A quarter of a century after it began, the democratic transformation of Central and Eastern Europe has ground to a halt. From within, the region is challenged by ruthless power politics, weak institutions, beleaguered civil society and media, reform fatigue, and a return of traditional nationalism and phobias. Europe and the West broadly, once the desired endpoint of the region’s transformation, have lost their attractiveness; their current weakness opens a vacuum that is filled with powerful counter-narratives. Fanning these is Russia, which has reinserted itself into the entire region, which it once ruled and seems determined to control once again. The combined effect of these internal and external developments is that the entire Eastern half of Europe is at risk of reversing democracy, forfeiting prosperity achieved, and returning to the instability and insecurity that has wrecked this region for centuries. What is at stake, in short, is the grand vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace. Given these mounting challenges, regional and Western debates urgently need fresh thinking. For this reason, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, through its Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, is launching a new fellowship program for next-generation policy experts and analysts from Central and Eastern Europe.

Source: www.foundationaa.com Armenia Art Foundation is seeking dedicated and capable operations Manager to perform administrative duties in a dynamic art institution. To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to [email protected] before January 22nd 2018. Manager Job Position. Armenia Art Foundation.

«Քաղաքացիական-երիտասարդական կենտրոնների զարգացում-2018» ծրագրի շրջանակներում Գյումրի, Վանաձոր, Արմավիր եւ Գավառ քաղաքներում Ժուռնալիստների «Ասպարեզ» ակումբի ստեղծած քաղաքացիական-երիտասարդական կենտրոնների աշխատանքները համակարգելու համար մրցութային կարգով աշխատանքի են հրավիրվում հրավիրվում կենտրոնների համակարգողների:

The Challenging Wars and Conflicts: Peace and war through the gender lens conference recruits enthusiasts that want to encourage an increased participation of women on the frontlines -- as reporters, peace journalists, peace builders, and politicians-- to discuss the changes in war and peace narratives. The conference will assemble grassroots activists, peace journalists, diplomats, politicians, state officials, representatives from the academia among others.

The aim of the conference is to reassess the developments in the rural Soviet Union not merely as a decline and disappearance of “traditional” rural life but as a specific modus of entanglement between the city and the countryside, and as a product of simultaneous “ruralisation” of urban life styles and “urbanisation” of rural life styles. We welcome contributions by historians, anthropologists, ethnographers, and social scientists addressing the issues of late Soviet rural developments.

Project Coordinator role is to support the development and implementation of SWV projects they are assigned to. S/he coordinates the project’s smooth implementation and reports back to Head of Programs on their specified projects. The Project Coordinator provides support to the team through assessment, planning, monitoring and documentation. The post requires working closely with the team members, head of programs and CEO.

The Projects Assistant role is to support the implementation of SWV’s projects they are assigned to. S/he assists in coordination of the project’s smooth implementation and reports back to Project Coordinator on their specified projects. The post requires working closely with the Project coordinators and volunteers.

Theater-based training “Dialogue through Theater” takes place within the framework of the “Peacebuilding through Capacity Enhancement and Civic Engagement” programme, funded by the European Union and organized by Eurasia Partnership Foundation in Armenia. The training is organized by Y-PEER Armenia.