Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC)
Brief Description of the Organization
Main directions of activities of the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) are:
1. Study of the regional cooperation problems within the framework of global integration processes currently underway worldwide
2. Youth problems
3. assistance to the formation of a climate of trust and strengthening of stable peace in the South Caucasus
4. Contribution to the establishment and advancement of the civil society in Armenia
5. Protection of human rights
6. Promotion and raising of legal awareness
Members of our organization have participated and made presentations at conferences, seminars and workshops, roundtables and internet-conferences covering the following problems: establishment and advancement of the civil society in Armenia; improvement of legislation (constitutional amendments, laws regulating NGOs and parties; the Election Code, and many others); possibilities for regional conflicts resolution and the peacemaking mission of international structures; systems of regional security; integration of the South Caucasus countries into European and Euro-Atlantic structures; elections in the countries of the region, etc. Experts of the Centre appear on various Armenian radio and television channels and publish analytical articles in the Armenian and foreign press (USA, Georgia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Azerbaijan, Turkey and other countries).
We have partners in Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, the USA, Belarus and other countries.
Key activities of the ACGRC:
· “Integration into International Organizations as a Guarantee of Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts in South Caucasus” (September 2004, Yerevan, Armenia), with participation of experts from Germany, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The conference materials were published in a separate book, in the English and Russian languages.
In June 2005, another international conference, “The Constitutional Reform in Armenia and Its Compliance with the Requirements and Standards of the Council of Europe”, was held in Tsakhkadzor (Armenia). The event was attended by representatives of various political forces of Armenia and Georgia, as well as representatives of international organizations.
· In November 2005 ACGRC held an international conference “International Experience of European Integration and Perspectives of the Policy of Neighborhood for Armenia”. A number of experts from Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, experts from the CE, EU and OSCE took part in the conference. This initiative was the logical continuation of the activities of the ACGRC in the sphere of studying and widely discussing questions connected with European Integration and popularizing in Armenia the idea of European Integration. The conference materials were published in a separate book, in the Armenian, English and Russian languages.
In March 2005 the conference “2005 – the year of European Democratic Education” was held in Vanadzor (Armenia).
· During 2004-2005 the ACGRC held a number of seminars – “The Place of Armenia in the Anti-terrorist Coalition. Peacemaking and Armenia”, “Armenian-Turkish Relations. Position of SC Countries Concerning Turkey’s Possible Entrance into the European Union”, ”Integration of SC Countries into International Structures. Political and Economic Aspects”. The seminars materials were published in a separate book, in the English and Russian languages.
On 20 February 2006 the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation, together with the South Caucasus Institute of Regional Security organized “Georgian-Armenian Meeting”. “The Georgian-Armenian Research Center” was organized at the initiative of the ACGRC and the South Caucasus Institute of Regional Security.
On 29 November 2006 the ACGRC organized conference “Security of South Caucasus in the Light of the Enlargement of the European Union and NATO to the East”. A representative from Turkey Diba Nigar Goksel (Senior Analyst of the European Stability Initiative, Editor of the Turkish Policy Quarterly) took part and made a presentation during the conference.
· In March-May 2006 the ACGRC (with UNESCO Chair on Human Rights and Democracy at the Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov and the Chair of Political Science of Slavonic University) organized and held the first “School on Human Rights and European Integration”. The school was organized for the students of a number of higher educational institutions of Armenia (Law, Political Science, Human Rights, etc.). During the school the lectures were read by experts from Turkey, Georgia, Lithuania, Sweden, Poland and Great Britain.
· In 2007 – 2008 ACGRC organized a big project titled “Building Links between Analytical Communities of Armenia and Turkey ”. In the framework of that project, ACGRC organized two international conferences and a round table in Yerevan with participation of Turkish experts Diba Nigar Goksel (Senior Analyst, European Stability Initiative, Editor of the Turkish Policy Quarterly), Arda Batu (Member of the Board of ARI Movement, lecturer at the Yeditepe University), Cem Toker (Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party). A survey of political and civil society representatives from Armenia and Turkey was conducted (consisting of detailed interviews with representatives of 15 political and 35 civil society organizations from both countries). A bulletin titled “Armenian-Turkish Relations Today” was published in the Armenian daily newspaper “Aravot”. The bulletin included the main materials of the interviews, meetings, and conferences with the Turkish experts. Six issues of the bulletin were published also some of the interviews were published in Turkish Daily News and Turkish Policy Quarterly. Two brochures containing conference materials were published as well.
Donors of the activities of the ACGRC:
Brief Description of the Organization
Main directions of activities of the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) are:
1. Study of the regional cooperation problems within the framework of global integration processes currently underway worldwide
2. Youth problems
3. assistance to the formation of a climate of trust and strengthening of stable peace in the South Caucasus
4. Contribution to the establishment and advancement of the civil society in Armenia
5. Protection of human rights
6. Promotion and raising of legal awareness
Members of our organization have participated and made presentations at conferences, seminars and workshops, roundtables and internet-conferences covering the following problems: establishment and advancement of the civil society in Armenia; improvement of legislation (constitutional amendments, laws regulating NGOs and parties; the Election Code, and many others); possibilities for regional conflicts resolution and the peacemaking mission of international structures; systems of regional security; integration of the South Caucasus countries into European and Euro-Atlantic structures; elections in the countries of the region, etc. Experts of the Centre appear on various Armenian radio and television channels and publish analytical articles in the Armenian and foreign press (USA, Georgia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Azerbaijan, Turkey and other countries).
