APRI Armenia recently took part in a closed-door expert workshop examining the trajectory of democratic resilience and European engagement across the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region.
The workshop, “Future of Governance and Civil Society in the EaP Region: Growing Authoritarianism and the EU’s Role as a Norm Setter,” was co-organized by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and the Democracy Development Foundation (DDF).
During the event, APRI Armenia’s Senior Research Fellow Armenak Minasyants presented his policy paper, “Public Administration Reforms as the Institutional Backbone of Democratic Resilience in Armenia.” The paper was prepared within the framework of an open call launched by DGAP and the DDF for contributions examining the future of governance and civil society in the Eastern Partnership region.
In addition, APRI Armenia’s Vice President of Strategy and Development Anahide Pilibossian contributed to the panel “The EU as a normative actor in a transactional environment.” Anahide highlighted that the South Caucasus remains a litmus test for the European Union’s diplomatic and geopolitical aspirations, and that the EU tends to favor a constructive and incentives-focused approach rather than use disincentive measures.
