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On October 29, Civic IDEA, together with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, organized the second webinar on War and Peace issues in the South Caucasus and the costs of war, featuring experts from countries involved as well as international organizations dealing with the issue. The participants discussed the current situation in the region, the involvement of different international and state actors in the conflict, and the long-term consequences of the ongoing Nagorno Karabakh dispute for the Caucasian region.

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Civic IDEA will host a discussion on current developments between Armenia and Azerbaijan with the experts from both countries and Georgia.
The discussion will be moderated by Tinatin Khidasheli, Chairperson of Civic IDEA, and former MOD of Georgia.
Dr. Leila Alieva — Russian and East European Studies (REES) affiliate, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies University of Oxford
Ahmad ALILI — Head of Caucasus Policy Analysis Center, Lecturer at the Academy of Public Administration
Stepan Grigoryan — Chairman of the Board, Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC)
Styopa (Stepan) Safaryan, founder of AIISA, & a Chair of the Public Council of RA, a consultative body to the PM of Armenia.
Giorgi Kanashvili – Senior expert at Civic IDEA, former Director of Caucasia House.
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“Pleased to announce cooperation with Civic Idea’s Virtual Democracy Academy! students will have chance to deepen knowledge of democratic principles and practices through professional online videos. An honour to be working with Tinatin Khidasheli and her team!“ – Helene Sand Andresen

On October 31, 2020, important parliamentary elections will take place in Georgia. Our online talk and invited speakers will address such issues as:What should we expect as an outcome of these elections? How might the recent institutional changes of the electoral framework influence the voting results? How has the global pandemic impacted the campaign strategies? Would it influence the outcome of the elections? What are the expectations of the EU and West from the elections? What impact would these elections have in the post-Soviet region?
WHEN:September 29, 2020, 15:00-16:30 (CEST), 17:00-18:30 (GET)

PANELISTS: Markéta Gregorová, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, member of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee
Egor Kuroptev, Director of Free Russia Foundation in South Caucasus
Tinatin Khidasheli, Director of Civic Idea
Moderator: Mariam Tsitsikashvili Non-resident Fellow of European Values Centre for Security Policy, Project Manager and Research Fellow of GRASS
ONLINE STREAM:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzq-WorvOcY…
MORE INFORMATION:https://www.europeanvalues.net/…/european-values-talk…/
The event is a part of the Project supported by the Transition Promotion Program of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Emerging Donors Challenge Program of the USAID.

Civic IDEA organized the investigative journalism and open-source research course “Be aware or be next” in Radisson Blu, Batumi.

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Presentation of Giorgi Masalkini’s book – “Polyethnicity and Polyreligiousness of Georgia – Threat or an Advantage to Treasure”

On August 20, the presentation of Giorgi Masalkini’s book – “Polyethnicity and Polyreligiousness of Georgia – Threat or an Advantage to Treasure” was held in Batumi. The book was published by the Civic IDEA Library of the Virtual Democracy Academy.
See the full video of the presentation and the online Version of the book.

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On July 8th, the Civic IDEA hosted the last webinar on “Liberal Views and Responses Worldwide: Be Aware or Be Next”. Webinar speakers were: Tauno Tohk – Strategic Communications Expert at the European External Action Service; Martina Hrvolova – Program Officer for Europe and Eurasia at the Center for International Private Expertise (CIPE); Ani Kintsurashvili – Lead Researcher at Civic IDEA, Georgia.

The webinar was moderated by Tinatin Khidasheli, the chairperson of the Civic IDEA.

You can listen to the full discussion on our youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DLP06V