Download or read book Networking Developments in the Caucasus Region written by Jean-Paul Nadreau and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing connectivity to remote academic and research institutions is a challenge. One of the challenges of the book is to go beyond the physical (the mountains) of the Caucasus and the political barriers in the region. The objectives of the book are: to give the opportunity to network managers and policy makers to meet physically and exchange views on the networking situation in their region; the help the managers define the needs of the region and the possible areas of co-operation; and to provide managers with the proper information and expertise for planning projects in the area in the future.
Download or read book Addressing Emerging Security Risks for Energy Networks in South Caucasus written by J. Novogrockiene and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stable and reliable energy supply is of critical importance and enhances resilience against political and economic pressures. As was noted during the NATO Warsaw Summit in 2016, energy developments could have significant political and security implications for the alliance and its allies, as demonstrated by the crises to NATO's east and south. This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Addressing Emerging Security Risks for Energy Flows over South Caucasus”, which took place in Tbilisi, Georgia, in December 2016. The workshop brought together academics specializing in energy security, practitioners dealing with energy infrastructure, safety and critical energy projects, NATO and EU experts, and representatives from industry, civil society and governmental agencies. The workshop consisted of six major panels, which addressed numerous issues and emphasised the importance of the energy transit function of Georgia and the South Caucasus. It reviewed existing and future energy transit projects and potential flows of oil and power, and debated areas of common interest and forms of cooperation between consumers, producers and transit states. New security challenges raised by the increased threat of terrorist activities and potential military actions were also analyzed. Potential forms of cooperation to provide adequate strategic and tactical safeguards against emerging threats were identified by the participants, and the book will be of interest to all those concerned with the security of our energy supplies.
Download or read book Peacebuilding Conflict and Community Development written by John Eversley and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do local communities effectively build peace and reconciliation before, during and after open violence? This trailblazing book gives practical examples, from the Global North, the former Soviet bloc and Global South, on communities addressing conflict in divided and contested societies. The book draws on a range of critical perspectives and practitioner analyses. The diverse case studies demonstrate the considerable knowledge, skills, commitment, courage and relationships within local communities that a critical community development approach can support and encourage. Concluding with activists’ perspectives on working with the challenges of violence, the book offers insights for both an understanding of the root causes of conflict and for bottom-up peacebuilding.
Download or read book Networked Regionalism as Conflict Management written by Anna Ohanyan and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most regions of the world are plagued by conflicts that are made insoluble by a confluence of complex threads from history, geography, politics, and culture. These "frozen conflicts" defy conflict management interventions by both internal and external agents and institutions. Worse, they constantly threaten to extend beyond their local geographies, as in the terrorist bombings in Boston by ethnic Chechens, or to escalate from skirmishes to full-scale war, as in Nagorno-Karabakh. Consequently, such conflicts cry out for alternative approaches to the classic, state-focused, and sovereignty-based conflict management models that are practiced in traditional diplomacy—which most often produce rather short-term, ad hoc, fragmented interventions and outcomes. Drawing upon the cases of the South Caucasus, the Western Balkans, Central America, South East Asia, and Northern Ireland, Networked Regionalism as Conflict Management offers a theoretical and practical solution to this impasse by arguing for regional collective interventions that involve a long-term reengineering of existing conflict management infrastructure on the ground. Such approaches have been attracting the attention of scholars and practitioners alike yet, thus far, these concepts have rarely involved more than simple prescriptions for regional cooperation between grassroots actors and traditional diplomacy. Specifically, says Anna Ohanyan, only the cultivation and establishment of regional peace systems can provide an effective path toward conflict management in these standoffs in such intractably divided regions.
Download or read book Diversity for Development written by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute and published by Bioversity International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food security and nutrition policy dialogues in Europe the Caucasus and Central Asia 2016 2019 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a compendium of the main outcomes of the online stakeholder dialogue organized by the project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation, in collaboration with the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum). The publication presents an overview of the multiple topics that were discussed from 2017 onwards and provides the reader with a brief introduction to the main ideas and conclusions that emerged during these online consultations. In addition, this publication includes a series of short case studies that highlight good practices and lessons learned from school food and nutrition programmes and from the implementation of food security and nutrition policies in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. This publication provides an entry point to the current thinking on the topics covered and allows reader to learn from what initiatives, project and actives are presently being implemented.
