Black Sea Cultural Animation Program

The Project “Black Sea Cultural Animation Program: Pilot model for mobilizing the common cultural characteristics for creative destination management in the Black Sea Basin” is implemented under Priority 3:

Supporting cultural and educational initiatives for the establishment of a common cultural environment in the Basin, Measure 3.1: Promoting cultural networking and educational exchange in the Black Sea Basin communities of the Black Sea Basin Joint Operational Programme.

Please visit also our project website – www.culture-animation.net!

 Contact:

BS CAP TEAM

Internaional Management Institute, Dobrich, Bulgaria, bs_cap_26@abv.bg

Provincial National Education Directory, Governorship Edirne, Turkey, projelerkibi22@meb.gov.tr

Ovidius High School, Constanta, Romania, liceulovidius@gmail.com

Youth For Achievements, Yerevan, Armenia, yfa@yfa.am

Georgian Arts and Culture Center, Tbilisi, Georgia, gacc@gaccgeorgia.org

Edirne Anotolian Tourism And Hospitality Vocational School, Edirne, Turkey, eaotmlweb@gmail.com

Higher School “International University College, Dobrich, Bulgaria (Associate Partner), icollege@mail.bg

 

 

Office plankton vs. the rest

Authorities will face real problems, caused not so much by the protests of ‘angry townspeople’ in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but rather by the country’s increasing economic problems and the need to take unpopular steps in order to modernize the economy. Drawing by Natalia Mikhaylenko

Georgy Bovt

Russia is unlikely to face a change of leadership in 2012, not only because the opposition can’t get its act together, but also because it has failed to connect with Russians beyond the urban middle class.
Will Russia erupt in full-fledged revolution during the coming year? Of course no one knows for sure, but trends that are already visible offer many possible scenarios.

The protest movement triggered by popular discontent with the results of the parliamentary elections on Dec. 4 produced the two largest demonstrations in Moscow in the past 15 years, followed by a lull during the long Christmas vacation. Objectively speaking, the period of political silence might help defuse the atmosphere. On the other hand, real ‘revolutions’ that are truly urgent and inevitable do not normally ‘go on vacation.’ [...]

Georgy Bovt, journalist and political analyst, is a member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.
Source: http://rbth.ru/articles/2012/01/18/office_plankton_vs_the_rest_14203.html

Azerbaijan holds the first round of negotiations on visa facilitation with EU

 

The first round of negotiations on visa facilitation between Azerbaijan and the European Union is planned to be held on February 7, 2012- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan announced. The meeting is planned to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

It should be reminded here the EU Ministerial Council issued a mandate for holding negotiations on visa facilitation with Azerbaijan on December last week. Visa facilitation considers not canceling this regime as a whole, but decreasing the visa fees, reducing the number of documents required of decreasing the visa fees, as well as easing visa issue for persons of some categories.


Source:
http://cesd.az/new/2012/01/azerbaijan-holds-the-first-round-of-negotiations-on-visa-facilitation-with-eu/

9 ţări din regiunea Mării Negre vor dezvolta cooperarea în domeniul politicilor de tineret

 

Consiliile Naţionale de Tineret şi instituţiile publice guvernamentale din domeniul tineret din 9 state din regiunea Mării Negre (Moldova, Ucraina, Rusia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, România, Bulgaria şi Turcia) vor elabora o viziune de dezvoltare a sectorului de tineret din regiunea Mării Negre.

Prin intermediul acestui proiect, cele 9 state partenere îşi propun să evalueze situaţia politicilor de tineret din regiunea Mării Negre şi realizeze schimburi de experienţă şi expertiză între organizaţiile şi instituţiile din domeniu, pentru dezvoltarea parteneriatelor regionale. Implicarea instituțiilor publice guvernamentale, sectorului asociativ şi a tinerilor va crea un instrument de participare în procesul de luare a deciziilor la nivel național, regional şi european.

 

Consiliul Naţional al Tineretului din Moldova, organizaţia care coordonează acest proiect, împreună cu partenerii săi, doreşte să intensifice cooperarea dintre instituţiile publice guvernamentale şi organizaţiile de tineret din regiunea Mării Negre. Activităţile proiectului prevăd desfăşurarea unui Contack Making Seminar, stagii pentru tineri în una din cele 9 ţări, workshopuri pentru prezentarea experienţei politicilor de tineret in alte state, o evaluare a situaţiei politicilor de tineret a statelor de la Marea Neagră, precum şi o conferinţă regională la nivel înalt în domeniul politicilor de tineret.

Ca urmare a activităţilor proiectului, va fi elaborat un document strategic cu privire la dezvoltarea sectorului de tineret din regiunea Mării Negre. Documentul va fi promovat de către o rețea formată între Consiliile Naționale de Tineret din cele 9 state, pentru a constitui o platformă a statelor din regiunea Mării Negre în abordarea chestiunilor ce ţin de tineret şi abordarea politicilor regionale de tineret în contextul cooperării riverance şi a Parteneriatului Estic.

Proiectul „Consolidarea cooperării în domeniul politicilor de tineret în regiunea Mării Negre” este implementat de către Consiliul Naţional al Tineretului din Moldova cu suportul financiar al Ministerului Tineretului şi Sportului din Republica Moldova şi a Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, a project of the German Marshall Fund.

 

Pentru informaţii suplimentare, Vă rugăm să contactaţi:

Consiliul Naţional al Tineretului din Moldova (CNTM)

Tel.: (+373 22) 233 088, fax: (+373 22) 235175

E-mail: cntm.corespondenta@gmail.com

Web: www.cntm.md

Source: http://www.cntm.md/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=320:9-ri-din-regiunea-mrii-negre-vor-dezvolta-cooperarea-in-domeniul-politicilor-de-tineret&catid=6:news&Itemid=105

Why we have finally fallen out of love with Europe

Source: Drawing by Natalia Mikhailenko
The financial crisis has triggered an upsurge of national egoism in the EU, with all the members showing that they are really only concerned about their own well-being.

Russia no longer sees itself as part of modern Europe. The idea of creating a common European space from Vladivostok to Brest has failed. The ongoing rapid change of the European model prompts Moscow to take any long-term projects involving Europe with a big pinch of salt.
Most Russian political analysts agree that bleak times lie ahead for Europe. The financial crisis has triggered an unprecedented upsurge of national egoism in the European Union, with all the members showing they are really only concerned about their own well-being. The German-French alliance does not have enough power to rescue the economy of the whole of Europe. But regardless of whether or not the EU will become a network structure whose members only take part in those programmes that are good for their countries or whether, conversely, control of the European Union will be centralised still more, Russia will have to review its relations with that organization[...]

Yevgeny Shestakov is editor of the international politics desk at Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Source: http://rbth.ru/articles/2011/12/20/untitled_resource_14055.html#.TxgPI1jdaaw.facebook