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On 3-5 May 2013 the Yerevan-based Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) in Tsakhkadzor (Armenia) carried out a conference: “The EU Eastern Partnership: Democracy, Human Rights, Good Governance and Stability”. The conference was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Armenia. Speakers of the conference were: Zohrab Mnatsakanian – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Petr Mareš – Special Envoy for Eastern Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Petr Mikyska –Charge de Affairs, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Armenia, Vaclav Nekvapil– Managing Director, CEC Government Relations, Antonin Berdych – Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Association for International Affairs (AMO), Arthur Soghomonyan - Head of the Department of community service affairs, Ministry of Territorial Administration of the Republic of Armenia, Erik Petrosyan – Head of the Division of community service organization, Ministry of Territorial Administration of the Republic of Armenia and representatives of Armenian civil society organizations. Conference brought together around 50 representatives of the Armenian NGOs, academicians, students and journalists.
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Eastern Partnership Minorities Network
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On 9 April 2013 Yerevan-based Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) hosted a conference on the topic: “EU Foreign Policy towards South Caucasus”. The keynote speaker was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic MIROSLAV LAJČÁK.
The conference was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Russia and Armenia.
The participants of the conference were Members of the Armenian Parliament, Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NGOs, experts-analysts, diplomats and representatives of international organizations, students and journalists.
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On 14-16 March 2013 in Tbilisi (Georgia) ACGRC Director Dr. Stepan Grigoryan made a report at the 7th Workshop of the PfP Consortium Study Group “Regional Stability in the South Caucasus”. The Workshop was organized by the Austrian National Defense Academy, Ministry of Defense of Georgia, Directorate General for Security Policy, Austrian Ministry of Defense and Sports and PfP Consortium Study Group “Regional Stability in the South Caucasus”.
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Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) is a partner in the project: “Regional Cooperation as Tool of Settlement of Frozen Conflict”. The project leader is the Czech-based Institute for Stability and Development (ISD). The project is supported by the International Visegrad Fund’s V4EaP Extended Standard Grands Program. The project's ambition is to compare and analyze reasons of frozen conflict areas and through discussions with relevant stakeholders, fact-finding missions and policy analysis. We aim to provide solutions on how to mitigate frozen conflicts using inter- regional/cross-border animation. The project will cover first of all regions of Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh. Situation in other areas - Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Kosovo/Serbia, will be analyzed based on results received.
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Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) is starting a project: “Young leaders, public administration and NGO representatives for Democracy Promotion: Shifting Engagement from theory to practice”. The project is supported by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.
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ACGRC at the Conference: "Armenian Elections: Assessment and Recommendations"
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THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST AND THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
WARNING! THE SPECTOR OF THE HOLOCAUST IS
RISING
By Jiri Valenta, Ph.D. and Leni Valenta
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POST BELLUM NGO from the Czech Republic started a project: “Establishing and developing the cooperation within the Memory of Nations Network in Eastern Partnership States” The project is supported by the International Visegrad Fund (IVF). Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) is the partner of the project from Armenia.
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2012 successful year for Armenia’s foreign policy - analyst
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Poverty and Inequality in Societies of Human Rights: the paradox of democracies
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On 6-8 December 2012 ACGRC Director Dr. Stepan Grigoryan took part and made a report at the workshop “Go East” in Prague, the Czech Republic. The project “Go East” is being implemented by the Charles University in Prague with partnership of the Comenius University in Bratislava, the National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” and Comenius University in Budapest. The project is supported by the International Visegrad Fund (IVF).
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Eastern Partnership Visa Liberalization Index launched
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Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation (PAUCI) and the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) organized a Study Visit to Poland for the representatives of public administration representatives and civil society actors from Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor. The study visit took place from 19-24 November 2012. Project is co-financed from the sources of the program Democracy Support within the Polish Development Cooperation program 2012 financed by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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On 15-17 ACGRC Director Dr. Stepan Grigoryan in Geneva (Switzerland) took part at the seminar: “Caucasus 2025: A Vision”. The seminar was organized by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) of Switzerland.
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ACGRC at the Black Sea NGO Forum in Bucharest (Romania)
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On 7 November 2012 ACGRC Director Dr. Stepan Grigoryan took part at the Election Morning Open House at the US Embassy in Yerevan by an invitation from H.E John Heffern, Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Armenia.
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On 16 – 19 October 2012 Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) jointly with Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation (PAUCI) carried out training for representatives of public administration (condominiums) from Gyumri and Vanadzor regions of Armenia. The training was supported by the program “Democracy support 2012” by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
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On 12 October 2012 the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) jointly with the Stefan Batory Foundation and with support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic carried out an international conference in Yerevan on the topic: “Contacts Between People: EU Visa Policies Towards the Eastern Partnership Countries”. The conference brought together a number of experts-analysts and civil society representatives from the Czech Republic, Belgium, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Armenia.
