Knowledge Exchange Partnerships & Events

The BEARR Trust

• CEELBAS/BEARR NGO Development Programme - Inaugural conference: "Russia Under a New President: Opportunities and Challenges for NGOs in the Health Field" 9th May 2008
• CEELBAS/BEARR NGO Development Programme - Second Conference: "Backwards or Forwards? Challenges facing NGOs in Russia" 15th June 2009. View report

• BEARR Trust Annual Conference - "Young People in Trouble" (November 2010)
  

  • Read the latest BEARR Trust monthly bulletin (January 2012)
  • Read the September 2011 BEARR Newsletter

The British-Polish Chamber of Commerce

• British-Polish Chamber of Commerce / CEELBAS Discussion Panel on Transnational Entrepreneurship 8th October 2009

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

• EBRD/CEELBAS Roundtable on The Impact of the Economic Crisis in the Western Balkans: Implications for Politics, Innovation and Change 12th February 2010

  • The SEE Spotlight newsletter, produced by the EBRD, is now available. Click on the links for a concise summary of news, comment and reseach on south-eastern Europe - Issue 1 (May 2010) - Issue 2 (July 2010) - Issue 3 (Dec 2010) - Issue 4 (March 2011) - Issue 5 (June 2011) - Issue 6 (Nov 2011)
• EBRD/CEELBAS Roundtable on Governance and Corruption in New Europe: Disaggregating Corruption Indicators 23rd February 2011

Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)

• Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme, in collaboration with CEELBAS, workshop on The Future of Europe's Security Architecture 20th May 2009

• Chatham House, in association with CEELBAS, Conference on Health and Demography in Russia and China 4th June 2009

• Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme, in collaboration with CEELBAS, roundtable on Agents of Russia's Modernisation 15th June 2010
• Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme, in collaboration with CEELBAS, experts' seminar on The Parliament, the Presidency, and Elections in Russia 20 October 2011
  

Russian Media House

• Coverage of CEELBAS Expertise in UK Russian Language Press: view details

Russo-British Chamber of Commerce

• CEELBAS-RBCC Roundtable on Informal Economy and Corruption in Russia 4th September 2008

• CEELBAS-RBCC Roundtable on SME Opportunities in Russia 2nd December 2008

• CEELBAS-RBCC Roundtable on Anti-Corruption Strategies for Business in Russian Regions 23rd April 2010

• CEELBAS-RBCC Roundtable on International Courts and Russian Commercial Disputes: the Russian Perspective 25 November 2011
  

The Wider Europe Network

• Wider Europe Seminar in Bratislava (supported by CEELBAS) 12th-13th June 2009

• Followed by two more seminars, supported by CEELBAS, in Helsinki (10th September 2009) and Birmingham (3rd December 2009): view report

• Integrating the Wider Europe After the Lisbon Treaty CEELBAS-supported conference at the at the European Parliament in Brussels, 3-4 February 2011.

Other Events and Activities

Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchnage Workshop, 25 March 2011: 'Excellence with Impact': Language Based Area Studies, Knowledge Exchnage and Research Excellence
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Professors Julian Cooper and Alena Ledeneva of CEELBAS were both participants at the Wilton Park Conference: A Dialogue with Russia, 20-23 March 2011: View report and event programme.

20 YEARS ON FROM THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION: PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE July 4th 2011: This CEELBAS-supported event, held at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office by kind invitation of the Minister of State Rt Hon Lord David Howell, was co-organised by the School of Government and Society at the University of Birmingham, the FCO, and the John Smith Memorial Trust (JSMT). Conference participants included postgraduate researchers and leading academics from CEELBAS universities, as well as members of the 2010 and 2011 JSMT Fellowship Programmes, and FCO experts. CEELBAS Director, Dr Robin Aizlewood, joined the Introductory Welcome Panel. A short summary is available on the JSMT website (scroll down the page), with further repoerts and event details available on the website of Professor Stefan Wolff of the University of Birmingham.

On July 15th 2011 CEELBAS was delighted to host at a reception at UCL SSEES for participants on the Aston University Summer School EU External Relations. Negotiations with Third Countries in Context (run by former CEELBAS Postdoctoral Fellow Nat Copsey)

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