In Brussels, EIAS continued to fulfil its role as a beacon and reference point for visitors to the EU, briefing them on recent developments within the EU institutions.

In 2005, EIAS welcomed many prominent government officials, academics, researchers and civil society actors from all across the globe to its premise through the EU Visitors Programme and other channels.

These informal visits allowed for candid exchanges of information and open discussion on a wide range of issues:

January 2005
EIAS welcomed many distinguished visitors amongst others, Dr Roger Svensson from Sweden; Richard Carden, Advisor DG Trade; Matin Chowdhury, Industrialist in Bangladesh; and Asanga Welikala from Sri Lanka.

February 2005
Amongst others, Thierry Aube, a researcher from Paris; Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, Leader of the Opposition of Kashmir; Ali Raza Syed, President of ACKC in Brussels; and Katinka Barysch of the CER in London.

March 2005
A amongst others, Dr. George Mathews of Institute of Social Sciences in India; Fakhruddin Manzoor; and Prajnananda Chaudhuri

April 2005
Amongst others, Dr. Ellen Frost from Washington D.C.; Nicolo Gasparini of the IRC in Pakistan; a group from the Embassy of Pakistan and Mr. Zhang Niansheng.

May 2005
Amongst others, Dr. David Huang of the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council; Mr. Cheng Ti-hsing of TECO in Taiwan; Mr. Chris Pallaris from the International Relations and Security Network; Mr. Daniel Egloft from the Swiss Mission to NATO; and Xiaokun Song and Juliette Marty of the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels.

June 2005
Amongst others, Sri Lankan MP Anandasangaree; several representatives from both the Asian and European Depts. of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (including Ingrid Luo Wang, Zheng Zhenhua and Fang Yundong); and a Senior Vietnamese delegation from National Assembly and the Office of the Prime Minister including Chairman Nguyen Mai.

July 2005
Amongst others, several visitors were welcomed to the Institute’s new premises, amongst others Prof. Chu-Cheng Ming, of the National Taiwan University; Prof. David Shambaugh, of George Washington University and a delegation of students form the University of Hong Kong.

August 2005
Amongst others, Prof Zhou Hong from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing visited the Institute.

September 2005
Amongst others, Peter Stephens from the World Bank Group, Singapore; Heiner Hänggi of the DCAF, Switzerland; David Doyle from the ACCA; Bertrand Fort with ASEF; a delegation from the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK; and a scholar from the Shanghai Institute for International Relations.

October 2005
Amongst others, Peter Koeppinger from the KAS; a delegation from the Tibetan Parliament in exile; a representative of H.H. the Dalai Lama; Susanne Rentzow- Vasu from the EU delegation in Singapore; Mr. A.K.K. Perera, Charge d’Affairs, Embassy of Sri Lanka, Brussels; Sarah Klein from the US mission to the EU; and Aly Nazerali of the Aga Khan Development Network, London.

November 2005
Amongst others, Ted Lipman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Canada; a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Myanmar; a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Indonesia training at Clingendael; Wade Armstrong, New Zealand Ambassador; a delegation from the Institute for International Economic Research NDRC, China; and Finn Laursen of the University of Southern Denmark.

December 2005
Amongst others, John Cushnahan, Chief Observer EOM to Sri Lanka; a delegation form the University of Turku,Finland; Julian Vasallo with the Policy Unit of HR Javier Solana; Glyn Ford, MEP; Auca Mantulescu, Director Asia-Pacific & Latin America Div., Romania; Holger Koch, EU Military Staff; Syed Maudud Ali, Ambassador of Bangladesh; and Nasrullah Khan, Embassy of Pakistan.