Youth Club "Social Diplomacy”
(Russia) jointly with
The Autonomous non-commercial organization "Center
For Socio-political Studies 'Premier'” (Russia) announce the best research
papers contest with a further symposium and publishing on the subject:
"Countries of the European Neighborhood Policy East and South: particular
issues and common solutions for sustainable development of Europe”
Background:
As you know the
program of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) is a new
approach of the European Union to neighboring countries to strengthen
relations between the EU and its neighbors
and co-operation on the security and prosperity
establishment, "the ring of friendly countries" on
the borders of the European Union. ENP is also designed to
give the EU neighboring countries a possibility of closer
cooperation with the EU in politics, security, economy and
culture. In this case 6 out of 16 countries in the
program are included in the ENP (the Black Sea region
particularly) Eastern Partnership, historically
associated with socio-cultural processes taking place in
Eastern Europe (Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine) and the Southern
Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia). But the main idea is to create a
joint research ground to explore and highlight existing issues and barriers in
several macro-regions and platforms: ENP EAST, ENP SOUTH (e.g. Arab Spring),
Eastern Partnership and the Black Sea region with active role of Turkey and Russia.
The competition aims:
To conduct a
survey by the most active young researchers on proposed issues and region
development with a primary focus on macro-ENP (within different dimensions
East and South), and in connection with the Black Sea region processes
to develop mutually shared scenarios of local problems
solving and to facilitate a sustainable development of Europe.
The competition objectives:
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identify key problem
areas and potential for cooperation in the relationship of
macro-ENP (EAST and SOUTH) and the Black Sea
region to identify successful practices of interaction with
the EU institutions;
§
create a strong research interest among
young experts to develop a communication space and
joint research projects;
§
establish a network of
experts on the macro-ENP and the Black Sea
region interaction, including in order
to replicate successful practices of interaction with
the EU institutions;
§
formulate and convey practical advice on
sustainable development for various actors in
macro socio-political sphere of the ENP and the Black Sea region and the EU institutions.
Key
subjects of the works:
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Geopolitical factors of macro-ENP
(East and South) and the Black Sea region
in the
context of international cooperation;
§
Internal and
external key socio-political factors of macro-region development;
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Prospects and
problems of macro-economic cooperation among the ENP and the Black Sea region;
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Security problems in the macro-ENP
(East and South) and
the Black Sea region, including the pending inter-state
conflict and peacekeeping
initiatives. The influence of public diplomacy to conflict resolution process;
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Intercultural
dialogue: its process in macro-ENP (East, South, EaP, the Black
Sea region, Euromed) and existing barriers, possible overcoming
methods.
§
Human rights
dimension and women empowerment (especially due East and South dimensions).
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The role and activities of Russia's socio-political
processes in the
macro ENP (East
and South) and
the Black Sea as well as cooperation with European
institutions;
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Non-governmental
sector – current situation and development trends, the work of international funds on a territory of macro-region;
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Ethno-cultural and ethno-political problems of macro-region modern migrations;
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Youth interaction
and policy of macro-region;
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Possibilities of
joint collaboration within ENP East and South – its dimensions, areas, common
problems and reconciliation methods.
Requirements for authors:
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Age -
20-40 years;
§
Type
of duties - students, graduates, PhD and PhD
students, researchers, educational institutions, government agencies and
civil society organizations, media personnel and other
professionals who are interested in this subject.
§
Citizenship -
authors must be citizens of the following
countries: all countries of the European Union,
Euromed region, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova,
Romania, Russia, Turkey
and Ukraine.
§
Language –
English.
Requirements for publications:
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Harvard
Referencing Style (http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/infolit/bibharvard.htm)
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2500 words maximum
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Deadline is 1st of June 2012
§
All texts are supposed to be sent to: seacooperation@gmail.com
§
You should place a summary before the main text
including: issue urgency, used arguments,
conclusions.
§
Please, provide your personal information by the next
scheme:
Second
name, First name,
place
of work/study,
occupation,
contact
information – e-mail and mobile phone.
Participation is free (no fees). The best papers collection
on aspects and the main factors affecting on the
development of macro-regions is planned to be published. The
collection will have all the details of the official scientific
publication (ISBN, referees and others).
Collection is
scheduled to be sent to all authors of the articles included in the
publication, as well as all interested states and non-profit institutions of
these macro-regions.
Specialized
workshops are supposed to be conducted. Participants will be selected due to
results of the contest. The exact time and place will be announced separately
in the second information letter.
Source of the
news – http://youth-in-action.org/news/149-call-for-papers-countries-of-the-european-neighborhood-policy-east-and-south-particular-issues-and-common-solutions-for-sustainable-development-of-europe.html
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