Eurasia

For two decades, CMI has supported peace processes in the Eurasia region by engaging with national, regional and international stakeholders, and both state and non-state actors.

CMI helps to enable dialogue and enhance good governance in societies facing challenging political transitions and conflict in the region. In the Eurasia region, CMI operates at various levels given the fragility of the European peacemaking system.

CMI has supported capacity building for government actors across the region, especially in Ukraine, as well as supporting dialogue at a sub-regional level in Moldova and the South Caucasus. At the regional level, informal spaces convened by CMI have provided opportunities for dialogue between Ukraine and other European actors. At the national level, CMI-facilitated spaces have contributed to dialogue between political and societal actors within Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

CMI’s work in the Eurasia region also supports coordination between formal and informal actors, and improved policymaking on peace and security.

Recent and ongoing key activities:

• Strengthening the participation of national minorities and youth in public life in Moldova

The project promotes social cohesion in Moldova by increasing the participation of national minorities and youth in democratic processes and public life. CMI supports governmental institutions and national minority communities to engage effectively with each other. The work helps foster dialogue and participation in decision-making and policy-making processes, and identifies solutions for the long-term effective inclusion and participation of minorities. The action also enhances the capacities of young people to engage more effectively in intercultural dialogue and participate more actively in their communities and country. By supporting media and young communicators to communicate sensitively and meaningfully about diversity in Moldova, CMI is creating alternative narratives that promote intercultural dialogue and social cohesion in the country. Funding: EU FPI.

• Supporting the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process through a dialogue project encompassing political and societal aspects of normalisation

• Facilitating domestic dialogues in Baku and Yerevan on issues relevant to the peace process and convening peacebuilding actors for joint thinking to contribute to normalisation

• Convening a dialogue with experts from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Türkiye to strengthen regional engagement and analysis in support of normalisation

• Sustaining Ukrainian resilience and European security through dialogue

• Enhancing Ukrainian Global Partnership

• Strengthening engagement between Ukrainian and international stakeholders

• Advancing conflict settlement and prevention efforts and building resilience in conflict through dialogue in the Moldova context