EU peace-building efforts in Nagorno-Karabakh: second phase of civil society programme launched

The second phase of the EU-funded civil society programme aimed at supporting the peace-building efforts around the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has been launched, according to a press release issued by the EU Delegation in Georgia, the EU Neighbourhood Info Center reports.

The European Partnership for the Peaceful Settlement of the Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh (EPNK) is a continuation of a programme launched in 2009 under the Instrument for Stability, promoting a dynamic dialogue between a broad range of policy makers, media and civil society from all sides of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It also supports a wider participation of conflict-affected people in the peace process, including women, youth, internally-displaced persons and refugees.

EPNK is a consortium of five European NGOs, which seeks to work with local partners in the South Caucasus on a wide range of peace-building projects to improve framework conditions conducive to positively impacting on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process.