Regional
conference on Building Democratic Governance on the basis of EU Administrative
Principles
The
regional conference on Building Democratic Governance on the Basis of EU
Administrative Principles in the Caucasus Region was organised by NISPAcee and
Caucasus University in Tbilisi, Georgia on March 5, 2015. It was organised in
the framework of the project "Capacity Building of Caucasus Academic PA Programmes on the Basis of EU
Administrative Principles” supported by the International Visegrad Fund. In the
conference participated Approximately 60 participants participated in the
conference from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, mainly from different universities
- PA programme lecturers, trainers, researchers, students and also PA
officials, representatives of civil society organisations and the media were
invited.
Keynote speeches were presented on "Building
Democratic Governance in the EU, especially in EU New Member States”, "Building
Democratic Governance on the basis of EU Administrative Principles in the
Caucasus Region” and "The Role of Education in Building Democratic Governance”.
In the following parts "Quality, Evaluation and
Accreditation of Academic Programmes”, "Present Status and Challenges for
Caucasus Academic PA Programmes” and "Role of Networking” were presented by
project experts from Visegrad and Caucasus countries and widely discussed.
In the final part, two Partnership Agreements were signed between Caucasus partners –the first
between Caucasus University, Georgia and the Russian-Armenian University,
Armenia and the second one between Caucasus University, Georgia and Khazar
University, Azerbaijan. In the
Partnership Agreements, cooperation in the following areas was agreed: Exchange
of students at all levels of education, Exchange of faculty and staff members, Joint
research and consultancy activities, Participation in seminars and academic
meetings, Exchange of academic materials and other information of common
interest and Exchange and/or cooperation in Special short-term programmes and
projects.
After the conference, there was time for individual
consultations on curricula development of PA programmes with project experts
based upon requests. Representatives of Ilia State University, Caucasus
University and the University of Georgia applied for individual consultations
and discussed with project experts possible improvements of PA programmes at
their universities.
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