Yerevan, Armenia – Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) together with Istanbul-based Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) and with funding from USAID will hold a series of workshops for Armenian and Turkish journalists covering history, culture, and political and social structures of modern Turkey and Armenia. The launch of the first set of workshops focusing on modern Turkey will take place on September 2 at 14:00 in Picasso Hall of the Congress Hotel in Yerevan. Following a brief opening ceremony, two invited Turkish experts, Zafer Yörük, Lecturer of Media and Politics at Izmir University of Economics, and Behlül Özkan, Lecturer of Foreign Policy at Bogazici University in Istanbul, will deliver a lecture titled ‘Nuts-and-bolts of Turkish domestic politics: the mechanisms, the power, the party system’.
On September 2-5, 15 Armenian journalists from leading news agencies, TV, radio, print and Internet-based outlets will have an opportunity to listen to ten thematic lectures on Turkey delivered by the Turkish experts. Then on September 20-22, Armenian experts Heghine Manasyan, Country Director for Caucasus Research Resource Centers, and Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Associate Professor of Theology, Yerevan State University, will travel to Istanbul to conduct similar workshops on Armenia for a group of 15 Turkish journalists representing leading Turkish media outlets.
The aim of these exchange workshops is to increase the awareness of the Armenian and Turkish journalists of the ‘other’ country, which will ensure a higher degree of objectivity in covering issues pertinent to Armenian-Turkish relations. The workshops are part of the USAID-funded Days Two and Three in Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement project, which seeks to build ties and develop mutual understanding among Armenian and Turkish peer groups in the non-government, media, and business sectors. EPF has been implementing Armenia-Turkey initiatives since 2005, most notably cross-border partnerships between Armenian and Turkish peer groups, helping them to contribute strategically to state efforts to build relations between the two countries.
11 May 2012
Ten young filmmakers from Armenia and Turkey participated in the Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform (ATCP) workshop held in Istanbul on April 12-13, 2012 on the sidelines of the 31st Istanbul International Film Festival. The participating film projects, five per country, were handpicked by the ATCP pre-selection committee from among 35 applications.
03 May 2012
Caucasus Research Resource Centers-Armenia (CRRC-Armenia) is currently seeking for a person to fill in the position of Office Manager. Under the direct supervision of CRRC-Armenia Director, Office Manager is required to handle office management issues, such as procurement, travel arrangements, event organizations, service contracting and other related duties. For details please download the file attached. To apply please submit a cover letter and a CV indicating a list of three referees in English by May 16, 2012 to e-mail hr@crrc.am.
13 April 2012
The next workshop of the Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform (ATCP) will be held in Istanbul from Thursday to Saturday. The ATCP 2012 Program is carried out with the support by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF).
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