Civil Society’s Role in Resolving Conflicts in South Caucasus to be Discussed in Yerevan

Civil hearings on "The role and influence of civil society in the peace-building process" will take place on May 3, at 12 pm, at the Imperial Palace Hotel (23 Koryun St.) in Yerevan.

The event, organized by the Caucasus Center of Civil Hearings (Georgia), will take place within the scope of the joint EU/UNDP program COBERM (Confidence Building Early Response Mechanism). Participating in the hearings will be civil society representatives, journalists, and experts from Sukhumi, Tskhinvali, and Tbilisi. 

Speakers:

Kadir Argun, reporter of the newspaper Nuzhnaya (Sukhumi)
Irina Yanovskaya, head of Journalists for Human Rights NGO (Tskhinvali)
Zviad Mchedlishvili, reporter with the public television broadcaster and Radio Liberty (Georgia)

Other participants:

From Tskhinvali: Zarina Tedeti, chair of the humanitarian fund Committee of Families of the Victims and Missing; Alan Jusoev, representative of Choice is Yours, Ossetia NGO; and journalist Igor Chochiyev

From Sukhumi: journalist, historian Roin Agrba; Anahit Gogoryan, member of Aynar press club

From Tbilisi: Sofia Tetradze, TV 3 reporter; Zurab Dvali, chief producer of Georgia's public television; and Goga Aptsiauri, correspondent with Radio Liberty

Moderator: Yuri Manvelyan, editor of Epress.am (Armenia)