International Center on Conflict and Negotiation (ICCN) is an independent, peace-making, research and training institution that was founded in 1994 thanks to financial support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the organizational support from the Center for International Security and Arms Control of Stanford University. Read more >>>
Civil Society and Government working together for Peace and Human Security.
Georgia, Tbilisi, 7-11 May 2012
The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) is a member-led network of civil society organisations (CSOs) active in the field of conflict prevention and peacebuilding across the world since 2003. The network is organised around 15 regional networks of local organisations, each region having its own priorities and agenda.
The Regional Secretariat of GPPAC’s Caucasus network is hosted by the International Center on Conflict and Negotiation (ICCN). GPPAC is governed by an International Steering Group (ISG) that meets every 18 months.
Best Practices and Lessons Learned from the Infrastructures for Peace" was held on 8 May 2012 at Sheraton Metekhi Palace Hotel, Tbilisi
The aim of the Multi-Stakeholder Discussion was to provide a platform for GPPAC members to share the best practices and lessons learned on Infrastructures for Peace as operationalised in different conflict contexts and to discuss their applicability to the context in the Caucasus and Georgia in particular.
GPPAC is a global network of civil society organisations committed to act to prevent the escalation of conflict into violence at national, regional and global levels. It aims to build a multi-stakeholder partnership including civil society, governments, regional organisations and the UN. Enhancing Civil Society-Government cooperation for conflict transformation is therefore a priority in GPPAC’s approach to its mission.
The project "Media cooperation and peace journalism in the South Caucasus" aims to contribute towards a peace-enabling environment in the societies of the South Caucasus by strengthening the skills and capacities of regional media representatives. To achieve this outcome, we are working with journalists from all regions of the South Caucasus to strengthen networking, cooperation, and information exchange between media professionals and to further build their capacities with regard to peace-oriented and conflict-sensitive journalism.
Present collection of the articles represents a certain outcome of the two-year development of so-called Istanbul Process, an initiative that was started right after the August war of 2008 with support from the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and aimed at creating a space for facilitated meetings of independent Russian and Georgian experts to discuss various aspects of the current Russia-Georgia crisis and the ways out of it. The meetings are held on neutral soil, in Istanbul, which is why the project is called the Istanbul Process. All the authors of the book belong to the participants of the project meetings.
Not all the aspects of Russian-Georgian problem can possibly be comprised within the frame of one book. It is rather a topic for a broad multi-profile research paper, or even a series of papers, not attempted as yet.
George Khutsishvili
Read full text - "Russia and Georgia: The ways out of the crisis"
On 9 July 2010, Georgian NGO experts gathered at a round table to discuss civil society recommendati
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TBILISI, DFWatch – A series of discussion was held in Tbilisi on Tuesday to re...
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