Events
Training on “Psychological Support to Refugees: Strengthening Professional Capacities”
On 23 and 24 November, the Council of Europe Directorate of Political Affairs and External Relations of the Council of Europe, in close co-operation with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees and the Romanian Government organised a training on...
Tbilisi/Sukhumi Dialogue
Presentation of Joint Georgian-Abkhazian Publications
The official presentation of 4 joint Georgian-Abkhazian publications and 4 feature documentaries took place in Tbilisi on 22 June. This included the outcomes of Council of Europe Project “Archive Management” (2015-2023), which has been carried out in the framework of the Council of Europe...
Support to refugees
Follow-up to pilot training: Strengthening Capacities for Professionals Working with Children and Adolescents Who Experience War or Conflict Trauma
On 13-14 June, the Directorate of Political Affairs and External Relations of the Council of Europe organised in Warsaw the follow-up to 2022 December event on “Psychological Support to Refugees: Strengthening Capacities for Professionals Working with Children and Adolescents Who Experience War...
Tbiilsi/Sukhumi Dialogue
Eighteenth meeting on the “Second archives project” for professionals coming from Tbilisi and Sukhum/i
A group of historians and archives specialists from Tbilisi and Sukhum/i met in Paris on 26-28 April in the framework of the Council of Europe Confidence Building Measures Programme. They discussed the advancement of on-going projects, notably the finalisation and the forthcoming presentation of...
Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova 2021-2024
Council of Europe delegation meets with Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of Moldova
Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebrian had a meeting with a delegation of Council of Europe officials, led by Anna Capello, Head of Confidence Building Measures Division of the Council of Europe. The officials addressed the perspectives of promoting new projects regarding the...
Support to refugees
Council of Europe launches a training seminar for professionals providing psychological support and assistance to children and adolescents who have experienced traumatic events
Following the pilot training on “Psychological Support to Refugees: Strengthening Professional Capacities” (Chisinau, 15-16 June 2022), the Council of Europe organised on 19-20 April, in Chisinau, a training seminar for professionals providing psychological support and assistance to children and...
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Second meeting of the working group on the preparation of a framework curriculum for the training of young journalists and journalism students on “balanced reporting on sensitive issues”
Following their first meeting in Paris on 31 January 2023, the working group on the preparation of a framework curriculum for the training of young journalists and journalism students on “balanced reporting on sensitive issues” met for the second time in Istanbul on 30 – 31 March. The working...
Tbilisi/Sukhumi Dialogue
17th meeting of the “Second archives project” for professionals coming from Tbilisi and Sukhum/i
In the framework of the Council of Europe Confidence Building measures, A group of historians and archives professionals from Tbilisi and Sukhum/i met physically for the first time since the beginning of the sanitary crisis, in Istanbul on 7– 8 February. They discussed the finalisation of...
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Balanced journalism on sensitive issues : Journalism professionals met to discuss ways to develop a training curriculum for young professionals
Journalists and professors of journalism from Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia and Israel met on 31 January 2023 in Paris at the initiative of the Council of Europe to discuss ways to develop a training curriculum for young journalists’ and journalism students on balanced reporting on sensitive...
Support to Refugees
Psychological support to refugees: Council of Europe launches training to strengthen capacities of professionals working on the ground in Poland
On 19-20 December 2022, the Council of Europe is organising a pilot training on Psychological Support to Refugees: Strengthening Professional Capacities in Warsaw, Poland. The aim of the event is to enhance the capacities of relevant professionals working on the ground to detect war-related...
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Civil society representatives from Armenia and Azerbaijan, met at the initiative of the Council of Europe to discuss ways to develop young journalists’ skills on balanced reporting on sensitive issues
Civil society representatives from Armenia and Azerbaijan, met on 8-9 December 2022 in Tbilisi at the initiative of the Council of Europe to discuss ways to develop young journalists’ skills on balanced reporting on sensitive issues. This meeting was organized in the framework of the Council of...
Reconciliation through inter-municipality cooperation in BiH
Implementation of projects in divided municipalities in BiH in 2022
In the framework of the project on reconciliation through inter-municipality cooperation in BiH, a series of 11 projects has been launched. The projects shall be implemented in divided municipalities in BiH from February to September 2022. All projects involve two divided municipalities. The 11...
Support to Refugees coming from Ukraine
Pilot training on “Psychological Support to Refugees: Strengthening Professional Capacities”
In cooperation between the Secretary General Special Representative for Migration and refugee and the Confidence Building Measures Programme, a Pilot training was organised for psychologists and social workers working with refugees from the conflict in Ukraine on the topic “Psychological Support...
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Exploratory meeting on “Confidence-building measures to restore dialogue between civil societies of Armenia and Azerbaijan”
In the framework of the Confidence-Building Programme, the Council of Europe organised an exploratory meeting on “Confidence-building measures to restore dialogue between civil societies of Armenia and Azerbaijan”. The meeting gathered Armenian and Azerbaidjani participants from civil society,...
Tbilisi/Sukhumi Dialogue
16th meeting of the second archives project for professionals
In the framework of the Council of Europe Confidence Building measures, the group of archives professionals from Tbilisi and Sukhum/i held an online meeting to discuss future projects especially in the field of culture, notably the three-volume publication on Mukhajirstvo/Makhajirstvo and a...
Tbilisi/Sukhumi Dialogue
Publication of the book and issue of the film on monographs on Criminal cases against monks from Abkhazia during the Soviet period
Joint Georgian-Abkhazian monographs on Criminal cases against monks from Abkhazia during the Soviet period have been prepared in the context of the CBMs. The book on archive documents has now been published. The related film is now issued. The book is the fourth publication produced in the...
Tbilisi/Sukhumi Dialogue
Muhadjirstvo/Mahadjirstvo in the XIX Century – Publication of second volume
The second volume of the book on “Muhadjirstvo/Mahadjirstvo in the XIX century” has now been published. This volume and the previous one describe the context of the departure of the Muslim Abkhaz population for the Ottoman Empire, following the wars between the Russian and Ottoman empires in the...
Reconciliation through inter-municipality cooperation in BiH
Implementation of projects in divided municiaplities in BiH in 2021
From September to December 2021, 9 projects were implemented in divided municipalities in BiH, in the framework of the project on reconciliation through inter-municipality cooperation in BiH. Each project involved two divided municipalities: • Drvar and East Drvar: “Inter-municipal cooperation...
Tbilisi-Sukhumi Dialogue
Book and film on «Mukhadjirstvo/Mahadjirstvo in the XIX Century »
The publication and film on Mukhadjirstvo/Mahadjirstvo in the XIX century » have been issued in the autumn 2021. They are based on archive documents describing the context of the departure of the Muslim Abkhaz population for the Ottoman Empire, following the wars between the Russian and Ottoman...
Reconciliation through inter-municipality cooperation in BiH
Launch of Phase III of the project on reconciliation through inter-municipality cooperation
Council of Europe officials met with various municipal authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to discuss continuation of cooperation and support to reconciliation through cooperation between divided municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Phase III).