Forum Eastern Europe

• Research and Publications
  
  It conducts and coordinates comparative research on the factors which influence inter-ethnic relations and the impact of ethnic conflict on social and political stability. FEE popularizes its findings, as well as the findings of similar research projects conducted in the region, through a series of publications and the Internet. To date, FEE's publications have included:
  
  

  Between Autonomy and Exodus: the German Minority in the CIS, in Russian (1994) and in Polish (1994)

  Ethnic Conflict in the Baltic States: the Case of Latvia, in English and French (1994) and in Polish (1995)

  Ethnic Minority Rights in Central/Eastern Europe (1995), in English Footnote 1

  Ethnic Minority Rights in Central/Eastern Europe (1996) - extended, updated English version with an extensive Slovak summary Footnote 1

  Ethnic Conflict, Migration and Political Stability in Central/Eastern Europe (1997), in English, with an extensive Russian summary Footnote 1 Footnote 4

  
  
• Workshops and seminars
  
  FEE organizes and conducts international seminars, workshops and training programs in Central/Eastern Europe, and organizes apprenticeships in Canada for individuals directly involved in shaping ethnopolitics in the region. So far, FEE has organized:
  
  

  The Eastern European section of the Annual Training Program in Human Rights (1994, 1995, 1996) Footnote 1

  Regional Training Program in Minority Rights in Bratislava, Slovakia (1995) Footnote 1 Footnote 5

  Regional Training Program on Migration and the Rights of Refugees, in Moscow, the Russian Federation (1996) Footnote 1 Footnote 6

  Training Program for the employees of the Central/East European Section of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Ottawa, Canada (1996)

  A series of Multicultural Seminars "Managing Diversity in Plural Societies". Tailored to the specific needs of the host countries or regions, the seminars place the experiences of the young democracies of Central/Eastern Europe in a broad comparative perspective with a special focus on the Canadian multicultural experiment. To date, the seminars have been conducted in:

  Bratislava, Slovakia (1995) Footnote 1 Footnote 5
  Jurmala, Latvia (1996) Footnote 2
  Kyiv, Ukraine (1997) Footnote 3
  Crimea, Ukraine (1997) Footnote 3
  
• Internet
  
  FEE's WWW site and listserv MINELRES (Electronic Resources on Minorities) Footnote 7 provides an additional forum for a free exchange of ideas and information on the situation of minorities in post-communist societies. Access to this electronic network is available free of charge to NGO activists, scholars, government officials, journalists and other individuals with an interest in ethnopolitics, nationalism, human and minority rights, migration issues and democratic development in Central/Eastern Europe.
  
  The list is moderated by Boris Tsilevich in Riga, Latvia, info/inquiries email to: [email protected]
  
  To subscribe, send the following message:
  

  SUBSCRIBE MINELRES-L {YOUR NAME}

  to [email protected]
  
  The MINELRES WWW site includes an archival section where data, documents and texts of lasting interest are stored. This database is available to anyone who wishes to retrieve information for non-commercial purposes. The MINELRES e-mail list and website provides systematic information on:
  
  
  • conferences, meetings, seminars, projects, grants, fellowships and funding opportunities;
  • new publications and works in progress, some of which can be sent to participants on request;
  • Central/Eastern European legislation pertaining to human and minority rights, ethnopolitics and migration;
  • overviews of major developments pertaining to ethnic conflict, minority issues and relevant human rights emergencies.