Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation
On 28-30 June 2010 ACGRC with its partner, the
Society and Democracy Association (Turkey) organised a Multi-track diplomacy
workshop “Common Future for Turkey and Armenia” in Istanbul.
The workshop facilitated by Dr. Edward Kaufman (Univertisy of Maryland) was
attended by 20 university students from Armenia and Turkey. The workshop was
supported by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
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On 24-26 June 2010 Stepan Grigoryan participated in the international conference “Sharing the Experiences of Visegrad Cooperation in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership Countries” in Chisinau (Moldova). The conference was organised by the International Centre for Democratic Transition (Hungary) with support from the Norwegian Government and Visegrad Fund.
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On 10-12 June, ACGRC programme manager Armen S. Grigoryan participated in the Fourth Regional NGO Congress on the Role of NGOs in a Pluralistic Democracy. The congress was organised in Vilnius by the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe and Civil Defence Fund (Lithuania) with support from the Seimas of the Lithuanian Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Lithuania’s Chairmanship of the Community of Democracies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs of the Council of Europe.
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On 9 June 2010, Chairman of the Board of the Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan made a report during the international conference “On the Boundary of Two Worlds? Armenia in the 21st Century". The conference organised by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group took place at the European Parliament. The conference was moderated by Leonidas Donskis MEP.
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On 3-5 June 2010, ACGRC and its partners, the Caucasus Dialogue Foundation (Georgia) and 3rd View information-analytical centre (Azerbaijan) organised a conference on peacebuilding in the South Caucasus in Tbilisi (Georgia). The conference was attended by analysts, historians and journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The conference was supported by the Office of the Embassy of Switzerland in Armenia.
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European Debates were held at the House of Europe in Tbilisi (Georgia) on
15-16 May 2010. Distinguished foreign analysts, experts and observers
assembled to discuss the current situation in the South Caucasus and its
relation with other countries.
The event was opened by President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Poland's
ex-president Aleksander Kwasniewski also participated in the debates.
Chairman of the Board of the Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional
Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan took part in the event and made a report during
the plenary session: "Is the region moving closer to the EU?"
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On 29 April – 1 May 2010, the Analytical Centre on Globalisation and
Regional Cooperation organised a Working meeting of civil activists and
historians of the South Caucasian countries in Tbilisi (Georgia). The aims
of the meeting were: to organise discussions about the dilemmas in teaching
and interpreting history of the South Caucasus in Armenia, Azerbaijan and
Georgia, to emphasise our peoples’ positive experience in cohabitation by
means of cooperation between Armenian, Azeri, and Georgian historians, and
to represent the articles which have been written for inclusion in the book
History and Identity: the South Caucasus and Other Regions in Transition.
The project is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland.
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The current discussion in Russia about the necessity of political,
economical and social modernisation raises the question of the country’s
ability to innovate and to compete on a global level. Centrally important to
the debate’s success will be whether the state demands a monopolising role
in the debate or whether it can be conducted with the active participation
of the various powers in society. It can only be in the interests of Europe
as a whole that the modernisation partnership which the EU has offered
Russia is conducted on both sides by a well-informed and critical public.
Essential prerequisites for this are strengthening Russian civil society and
creating a framework for discussions that aim for a Europe-wide development
which is both long-lasting and democratic.
The German-Russian Exchange and European Exchange Berlin have developed a
position paper, “For a New Start in Civil Society Cooperation with
Russia”, which has already been signed by a number of European foundations
and non-governmental organisations. The signatories appeal to the EU and its
member states to make it more straightforward for Russian civil society
actors to cooperate with their European partners, and to markedly increase
the financial resources available for this key area. As well as visa-free
travel for civil society actors, they are demanding the establishment of a
“Civil Society Forum EU-Russia”, which would be analogous to the EU’s Civil
Society Forum with the countries of the Eastern Partnership, which was set
up in November 2009.
ACGRC became member of the Black Sea Research Network (BSRN). BSRN is an action-focused and multidisciplinary network of policy-oriented research institutes that develop research programmes on issues of importance to the political, social and economic development of the Black Sea region. It represents an innovative attempt to structure and coordinate a network of research institutes (and researchers) focusing on the wider Black Sea region. The Network is working under the patronage of the International Centre for Black Sea Studies (Greece).
Chairman of the Board of the Analytical Centre on Globalisation and
Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan took part in the Czech
Television film Sore Spots of Southern
Caucasus.
Petruška Šustrová is the script author and Martin Mahdal is cameraman and
producer of the film.
The Union of Armenian History Educators working under the aegis of ACGRC became a member of the European Association of History Educators (EUROCLIO). For more information please visit http://www.euroclio.eu
ACGRC became a member of the Central and Eastern European Citizens Network (CEE CN). The network was created to provide opportunities for citizens' grassroots initiatives from CEE region to learn, exchange experiences and ideas as well as enhance their organisational growth through establishing and managing a partner relationship among themselves.
Georgia's government willing to ratify ‘Rondine's 14 Points
for Peace in the Caucasus’
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Discussion of Ronald D. Asmus's book A Little War That Shook the World: Georgia, Russia and the Future of the West in Tbilisi READ
Article by Iris Kempe: Beyond bi-lateralism. Adjusting EU-Russian relations
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