The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Conflict Resolution in Moldova and Georgia (14.4.2009)

These two reports were presented to civil society experts from the Black Sea region and EU officials on the occasion of a CMI seminar on the role of Civil Society and the ENP in conflict resolution in the Black Sea region.

The event took place on 26-27 March 2009. A seminar report will follow soon. CMI will also publish in the next month two reports on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict written by its local partners in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

These reports are published by the Crisis Management Initiative, as part of the project “Civil Society Participation in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) - A Regional Approach to Conflict Resolution”.

The purpose of this project is to build and strengthen the conceptual and policy linkage between civil society, conflict resolution and regional cooperation in the Black Sea area. This linkage is intended to improve the effectiveness of EU policies for the region, in particular the European Neighbourhood Policy. The project is supported by Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DFID) through the Global Conflict Prevention Pool.


The aims of these reports are to critically assess how the European Union has employed the instruments at its disposal to contribute to the resolution of the conflicts in Moldova (Transnistria) and Georgia (Abkhazia and South Ossetia) and how it can better use the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as a means of advancing the resolution of the protracted differences in these two countries. Specifically, the reports will seek to:

• offer a comprehensive assessment of the conflict so as to contribute to strategic planning at the EU level (Commission / Council / Member States) on the resolution of the conflicts,
• provide for an overview of existing international responses and identify the EU’s position in regards to other actors,
• critically assess how the EU utilised its policy instruments at its disposal within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy and how the implementation of its instruments has contributed to the resolution of the conflicts and
• identify challenges, needs and options for future EU involvement in conflict resolution process

The report reflects the work of the council of experts on the ENP and conflict resolution in Moldova and Georgia which has been established in September 2006 and which has engaged in regular meetings with governmental officials and independent experts on various issues related to the resolution of the conflicts about Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Click here:The ENP and Conflict Resolution in Georgia

Click here:The ENP and Conflict Resolution in Moldova

Links:
Institute for Public Policy, Moldova

Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies