cooperation in the field of conflict prevention -- The United Nations, the EU and conflict prevention: interconnecting the global and regional levels -- A culture of conflict prevention: OSCE experiences and cooperation with the EU -- NATO crisis management and conflict prevention -- No peace without human rights: the Council of Europe and conflict prevention Jan Kleijssen -- Co-operation between the EU and G8 in conflict prevention John Kirton -- Conflict and development: the role of the World Bank Ian Bannon -- Preventing conflict: an EU-ICRC common interest Stephane Kolanowski -- NGOs-EU relations in conflict prevention: two unequal but complementary partners Heike Schneider -- The EU's role in promoting the prevention of violent conflicts within the business sector.*