Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation
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.
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ACGRC established the Public Union of Armenian History Educators
Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation established the
Public Union of Armenian History Educators. During the Union's initial
meeting on 18 September 2009, Professor Haykaz Hovhannisyan was elected as coordinator of the Union.
The main goals of the Union are improvement of
history education in Armenia and study of the
European experience in history education.
List of Union members:
Prof. Haykaz Hovhannisyan – Coordinator of the Union, Lecturer at the
Yerevan State University
Armenuhi Hambardzumyan – Secretary of the Union
Prof. Edik Minasyan – Dean of the Department of History, Yerevan State
University
Ashot Barseghyan – history teacher, Gegharkunik region
Samvel Khachatryan – history teacher, Armavir region
Anahit Harutuynyan – history teacher, Ararat region
Gevorg Stepanyan – history teacher, Syunik region
Karen Avanesyan – history teacher, Yerevan Secondary School #55
Zaruhi Basentsyan – history teacher, Yerevan Secondary School #63
Gagik Hovakimyan – lecturer at the Yerevan Agrarian Academy
Avetis Harutyunyan – lecturer at the Yerevan State Pedagogical University
ACGRC signed the petition of Armenian NGOs to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Members of the Bureau, Standing and Monitoring Committees of the PACE and CoE High Commissioner for Human Rights
Feb. 23, 2010 - Stepan Grigoryan's interview to news.az: Armenia, Azerbaijan may sign framework agreement this year
Working meeting of Armenian, Azeri and Georgian historians (Nov. 2007)
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