We have partners in Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, the USA, Belarus and other countries.
Key activities of the ACGRC:
· “Integration into International Organizations as a Guarantee of Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts in South Caucasus” (September 2004, Yerevan, Armenia), with participation of experts from Germany, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The conference materials were published in a separate book, in the English and Russian languages.
In June 2005, another international conference, “The Constitutional Reform in Armenia and Its Compliance with the Requirements and Standards of the Council of Europe”, was held in Tsakhkadzor (Armenia). The event was attended by representatives of various political forces of Armenia and Georgia, as well as representatives of international organizations.
· In November 2005 ACGRC held an international conference “International Experience of European Integration and Perspectives of the Policy of Neighborhood for Armenia”. A number of experts from Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, experts from the CE, EU and OSCE took part in the conference. This initiative was the logical continuation of the activities of the ACGRC in the sphere of studying and widely discussing questions connected with European Integration and popularizing in Armenia the idea of European Integration. The conference materials were published in a separate book, in the Armenian, English and Russian languages.
In March 2005 the conference “2005 – the year of European Democratic Education” was held in Vanadzor (Armenia).
· During 2004-2005 the ACGRC held a number of seminars – “The Place of Armenia in the Anti-terrorist Coalition. Peacemaking and Armenia”, “Armenian-Turkish Relations. Position of SC Countries Concerning Turkey’s Possible Entrance into the European Union”, ”Integration of SC Countries into International Structures. Political and Economic Aspects”. The seminars materials were published in a separate book, in the English and Russian languages.
On 20 February 2006 the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation, together with the South Caucasus Institute of Regional Security organized “Georgian-Armenian Meeting”. “The Georgian-Armenian Research Center” was organized at the initiative of the ACGRC and the South Caucasus Institute of Regional Security.
On 29 November 2006 the ACGRC organized conference “Security of South Caucasus in the Light of the Enlargement of the European Union and NATO to the East”. A representative from Turkey Diba Nigar Goksel (Senior Analyst of the European Stability Initiative, Editor of the Turkish Policy Quarterly) took part and made a presentation during the conference.
· In March-May 2006 the ACGRC (with UNESCO Chair on Human Rights and Democracy at the Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov and the Chair of Political Science of Slavonic University) organized and held the first “School on Human Rights and European Integration”. The school was organized for the students of a number of higher educational institutions of Armenia (Law, Political Science, Human Rights, etc.). During the school the lectures were read by experts from Turkey, Georgia, Lithuania, Sweden, Poland and Great Britain.
· In 2007 – 2008 ACGRC organized a big project titled “Building Links between Analytical Communities of Armenia and Turkey ”. In the framework of that project, ACGRC organized two international conferences and a round table in Yerevan with participation of Turkish experts Diba Nigar Goksel (Senior Analyst, European Stability Initiative, Editor of the Turkish Policy Quarterly), Arda Batu (Member of the Board of ARI Movement, lecturer at the Yeditepe University), Cem Toker (Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party). A survey of political and civil society representatives from Armenia and Turkey was conducted (consisting of detailed interviews with representatives of 15 political and 35 civil society organizations from both countries). A bulletin titled “Armenian-Turkish Relations Today” was published in the Armenian daily newspaper “Aravot”. The bulletin included the main materials of the interviews, meetings, and conferences with the Turkish experts. Six issues of the bulletin were published also some of the interviews were published in Turkish Daily News and Turkish Policy Quarterly. Two brochures containing conference materials were published as well.
Donors of the activities of the ACGRC:
· Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (Germany)
· Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation Fund, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
· Embassy of Switzerland to Georgia and Armenia
· Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Armenia
· Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Armenia
· Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia and Armenia
· British Embassy in Yerevan
· Secours Catholique - Caritas France
· Eurasia Partnership Foundation/USAID
· Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (Germany)
· Robert Bosch Stiftung (Germany)
· Heinrich-Boell-Foundation (Germany)
· Open Society Institute East-East Program
· Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation Armenia
· Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation
· Eurasia Foundation South Caucasus Cooperation Program
Participation in the network of the NGO’s:
The ACGRC is a member of the Pluralism Centers Network founded under the auspices of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE, Washington, USA). The ACGRC experts have been active participants in the meetings of the Pluralism Centers held in Warsaw, Lvov, Batumi and Tbilisi.
The ACGRC is a participant of the civil initiative of representatives of organizations of the three South Caucasus countries – “South Caucasian Integration: Alternative Start”.
ACGRC is a member of the “Working Group of NGO’s from the Black Sea Region” (Romania).
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