FW: CfA: Conflict prevention conferencem, Sofia, 23-26.7.2004

[Katalin Fabian]

> Subject: CfA: Conflict prevention conferencem, Sofia, 23-26.7.2004
> 
> CfA: Conflict prevention conferencem, Sofia, 23-26.7.2004
> 
> The United Nations Association of Bulgaria in a partnership with
> the 
> Information Centre of the Council of Europe - Sofia with the
> support 
> of the East-East Programme of Open Society Institute and the
> Norwegian Government is organising an interregional roundtable
> on the 
> Crossborder Collaboration between the Intergovernmental
> Organisations 
> and Civil Society in Prevention of Violent Conflicts.
> It will take place in the city of Sofia from 23 to 26 July 2004.
> There will be involved civil conflict-prevention activists from
> the 
> regions of Balkans and CIS.
> The event will be held in the framework of The Role of Civil
> Society 
> and NGOs in the Prevention of Armed Conflict. This global
> partnership 
> programme is organised in response to a UN Secretary-General
> Kofi 
> Annan's Recommendation from July 2001 to the NGOs working in the
> field of conflict prevention to organise an international
> conference. 
> The European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP), based in
> Utrecht, 
> acts as a secretariat of the two-year integrated programme of
> research, discussion and network building. The overall objective
> of 
> the GPP is to develop a common platform for effective action in
> conflict prevention from the community to the global level.
> Fifteen regional working groups will focus the experience of
> each 
> region and lead on to a major international conference at UN
> Headquarters in 2005. As a result of this, Regional and
> International 
> Action Agendas will be produced to advocate a paradigm shift
> from 
> reaction to peaceful prevention of armed conflict.
> The regional working group for Eastern Europe is based
> primarily on the Western CIS sub network of the CIS NGO Working
> Group 
> on Conflict Management and Prevention. The first regional
> roundtable 
> of the region of Eastern Europe has been held on 18-21 December
> 2003 
> in Chisinau. There participated 20 civil organizations from
> Moldova, 
> Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Bulgarian ones United
> Nations Association of Bulgaria and Students Diplomatic Club.
> (At the same time, the working group in Balkans started
> its 
> regional process.).
> The abovementioned Chisinau meeting adopted an action
> plan 
> for 2004. There have been decided two interregional events that
> will 
> meet together representatives of the regions of Eastern Europe
> and 
> Balkans to be carried out during 2004 – in Bulgaria in July and
> in 
> Romania in December.
> The current event will gather conflict-prevention and peace-
> building 
> practitioners, mediators and academics working in the regions of
> Eastern Europe and Balkans. The meeting will enable sharing of
> experience, comparative analysis and identifying solutions of
> common 
> problems.
> The main goal of the roundtable is to improve the interaction
> between 
> NGOs, international organisations and local governments to make
> them 
> more effective in the field of conflict prevention and
> management.
> 
> 
> The participation is still open for NGO representatives
> from 
> the following countries: Serbia and Montenegro (including
> Kosovo), 
> Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia.
> All the costs of participation are covered.
> Please, send an e-mail to address istoimenov at abv.bg in
> order 
> to receive an application form for the event.
> 
> 
> United Nations Association of Bulgaria,
> "Vasil Aprilov" 12, 1504 Sofia,
> Tel./fax: +359 2 9434318
> E-mail: unassoc at online.bg
> 
> Contact person: Ivaylo Stoimenov
> E-mail: istoimenov at abv.bg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Location: bulgaria
> Deadline: july 23, 2004
> 
>