The EU and Civil Society in the South Caucasus: Common Efforts in Conflict Resolution

10. June 2010, 09:00h bis
10. June 2010, 16:30h

Vertretung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt beim Bund, Luisenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin

Following the August 2008 war in Georgia, the EU has become fully engaged in conflict settlement in the South Caucasus. It applies a broad set of soft policy instruments, encompassing political as well as economic and social means. The conference will consider the role of civil society within the new peace-building landscape. It aims to take stock of the institutional setting which civil society organisations are facing in the region. This would serve as a basis to identify opportunities for confidence-building initiatives suitable to reduce mistrust, to hold governments accountable and to support the EU’s conflict resolution activities in particular.