The Middle East and North Africa region is a powder keg. Different types and levels of conflicts are continuing to unfold across the region rooted in historical un-resolved and stalemated peace processes, such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Western Sahara conflict. While Syria is entering the fifth year of war, and Libya has turned into another failed state, the regional political and security threat of Daesh seems to become less and less a temporary geopolitical concern, with the worrying spillover threatening on-going fragilities and stirring domestic hostilities in Iraq and Turkey.The revision of the European Neighbourhood Policy represents an important EU response to the different levels of instability and insecurity in the region, and the EP Parliamentary report on “Security challenges in the Middle East and North Africa region and the prospects for political stability” is a key attempt to design a comprehensive EU response to security challenges in the Middle East. In addition, the upcoming revision of ILO Employment Recommendation 71 (Transition from War to Peace), offers an opportunity to rethink also the role of the EU as a peacemaker and promoter through a strategic decent employment and social protection approach to fragile contexts, and crises, .The round table will attempt to discuss how to build comprehensive EU approach to peace-building based on a long-term political engagement to promote and respect human security that involves considering the sustainable development goals (SDGs), to promote sustainable socio-economic development with greater emphasis on complementary peacebuilding and State-building activities, by answering the following questions:• What can the EU do to concretely promote human security? • How can the EU work with local, regional and international actors to advance peace in the region? • What can the EU do to promote peace and tackle instability and insecurity with existing EU policy frameworks?