IF CEED 4th General Conference

20–22 May 2025 | Rome, Italy

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Joseph FREELEY

Senior Policy Officer

European External Action Service

Brussels, Belgium

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European External Action Service

European External Action Service

European Council, Council of the EU, European Commission. EU Agency

Brussels, Belgium

The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the European Union’s diplomatic service. Since 2011, the EEAS carries out the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy to promote peace, prosperity, security, and the interests of Europeans across the globe.
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About me

Joseph Freeley served in Irish the Defence Forces for 20 years, retiring as a Senior Officer in 2020. During this period completed various deployments overseas with both the UN and NATO, along with two standby periods with Swedish and German led EU Battlegroups. From 2017-2020 he served as First Secretary/Assistance Military Representative of Ireland to the EU in Brussels. Since 2020 he has been working in the EEAS, firstly as Policy Officer and Political-Strategic planner for CSDP engagements in the Strategic Planning for Crisis Management Division, and most recently, as Senior Policy Officer in the Security and Defence Policy Division.

Speaker sessions (1)

Thursday, 22 May 2025

11:25 - 12:35

Circularity: a booster for capability development and operations

Location:Hotel - Main roomTrack:Plenary

Enhancing resilience and efficiency: security of supply, availability of assets, resource efficiency.