The Civic Chamber of North Ossetia and the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly signed a Cooperation Agreement

28/11/2022 20:48

The Eurasian Peoples' Assembly continues to expand interaction with partners from the regions of Russia and the countries of Eurasia. The projects it implements and its activities are aimed at strengthening integration processes and peacemaking through multifaceted cultural, humanitarian and economic cooperation.

On November 24, a cooperation agreement was signed in Vladikavkaz between the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly and the Civic Chamber of North Ossetia. Secretary General of the International Union of Non-Governmental Organizations "Eurasian Peoples' Assembly" Andrei Belyaninov and Chairman of the Civic Chamber of North Ossetia Nina Chiplakova signed a document that provides for the development of partnerships; enhancing the role of public diplomacy; development of international relations; support of public, state, peacekeeping initiatives; joint implementation of socially significant programs, projects and cultural and educational events in the field of international cooperation; promotion of multilateral relations in all spheres of public life.

As the Chairman of the Civic Chamber of North Ossetia Nina Chiplakova noted, in the current difficult socio-political situation, which has become aggravated in the conditions of the North Ossetian Military District, it is very important to ensure the interaction of civil society institutions, expand horizontal ties with public organizations operating on the territory of the States of the world.

“Many non-governmental organizations can become a source of valuable experience and information for bodies and decision makers - for example, the findings of studies conducted by analysts of a particular NGO can be considered when making foreign policy decisions. The Civic Chamber of Russia and regional public chambers can undoubtedly play and are already playing their role. We use all our capabilities - informational, analytical and expert - to develop the practices of people's diplomacy. We monitor the international projects of our regional NGOs and support the most promising ones that meet the objectives of implementing the foreign policy strategy and regional development. This work is being scaled up and developed,” - Nina Chiplakova emphasized.

“Today, the activities of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly include dozens of international projects aimed at strengthening integration processes through multifaceted cooperation with partners from Eurasian countries. The achieved unity of the members and partners of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly is a valuable result of our common efforts. Realizing our responsibility to the future, we together affirm peacekeeping dialogue, public diplomacy, interethnic communication, humanitarian and business cooperation. Our main task is humanitarian cooperation. People all over the world want to live in peace. We have a well-established phrase: when people hold hands, they cannot take up arms,” - Andrey Belyaninov said.

The participants in the discussion at the site of the Civic Chamber of North Ossetia identified a range of possible tasks and formats for interaction in the implementation of major public initiatives.

Thus, the guests were interested in the projects implemented by the Be Good Charitable Foundation headed by a member of the Civic Chamber of North Ossetia Amurkhan Kusov: the social project “Hanger of Kindness”, the inclusive forum “Without Borders”, the foundation’s activities aimed at creating a bank of bone marrow donors…

Elvira Lazarova, head of the SOGMA Graduate Employment Asssistance Center, a member of the Civic Chamber of North Ossetia, spoke about the experience of international cooperation not only in the educational but also in the humanitarian sphere of the North Ossetian Medical Academy. However, all universities of North Ossetia carry out international cooperation very widely.

Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly, Deputy Chairman of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society, member of the Russian International Affairs Council Sergey Sanakoev drew attention to the prospects for the implementation of the humanitarian project “Alania. The Great Silk Road” and the establishment of cultural bridges between countries. Valery Khidirov, a member of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly, a permanent representative of the RNO-A in the Far Eastern Federal District, proposed “reducing the distances” between the Far East and the Caucasus through teleconferences, the exchange of best practices of civil society in Ossetia and the Khabarovsk Territory.

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