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In Kiev (Ukraine) ACGRC Representatives Maria Amaryan and Jenya GYULBANGYAN took part at a conference: ”Civic Expertise of the EU Members States Visa Policy: Lessons Learned for the Eastern Partnership Countries”. The conference was organized by the Europe without Barriers with support of the European Program of the International Renaissance Foundation.
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On 19-23 September 2012 in Oslo (Norway) ACGRC Representative took part at the Annual meeting of the European Network for Civil Peace Servicesand Nonviolent Peaceforce. ACGRC Representative presented the activities and publications on the centre and developed new network of partners and contacts.
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On 17-18 September 2012 in Tbilisi (Georgia) ACGRC Representative took part at the: “Experts’ meeting on mainstreaming a Gender perspective into Security Sector Reform”. The meeting was organized by the Gender Equality Council of the Parliament of Georgia, NATO, EU and UN.
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Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation (PAUCI) jointly with the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) is implementing a project: Transparency in Armenian housing condominiums as a guarantee of their effective operations. The project is co-financed through the program “Democracy support 2012” by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
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Dr. Stepan Grigoryan: “What are Armenia’s foreign challenges?”
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The Yerevan-based Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) with support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) organized series of seminars in Armenia: Yerevan, Vanadzor and Gyumri on the Armenian-Turkish relations. The seminar brought together a group of experts-analysts, academicians, representatives of non-governmental organizations and students from Armenia and Turkey to discuss the current situation of Armenian-Turkish relations, confidence building measures and etc…
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A conference co-organized by the Armenian National Platform of The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum and The Center of European Studies defining the mutual EU-Armenia relations and cooperation took place on 4 July 2012 in Yerevan. The keynote speaker was President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy. The Session “Visa Facilitation as an Important Step Towards Integration” was organized by the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (One of the founding members of the Coalition for the European Continent Undivided by Visa Barriers). The speakers were H.E Traian HRISTEA (Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia), Iryna SUSHKO (Head, “Europe without Barriers”), Mher MARGARYAN (head of the EU Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Eleonora VERGEER (Policy Advisor on Migration, European Union Advisory Group to the Republic of Armenia),Gagik YEGANYAN (Head of Migration Agency, Republic of Armenia).
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ACGRC Director Dr. Stepan Grigoryan met with Lithuanian Defense Minister Rasa Juknevičienė on 24 June 2012 in Yerevan (Republic of Armenia).
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On 18-19 June 2012 ACGRC Program manager Armen S. Grigoryan in Brussels (Belgium) took part at the visit to NATO: “Opinion Formers from Armenia”. The meeting was organized by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division. In the framework of the visit Armenian delegation met with NATO officials and the Head of Armenia’s Mission to NATO.
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On 4 June 2012 ACGRC Director Dr. Stepan Grigoryan took part at the Universal Rights Award Ceremony organized by the US Embassy in Yerevan. The keynote speaker was US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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On 6 June 2012 in Brussels (Belgium) ACGRC Director Dr. Stepan Grigoryan took part at the 1st working group of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. The participants were representatives of the civil society organizations from EU and Eastern Partnership countries. _________________________________________
Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) became an Associate Member of the Policy Association for an Open Society (PASOS). PASOS aims to promote and protect democracy, human rights and open society values including the rule of law, good governance, and economic and social development by supporting civil society organisations that individually and jointly foster public participation in public policy issues at the European Union level, in other European and global structures, and in the wider neighbourhood of Europe and Central Asia.
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On 30 April 2012 Dr. Stepan Grigoryan (ACGRC) took part and made a report at the Symposium on "Narrative and Reconciliation in the South Caucasus: Time for a New Discourse" in Washington University in St. Louis (US). The event was co-sponsored by the Center for New Institutional Social Sciences (CNISS) and the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at Washington University in St. Louis, as well as the Center for Strategic Studies (SAM).
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Al Jazeera documentary film "Common Pain"
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American University hosts discussion on South Caucasus conflicts.
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ACGRC Director Dr. Stepan Grigoryan' s report at the 1st EU-Eastern Partnership Forum (22-24 March, 2012, Tbilisi, Georgia) at the Panel 3: Visa liberalisation and mobility.
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5th KYIV SECURITY FORUM «TRENDS IN GLOBAL SECURITY: DOES DEMOCRACY MATTER?» (APRIL 19-20, 2012)
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ACGRC Analyst took part at the 5th Kiev Security Forum Trends in Global Security: Does Democracy Matter? in Kiev (Ukraine). The organizers of the Forum were Open Ukraine Foundation, the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation GMF, Chatham House and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. The participants were high-level experts and senior officials from the USA, UK, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Ukraine, Turkey, France, Poland, Lithuania and Belgium.
