1st Year Conference
Confronting Economic Reform Challenges in
Defining a Collaborative Future for Black Sea Region
- Project Summary -
The Black Sea region is one of the most strategically important regions in Europe providing, first of all, a major trade link and transit routes for Caspian energy supplies. It forms the core of the vast area that extends from Europe to Central Asia and the Middle East and it is closely related to the unstable Balkans, Caucasus and Caspian regions characterized by common risks and challenges, first and foremost, 'frozen' conflicts and international terrorism.
It will not be an exaggeration to say that the Black Sea region remains one of the most challenging regions in Europe due to its cultural and political heterogeneity, the bipolar legacy, differing interests of the regional and non-regional actors embodied in a multiplicity of external policies. It falls within the competence of different international institutions and security arrangements - the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) among others.
Countries of the region have rarely experienced security, democracy and economic reform process. They still confront numerous problems including economic underdevelopment and related issues that holds a very important environment for the whole world. The end of bipolarity and the removal of ideological differences between the East and the West opened new windows of opportunity for the Newly-Independent States (NIS) and the region at large. In this scope Ekonomistler Platformu, as an independent research institution and NGO in Turkey wants to realize this project with support of country partners from Black Sea Region Countries.
The Economists' Platform (EkP) and its partners had programmed this project due to these facts and wanted to increase the cooperation between institutions related to Economic Reform (think-tanks, universities, NGOs) in the Black Sea Region. In this scope, EkP wants to offer to the related institutions from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, and Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, U.S.A. and other related European countries to be a founding organization for the "Economic Reform Partnership Forum for Black Sea (ERPFiBS).
In this scope, the founding meeting for Economic Reform Partnership Forum for Black Sea is planned to be organized during the First Annual Conference in Istanbul in September 2009 in Istanbul. There will be a special session with participation of representative of founder institutions during the First Annual Conference.
Partner Countries and Partnership
The Economists' Platform (EkP) is inviting partners such as Universities, Research Institutes, Think-Tanks and other related parties from countries from; Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia.
The partners will have the responsibility to promote the Youth Forum in their countries in all levels between academics, research institutes, think-tanks and other related parties.
For partnership opportunities, please contact to Mr. Ahmet Can,
info@ekonomistler.org.tr.
Funding
Ekonomistler Platformu is seeking for funding for the project in short-term and long-term and after the partners will be determined there will be applications to international resources and national resources in Turkey.
For more information Contact: Mr. Ahmet Can, info@ekonomistler. org.tr
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