Download or read book Building the Knowledge Economy written by Paul M. Cunningham and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of the Internet and information and communication technologies to the global economy has never been greater. This volume aims to facilitate knowledge sharing relevant to everyone, irrespective of background, thematic or goegraphic focus.
Download or read book Horticulture and Livelihood Security written by P. Nath and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains information compiled from authentic and highly regarded sources. Sources of the material quoted are indicated. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the authors, editors and publishers cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials. Neither the authors nor the publishers, nor any else associated with this publication, shall be liable for any loss, damage or liability directly or indirectly caused or alleged to be caused by this book. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this book for educational or other non-commercials purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, including photocopying, microfilming and recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior permission in writing from the publishers, if it is for rescale or other commercial purposes.
Download or read book Development of the Settlement Network in the Central European Countries written by Tamás Csapó and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume intends to summarize the most important changes in the Central European countries and their settlement network emphasizing the last 20 years since the collapse of the Iron Curtain.
Download or read book The Emergence and Development of LGBT Protest Activity in Russia written by Radzhana Buyantueva and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on social movement theories and rich empirical data to analyze LGBT protest activity in Russia. It offers a critical examination of the conditions under which LGBT protest activity arises and declines in authoritarian states - including state repression and socio-political discrimination of LGBT people; policy changes that negatively affect the LGBT community; and the motivations of the activists themselves. The author argues that a combination of political opportunity structures, resources, and activists’ perceptions establish necessary conditions for protesting. If any of these factors are negatively affected, then LGBT activists would not be motivated to protest. The volume concludes with a discussion of the implications of Russian LGBT activism in hostile conditions. This book will be of interest to scholars engaged in human rights, social movement studies, gender studies, LGBT rights, and post-Soviet politics and societies.
Download or read book Interactive Peacemaking written by Susan H. Allen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-26 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the theory and practice of interactive peacemaking, centering the role of people in making peace. The book presents the theory and practice of peacemaking as found in contemporary processes globally. By putting people at the center of the analysis, it outlines the possibilities of peacemaking by and for the people whose lives are touched by ongoing conflicts. While considering examples from around the world, this book specifically focuses on peacemaking in the Georgian-South Ossetian context. It tells the stories of individuals on both sides of the conflict, and explores why people choose to make peace, and how they work within their societies to encourage this. This book emphasizes theory built from practice and offers methodological guidance on learning from practice in the conflict resolution field. This book will be of much interest to students and practitioners of peacemaking, conflict resolution, South Caucasus politics and International Relations. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Download or read book Student Migration and Development written by Sascha Krannich and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paving the Way for Sustainable Consumption and Production The Marrakech Process Progress Report written by and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agriculture Rural Development Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2007 Research education and economic programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Handbook of Transdisciplinarity Global Perspectives written by Roderick J. Lawrence and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expansive Handbook guides readers through a multi-layered landscape of the interpretations and uses of transdisciplinary thinking and practices worldwide. It advances understanding of the strengths and limits of transdisciplinary research in the context of societal power relations, institutional structures and social inequalities. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
Download or read book Capacity Development for Improved Water Management written by Maarten Blokland and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers explains how knowledge and capacity development can contribute to improved, effective water management with a digest of lessons learned in the areas of development of tools and techniques, field applications and evaluation. The authors are prominent practitioners, capacity builders and academics within the water and capacity development sectors. Capacity Development for Improved Water Management starts with an introduction and overview of progress and challenges in knowledge and capacity development in the water sector. The next part presents tools and techniques that are being used in knowledge and capacity development in response to the prevailing challenges in the water sector, and a review of experience with capacity change in other sectors. In the third part a number of cases are presented that cover knowledge and capacity development experiences in the water resources and water services sectors. This part also presents experiences on water education for children and on developing gender equity. The fourth part provides experiences with the monitoring and evaluation of knowledge and capacity building.
