CSLN

Art of understanding - expirience of cooperation

Civil Society Leadership Network

Armenia - Azerbaijan - Georgia - Moldova - Ukraine

Our Aim:

Strengthening civil society in Ukraine, Moldova and the Southern Caucasus and its involvement in the solution of political, social, cultural and other problems in their countries, and in their region.

Our Objectives:

Information and Education

- to strengthen capacity building, organisational and communication skills of civil society leaders in Ukraine, Moldova and Southern Caucasus

- to educate and inform civil society leaders about European democratic processes, standards and values

- to increase the ability of civil society organisations and their activists to promote domestically Council of Europe standards and use them in their contacts with the authorities.

Communication and Partnership

- to connect emerging civil society leaders with their peers from the Black Sea region countries and international non-governmental organisations

- to contribute to dialogue and confidence building between different communities in frozen conflicts zones in the Southern Caucasus and Transnistria

Our Target Group:

Civil society leaders and activists.

News & Events

26.05.10

The second Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum will take place on 18-19 November 2010 in Berlin, according to an announcement on the European Commission's Eastern Partnership webpage.

The overall aim of the Forum is "to promote contacts among Civil Society Organisations and facilitate their dialogue with public authorities" in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos has stressed the importance for the European Union of strengthening relations with its Eastern Partners, according to a press release from the Spanish EU Presidency.

Moratinos was taking part in an informal meeting on Monday in the northern Polish town of Sopot, bringing together representatives of the EU and the six countries of the Eastern Partnership to discuss the future of the EU's relations with Eastern countries and the Southern Caucasus.

International Center for Human Develipment have issued its first Quarterly Newsletter

The Nesletter is focusing on such issues as Peacebuilding in BSEC Region: Myth of Reality; EU - Armenia Cooperation on Management of Migration Issues; Armenia and Collective Security Sysytems: Choice or Cooperation; Future Generation and Future Challenges: Global Security and Climate Change and others.

What happens in the countries in the Eastern Europe and in the Southern Caucasus affects the European Union. Successive EU enlargements have brought these countries closer to the EU and their security, stability and prosperity increasingly impact on the EU’s. The potential these countries offer for diversifying the EU’s energy supplies is one example.

All these countries, to varying degrees, are carrying out political, social and economic reforms, and have stated their wish to come closer to the EU.