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In 2000-2002 there were three international meetings conducted by the Black Sea Area Research Group (BSARG)
At the end of April in Yalta (Crimea, Ukraine) we are going to organize the next conference on topic: “East-West Crude Oil Transport Corridor in the Aspect of the Black Sea Area Regional Security”. Together with the conference there should be conducted the IV BSARG Meeting on the same topic. That event will take place with the help and financial support of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, Government of the Crimea, State Share Company "Black Sea Oil and Gas", Dogus University (Istanbul, Turkey), Tavrida State University, Tavrida Ecological Institute, Information Agency "Crimean Electronic Communications", Information and Analytical Center “Zlato Chernomoria”.
The working group on Black Sea Area Research (BSARG) seeks to assess the situation in the Black Sea Region through enhanced international cooperation and strategic research on an academic level. The main focus is to form the general conception of a productive collaboration between the Black Sea area countries and to strengthen political stabilization in that region as the main factors of the Black Sea area security.
The Conference will take place in Yalta, 22-26 April 2002. During the conference there will be an exposition on the discussed topic and tours to the local sights.
The latest geopolitical development in the Black Sea region gave rise to the main topic of the forthcoming conference, which, at the same time, is one of the topics proposed at the III BSARG Meeting for further elaboration. The conference will follow the outlined procedure: it will identify the main problem areas, assess their relevance to the academic community and identify those which the academics are able to solve. The discussions during the conference will be mainly focused on the Program issues. Moreover, the continuation of the debate after the end of the workshop until the next conference will be supported.
FORMAT AND STRUCTURE OF THE CONFERENCE:
The Conference will be organized through panel discussions and question and answer sessions. The Conference will consist of five day sessions on the following topics:
Political Workshop:
- Black Sea area political and geopolitical situation development concerning the East-West crude oil transport corridor. Western and local scientists, analysts, and politicians points of view upon those issues.
- The place and role of Ukraine and Russia in the modern infrastructure of the crude oil transport routs from the Central Asia and Caspian regions to Europe.
- Positions of the Russian leading oil companies concerning Ukraine and its place in that structure.
- East-West crude oil transport corridor: Modern realities and perspectives of developments (experts evaluations).
- Possibilities of international institutions use in the way to solve the issue of the oil consortium creation for common exploiting of the Odessa-Brody pipe line.
Economic Workshop:
- Economic aspects of the “Blue Stream” project for the states of the Black Sea region.
- Free trade development in the Black Sea and Caspian regions in the context of East-West crude oil transport corridor, “TRASECA”, and Europe-Asia-Caucasus communication corridor projects.
- Baltics - Black Sea cooperation in the united Europe case.
- Economy globalization as a factor of the Black Sea states changed relations.
Environmental Workshop:
- Black Sea states ecological security issues in case of the crude oil transportation volume increase.
- The solve of ecological problems while oil terminals and oil pipe lines construction in states with a high recreation infrastructure.
- Public organizations and NGO role in oil transport projects realization in the Black Sea region.
Representatives from different scientific organizations of Turkey (Dogus University, Marmara University, Galatasaray University, Yeditepe University), Greece (Balkan Trust Network), independent experts from USA, Italy, Russia, Ukraine took part in the previous BSARG international meetings.
Following the conference, the organizers plan to publish a campaign booklet which will include the conference speeches, and to present this information on a CD. The booklet will be distributed to a wide range of NGOs, politicians, regional ministries of Foreign Affairs, newspapers.
We would be glad to see you at our conference! Please, fill in the Application Form and direct it to the organizers:
BSARG
1, Shalfeinaya St., 95050 Simferopol, Crimea, UKRAINE
Tel./Fax: + 38 0652 260833
E-mail: zlatochern@yahoo.com
Information Agency “Crimean Electronic Communications”
P/b #161, 95000 Simferopol, Crimea, UKRAINE
Tel.: + 38 0652 546201
Tel./Fax: + 38 0652 546201
E-mail: vvv@crimea.com
Dr. Sean Cox
Dept. of International Relations
Dogus University
Acibadem, Zeamet Sok. No: 21
81060 Kadikoy
Istanbul / Turkey
Phone: +90(216)327.11 04 x 399
Fax: +90(216)327.9631
E-mail: scox@dogus.edu.tr
See you at the conference in Yalta, 22-26 April 2002.
With best regards,
Sardanovsky S.L., Co-director, BSARG; Director, Information and Analytical Center “Zlato Chernomoria”
Vesna V.V., Director, Information Agency “Crimean Electronic Communications”
Cox S.M., Co-Director, BSARG; Head of Department of International Relations, Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey
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