The International Institute for Peace (IIP) in cooperation with the Center for International and European Studies (CIES) at Kadir Has University, UA: Ukraine Analytica, the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” and the NGO “Quadrivium” cordially invite you to the upcoming public discussion:

Odesa Talks - What Role for Civil Society in Conflict Zones?

Name: Odesa Talks - What Role for Civil Society in Conflict Zones? — IIP
Start: 2022-06-07T17:00:00+0200
End: 2022-06-07T18:15:00+0200

Date: Tuesday, 7 June 2022

Time: 5:00 pm (CEST)

Venue: ZOOM Webinar

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Speakers:

Louisa Slavkova, Co-founder & Managing partner, THE CIVICS Innovation Hub, Sofia
Marylia Hushcha, Researcher, International Institute for Peace, Vienna
Alyona Lunova, Advocacy Director, Human Rights Center ZMINA, Kyiv
Moderation:
Angela Kane, Vice President, International Institute for Peace, Vienna, former Under-Secretary General at the United Nations
Content:

The Center for International and European Studies (CIES) at Kadir Has University, Istanbul; the International Institute for Peace (IIP), Vienna; UA: Ukraine Analytica, Odesa; the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”, Kyiv; and NGO “Quadrivium”, Chernivtsi in partnership with several other partner institutions are launching an online version of the flagship International Neighbourhood Symposium (INS). This year’s version titled “The Odesa Talks” aims to honor both the struggle of the Ukraine people and their resilience as well as the city of Odesa which had hosted the INS for three successive summers (2017-2019) before the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Russian invasion forced us to move to online formats of the event. The concept this year is to hold a series of five thematic discussions held on five consecutive Tuesdays (31 May, 7 June, 14 June, 21 June, and 28 June) at 17:00 CET (18:00 GMT+3) with expert speakers from Ukraine, the rest of Europe and the United States on the themes of: “The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and its Consequences”; “What Role for Civil Society in Conflict Zones?”; “The Regional Context”; “The European Union and its Neighbourhoods”; and “The European Security Architecture and Russia”. These talks each led by an experienced moderator are meant to encourage and generate dialogue between the speakers and the audience and advance our mutual understanding of the issues discussed. They will be held on the Zoom platform and be broadcasted live on Facebook and YouTube.

The organizing institutions plan to hold a second round of “Odesa Talks” in the Fall and look forward to eventually being able to continue the work of the Symposium in situ in Odesa.

Further “Odesa Talks”:

14 June - “The Regional Context” - 5:00pm (CEST)

21 June - “The European Union and its Neighbourhoods” - 5:00pm (CEST)

28 June - “The European Security Architecture and Russia” - 5:00pm (CEST)

The Discussion will be held in English.

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