Are you an NGO member in Armenia and Georgia and interested in and working on the relations between those two countries? Especially in a time when real wars effect your region directly and indirectly and show an even stronger need for closer cooperation? Then you have the opportunity to strengthen the relations between your home country and its neighbor by applying for our project “Overcoming divisions through exchange and research”.
The project will enable you to present your important activities as a NGO/CSO member and discuss existing cross border related issues with colleagues from other NGOs from both countries during a network meeting in the Armenian border region at 23-25 September 2022. You will also have the opportunity to present those topics to journalists from Georgia and Armenia and discuss with them, too.
The project is organized by BJS Berlin Journalism School and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office as part of #CivilSocietyCooperation, in partnership with “Journalists for the Future” from Armenia and “Green Alternative” from Georgia.
We will bring together 20 NGO representatives from Armenia and Georgia in a three-day workshop to present best-practice examples of cross-border cooperation and jointly develop further concepts. Yet, if you never worked cross-border but think the challenges you are facing might be comparable to those of NGOs on the other side of the border, you are as well welcome to join.
Speakers from both countries will be invited, but also individual NGO representatives will be asked to present examples of their own work.
Moreover, if you feel that you are or your NGO is doing a great job, but nobody knows about it, you have another good reason to apply. Because on the third day a group of 10 journalists from Armenia and Georgia will join the meeting. They will discuss your project approaches with you, and they will work with you on how and with what kind of preparation of data and facts you can get attention for your work and projects in the media.
The journalists will also report on the NGO projects and take their experiences from the border region as examples of the problems and opportunities in the relationship between the two societies.
Travel expenses and accommodation will be covered.
Who can apply?
English-speaking NGO members or employees of all ages who are interested in Armenian-Georgian relations.
What do we need from you?
- A cover letter in which you describe both your professional background and the reasons for your application.
- An idea for the cross-border project/story you are already working on or would like to try to work on with a colleague from your neighboring country.
- Detailed curriculum vitae.
- If possible a proof of your knowledge of English.
Send these documents only via e-mail (pdf, in total not more than 5 MB) to <[email protected]> not later than August 31, 2022.
Recommendations and a prove of the work of your NGO are always welcome.
Covid-19 information: Due to a dynamic situation, we cannot predict the pandemic situation in Armenia and Georgia in October. Therefore, we do not exclude the possibility of changing the format of the seminar/workshops to hybrid. We will communicate all possible changes with you and promise to make everything possible to maintain your safety and health.
If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact Clemens Schöll, head of the program <[email protected]>.