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In the framework of the project Sharing History-Cultural Dialogue on 20 March the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) jointly with the EUROCLIO carried out a round-table with Armenian historians and history educators. The project is supported by European Union s Eastern Partnership Culture programme (European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument). EUROCLIO Senior Manager Steven Stegers presented the project goals and activities to the participants of the round-table. Deputy Head of the EU Delegation Onno Simons made the welcoming remarks.
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ACGRC Analyst published an article on the Euro Atlantic Quarterly on the topic: Growth of NATO's role in democracy and stability in "Arab Spring" countries
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Human Rights Education: Step by Step
http://www.youtube.com/ACGRC
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Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation made astatement concerning Armenia's internal policy
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Stepan Grigoryan participated in the discussion about Turkish-Armenian Relations in Kars on 2-4 November 2010. The discussion has been organised by The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) with support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF).
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Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) received a grant from the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) for the project: NGOmap Building bridges between civil society actors from Visegrad and Eastern Partnership Countries . The main aim of the project is to launch a platform for collaboration and idea exchange.
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On 23 October 2010 two well-known experts, Rauf Rajabov from Azerbaijan and Stepan Grigoryan from Armenia, signed a declaration concerning the Karabakh conflict in anticipation of the OSCE Astana Summit on 1-2 December 2010. READ
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On 21-23 October ACGRC project assistant Veronika Danielyants participated in the 3rd Black Sea NGO Forum in Constanta.
The Black Sea NGO Forum was launched in 2008 by the Romanian Federation of Development NGOs (FOND) and organised in cooperation with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation. The Forum aims at increasing the level of dialogue and cooperation among NGOs in the wider Black Sea region, as a means of strengthening NGOs and their capacity to influence regional and national policies.
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Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship in 180 days
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On 27-28 January 2012 ACGRC Project assistant Vrezh Madoyan took part at kick off meeting in Kiev (Ukraine). The kick off meeting is a part of a project: Sharing history Cultural dialog . The project is being implemented by EUROCLIO in partnership with ACGRC, GAHE, PUAH, NOVA DOBA (Ukraine) and is funded by the European Commission. ________________________________________
On 18-20 October Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation organised the 4th Armenia-Turkey Civil Diplomacy Dialogue workshop in Istanbul. The workshop brought together a number of prominent academics and analysts from Turkey and Armenia.
On 18 October workshop participants visited two leading Turkish Universities: Kadir Has University (KHU) and Bogazici (Bosphorus) University.
The workshop was supported by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
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On 19-20 October 2010 ACGRC board member Maria Amaryan participated in the international conference Go East 2010 in Warsaw. The conference, the first edition of which had taken place in December 2009, was devoted to the possibilities of financing projects and establishing cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries and states from outside the Partnership in the fields of culture and civic society. The program is composed of four panels: culture, civic society, self-government projects, and free press.
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Leader of Strong Turkey Party (GTP) Tuna Beklevic, deputy chairperson Baybars Orsek, Head of the party’s provincial office in Kars Dundar Gultekin and other officials crossed the Armenia-Turkey border along the River Araks and entered Armenia as a sign of protest. Beklevic stated that if the border remains closed till 2011, over 1000 Armenians and 1000 Turkish youths will cross the border this way.
http://news.am/eng/news/34013.html
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On 16 March in London (UK) ACGRC Director Stepan Grigoryan made areport at the international conference: The Eastern Partnership and the Future of EU Engagement . The conference is organized by the Chatham House in cooperation with the European Commission and Robert-Bosch-Stiftung.
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ACGRC programme manager Armen Grigoryan participated in the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum working group meeting on 7-8 October. Meeting report is available.
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On 8 October 2010 ACGRC Chairman Stepan Grigoryan presented a report at the international conference “Energy Security Strategies in the Wider Black Sea Region” in Bucharest. The conference was organised by the Romanian Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Centre with the financial support of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation.
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On 27 September 2010 ACGRC chairman Stepan Grigoryan presented a report at the international conference “Caucasus Municipalities Union Initiative Research Project – Increasing Dialogue”. The conference was organised by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and supported by the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, GMFUS.
- Article by MEP Leonidas Donskis: Seeking Safety and Security in an Unsafe and Insecure World READ
- Strategy paper of the association "Human Rights in Belarus" developed in view of the upcoming presidential elections in Belarus READ
ACGRC became a member of the Danish Development Research Network
ACGRC became a 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.
