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In memorium: Vitali Silitski
Vitali Silitski, director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies, died June 11 after a long battle with cancer. He was 38.
“Opening the Doors of Policy-Making in the South Caucasus and Central Asia” launches with Istanbul training
The PASOS program, funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund, seeks to empower civil society organizations and to enhance public participation in public policy development in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
IPA, PAUCI join appeal for Polish EU presidency to address global warming
Polish officials leading preparations for their country’s upcoming turn at the EU presidency have failed to address the issue of climate change, according to a letter signed by eight leading Polish think-tank experts, including two representatives of think-tanks in the PASOS network.
Strengthening the Recovery: The IMF’s Outlook for Europe
Europe’s economic recovery is gaining ground, but downside risks remain: although domestic demand in “Advanced Europe” is strengthening, it remains weak in the euro area periphery, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts who spoke at a recent Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) seminar in Warsaw.
PASOS-LGI to host visa-free seminar in Brussels May 26
A PASOS-LGI seminar scheduled for 26 May in Brussels will consider the prospects for visa-free relations for three of the countries covered by the No Visa project.
IPA website provides coverage of Polish EU presidency
The Institute of Public Affairs (ISP) in Warsaw has teamed up with leading newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza to produce Prezydencja2011.pl, an online portal dedicated to the topic of the upcoming Polish EU presidency.
Ron Asmus, Brussels Office Director of the German Marshall Fund, passes away
Ronald D. Asmus, well-known to many PASOS members for his work on Euro-Atlantic integration in both government and the think-tank world, was one of the jurors in the first year of the PASOS Think-Tank Awards.
