On 3 December 2014, Frank Evers (CORE/IFSH), Barend ter Haar (Clingendael, Netherlands), Oleksandr Tytarchuk (FPRI, Kyiv) and Wolfgang Zellner (CORE/IFSH) launched the OSCE Network study “The Future of OSCE Field Operations (Options).” The launching event, moderated by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, was part of the “OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference 2014,” an NGO event that complemented the 2014 OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Basel. It was also attended by Ambassador Philip McDonagh, Head of the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the OSCE, Ambassador Fred Tanner, Senior Adviser to the OSCE Secretary General, and Claus Neukirch, Deputy OSCE CPC Director.