European Parliament Room Altiero Spinelli 5G1 7 March 2013 11:00 – 16:30 Workshop REMEMBERING IN THE FUTURE – Policies and practices of remembrance to prevent mass atrocities
On 19th November 2012, the Task Force on the EU Prevention of Mass Atrocities, the Foundation for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, the SWP, the INEF and the Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research invited a variety of high-ranking academics, policy-makers and representatives of civil society to discuss a draft of the report of the Task Force (TF) on strengthening the EU’s capabilities to prevent mass atrocities.
The Foundation, in cooperation with one of its founders, the Central European University, organized a roundtable where the representatives of academia and policy makers could discuss and explore the role of new media in the prevention of mass atrocities.
The Budapest Centre paid an official visit to Turkey.
In course of the visit the representatives of the Budapest Centre met with officials of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish Development Agency.
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