This ENC In-Depth podcast is part of the ENC Podcast Central Asia Series dedicated to development in the five Central Asian republics in the fields of Security, Foreign Policy, Economy, Democracy and Education. The podcast focuses on gender issues in Central Asia and specifically on the needs and challenges of women in Kyrgyzstan and the role they can play during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The discussion was moderated by Andreas Marazis, ENC Head of Research for Eastern Europe & Central Asia, and features the comments and insights of Aizhan Erisheva, Begimai Bekbolotova and Irina Kulikova, Research Fellows at the Europe-Central Asia Monitoring (EUCAM).
This ENC In-Depth podcast is dedicated to the topic of democracy: how it is under threat and whether deliberation and sortation can support it, at the local and political level, on insecurity and foreign affairs. The podcast focuses on the ineffectiveness of our current electoral governance systems with regards to polarisation, information consumption and new technologies, including disinformation. It outlines how existing deliberative democratic governance based on sortition can help curtail these issues.
The discussion was moderated byAndreas Marazis, ENC Head of Research for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and features the comments and insights of Samuel Doveri Vesterbye, ENC Managing Director and Pepijn Kennis, Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region and ENC External Advisor.
ENC In-Depth Podcast: The Future Of Economy & Entertainment
The in-depth discussion is dedicated to “The Future Of Economy & Entertainment” which is part of a series of podcasts included in the “Beyond Erasmus: Education, Exchanges and Employment opportunities for youth in the EU and Turkey” training programme. The project is supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Turkey and aims at promoting student mobility beyond the Erasmus+ framework, youth exchanges, internships, training courses, networking, access to funding for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and free market entrepreneurship and Civil Society Organisations (CSO), among other things.
Some of the key points in the discussion are: How COVID-19 affected entertainment industry in regards to both production and consumption, what are the changes of approach towards many different sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing the readiness between socio-economic and institutional conditions and students. Also mentioned are the accelaration of modern trends in response to the pandemic, building resilience for future crises and the necessity for bridging between digital world and social sciences. Finally our participants provide tips for moving from the academic stage to the career paths concerning students.
The discussion was co-moderated by Gülçin Sinav, Program Director at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Turkey and Andreas Marazis, ENC Head of Research for Eastern Europe & Central Asia. Our guests are Christina Mercuriadi, Director of EU Affairs at Motion Picture Association and Giuseppe Porcaro, Head of Outreach and Governance at Bruegel.
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ENC In-Depth Podcast – One Decade After the 2011 Uprisings: Islamist Militancy in MENA as an EU Security Threat
This episode of In-Depth Podcast is dedicated to the recently published ENC Analysis by our Academic Council member Dr. Ebtisam Aly Hussein, Associate Professor of Political Science at Cairo University, and Middle Eastern Studies at Sun Yat-sen University.
In this discussion, Dr. Hussein focuses on how lack of integration by states towards immigrants can cause marginalized groups to form and provide an operational framework to terrorist attacks within EU member states and different approaches regarding security taken by the EU. She also mentions how the political instability caused by the 2011 Arab Spring created an environment for Islamic militancy to thrive, social inequality being used by Jihadist organizations to manipulate masses, and finally what can be done by the EU to prevent such trends.
The discussion was moderated by Andreas Marazis, ENC Head of Research for Eastern Europe & Central Asia.
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This in-depth discussion is dedicated to “Access to Funding II” which is part of a series of podcasts included in the “Beyond Erasmus: Education, Exchanges and Employment opportunities for youth in the EU and Turkey” training program. The project is supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Turkey that focuses on education exchanges, internships, training courses, networking, access to funding for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), free-market entrepreneurship, and Civil Society Organisations (CSO), and employment opportunities for youth in the EU and Turkey.
The discussion revolves around the impact of the current political atmosphere between EU and Turkey on fundraising, areas of shared interest where Turkish and European youth should focus, and the available funding programmes.
The discussion was moderated by Andreas Marazis, ENC Head of Research for Eastern Europe & Central Asia, and features the comments and insights of Bernard Brunet, Head of Unit for Turkey at DG NEAR.
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The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis entitled “One Decade After the 2011 Uprisings: Islamist Militancy in MENA as an EU Security Threat”.
The ENC Analysis is written by Dr. Ebtisam Hussein, Associate Professor of Political Science at Cairo University. She also holds the position of Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Sun Yat-sen University in China and that of ENC Academic Council member.
For many years, the EU has been subjected to several organized terrorist acts by diverse political motives. Due to its possible detrimental influence on the European Union, it is critical to evaluate the future of Islamist militancy in the MENA region. In this publication, Dr. Hussein analyses the MENA militancy after the 2011 upheavals and set some questions about the causes of the violence and what might be done.
The full analysis is available in the PDF version below.
This ENC In-Depth podcast is the third in a series of discussions which are part of the Beyond Erasmus Programme. The project is supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Turkey and aims at promoting student mobility beyond the Erasmus+ framework, youth exchanges, internships, training courses, networking, access to funding for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and free market entrepreneurship and Civil Society Organizations (SCO), among other things.
The third discussion sheds light on the code of conduct for fundraising opportunities and examines existing EU – Turkey programmes such as COSME or Creative Europe and analyzes a number of key fundraising sources such as Government entities, major individual donors and annual campaigns among others.
The discussion was co-moderated by Gülçin Sinav, Program Director at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Turkey and Andreas Marazis, ENC Head of Research for Eastern Europe & Central Asia. It features the comments and insights of Emre Gür, Key Expert at EU Think Civil/Sivil Düşün Programme and CIFE representative in Turkey and Medeni Sungur, Founder of Kuest Media.
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ENC In-Depth Podcast – CV Writing and Interview Skills
This ENC In-Depth podcast is the second in a series of discussions which are part of the Beyond Erasmus Programme. The project is supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Turkey and focuses on education exchanges, civil society and employment opportunities for youth in the EU and Turkey.
The second session is dedicated to provide insights on CV writing, interview skills and personal brand building. The discussion revolves around tips and tricks on how to build a competitive CV that stands out, and how to promote yourself through storytelling exercises and much more.
The discussion was moderated by Andreas Marazis, ENC Head of Research for Eastern Europe & Central Asia, and features the comments and insights of Julie Vandermeulen, Head of Storytelling at Rise and Founder of Clarity Kit and Sven Gerst, PhD Student in Political Philosophy at the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London.
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ENC In-Depth Podcast – After University: What now?
This ENC In-Depth podcast is the first in a series of discussions which are part of the Beyond Erasmus Programme. The project is supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Turkey and focuses on education exchanges, civil society and employment opportunities for youth in the EU and Turkey.
The first session is dedicated to answering the question “After University: what now?” and aims to share experiences and stories about what it is like to work in different professions both in the EU and Turkey. The conversation focuses on employment opportunities and careers in civil society and journalism.
The discussion was moderated by Andreas Marazis, ENC Head of Research for Eastern Europe & Central Asia, and features the comments and insights of Ece Kocak, Communication Officer at the Truth Justice Memory Center, and Jack Parrock, Journalist Correspondent for Deutsche Welle.
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