Belgrade Conference of the Schools of Political Studies

Conference of the Schools of Political Studies: "Opportunities and
challenges for regional co-operation"

Strasbourg, 30.10.2007 – The Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence will
host a conference of the Council of Europe’s Schools of Political
Studies on 3 November as part of the Serbian chairmanship of the
Committee of Ministers and with the support of the Finnish government.

The conference, which will focus on co-operation in the Balkans and in
the Black Sea Region, will bring together nearly 100 participants from
the 16 Schools of Political Studies in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, "the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia,
Serbia, Kosovo/UNMIK and Ukraine.

The conference will be open by Vuk Jeremic, Serbian Foreign Minister and
current Chairman of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, and
Kari Veijalainen, the Finnish ambassador in Belgrade.

On 4 November there will be a meeting of School Directors in order to
prepare the Summer University for Democracy which will be held in
Strasbourg from 30 June to 4 July 2008.

Press contact:
Ulvi Akhundlu, Press officer, Tel: + 33 (0) 3 88 41 26 38 ;
[email protected]

Special file on the Schools of Political Studies:

Conférence des Ecoles d’études politiques: " Les opportunités et
les défis de la coopération régionale "

Strasbourg, 30.10.2007 – Dans le cadre de la Présidence serbe du
Comité des Ministres, et avec le soutien du gouvernement finlandais,
la Fondation pour l’excellence politique de Belgrade organise le 3
novembre une Conférence des Ecoles d’études politiques du Conseil de
l’Europe.

La Conférence sera consacrée à la coopération dans les Balkans
et dans la région de la mer Noire et réunira près de 100
participants des 16 Ecoles d’études politiques : d’Albanie, Arménie,
Azerbaïdjan, Bélarus, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Croatie,
Géorgie, "l’ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine", Moldova,
Monténégro, Roumanie, Russie, Serbie, Kosovo/MINUK et Ukraine.

La Conférence sera ouverte par Vuk Jeremic, Ministre des Affaires
étrangères de Serbie, Président en exercice du Comité des
Ministres du Conseil de l’Europe, et Kari Veijalainen, Ambassadeur de
Finlande à Belgrade.

Le lendemain, 4 novembre, se tiendra la réunion des Directeurs des
écoles, destinée à préparer la prochaine Université d’été
de la Démocratie qui se tiendra à Strasbourg du 30 juin au 4 juillet
2008.

Contact presse :
Ulvi Akhundlu, Attaché de presse, Tél : + 33 (0) 3 88 41 26 38 ;
[email protected]

Dossier Ecoles

Press Release
Council of Europe Press Division
Ref: 731b07
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A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to
promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops
common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 47
member states.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS