Dear colleagues,

We cordially invite you to the conference “Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum: Agenda for Belarus”, which is to take place on November 2, 2009 in Minsk. The conference is organized in connection with the coming Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (16-17 November, 2009) and the invitation of the European Commission to a number of Belarusian civil society organizations to be part of it.

Conference invitation letter                    Conference program

Within the framework of the initiative of the Eastern Partnership, it is planned to liberalize the visa regime between the partner countries and the countries of the European Union. However, during this transition to new forms of interaction, it is necessary to take into account the specificity of the country, the current condition of its visa regime, and to carry out an estimation of a degree of its readiness for transformations. We cordially invite you to take part in the conference “Visa policy in the context of the EU and Belarus relations: the current situation and prospects”, which will take place on 22 June 2009 in the conference hall of Crowne Plaza Minsk at the address: 13, Kirov St.

The Heinrich Boell Foundation invites tenders under the name of „Green Summer-School for Belarus”. The Heinrich Boell Foundation is part of the Green political movement that has developed worldwide as a response to the traditional politics of socialism, liberalism, and conservatism. Our main tenets are ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice. We are a green think tank and an international policy network.

The Heinrich Boell Foundation invites twelve young active citizens from Belarus to stay in Berlin from 12 to 26 August 2009.

At a conference «Participation of Belarusian Civil Society in the Eastern Partnership Initiative» that took place on April 22 in Minsk, representatives of civil society organisations of Belarus held a joint discussion on the meaning, mechanisms and perspectives for Belarus’ participation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative. The final Resolution of the conference reflects not only the common principles uniting the participants but also their the common position regarding the Civil Society Forum. 

Seminar on Civil Society Development in Belarus will take place in Amsterdam on March 27, 2009.

Organizers of the seminar:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- SEED Foundation
In cooperation with the European Union Delegation in Kiev.

Seminar will be aimed at providing wider and deeper information about Civil Society Development in Belarus and possibilities for cooperatiuon with Belarusian non-state organizations and local authorities.

For those who wants to take part in the seminar, please, contact SEED Foundation

EUROPEAN UNION  
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO BELARUS  
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO UKRAINE

Belarusian civil society participation and local governments' participation in EU Programmes: problems and perspectives"

2 December 2008 (IBB Minsk, pr.Gazety Pravda 11, Minsk)

On October 10-12th, 2008 The 2nd Non-Formal Education Festival will take place in Minsk.
Educators from both Belarus and other countries of Europe are very welcome to take part in the Festival!

Within the framework of its program on systematic support of research in the sphere of social sciences, political and economic studies the Belarus Public Policy Fund (BPPF) in cooperation with the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies announces call for proposals for small grants.