Objective Human rights, and especially minority rights, have a clear supranational dimension both in Europe and in South Asia. Europe has made wide use of the mechanisms and soft law approaches developed and implemented at regional level by the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the European Union. In South Asia there is a long tradition of study and robust experience in the field of cultural, religious, linguistic and ethnic management, including the gender dimension, within national boundaries. However, it is only recently that some albeit limited attempts have been made to enhance regional cooperation on these very sensitive issues. Studies carried out by South Asian scholars have created the knowledge base underlying the first rudimentary attempts by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the foresight initiatives of human rights NGOs and activists. Furthermore, the geopolitical context is now particularly favourable to a supra-national discourse on human and minority rights as a consequence of recently improved relations between India and Pakistan. The overall objective of EURASIA-Net is therefore to enhance the requisite knowledge-base for new policies and instruments to reduce ethnic-religious conflicts and to foster stability and security in South Asia. The specific objectives are: 1. To develop a better understanding of regional South Asian attempts to define (by the research community) and implement (by decision-makers and activists) new supranational instruments for the protection and promotion of human rights, with a particular focus on cross-border minority issues. 2. To sustain Euro-Asiatic research cooperation and exchange on those issues and to enlarge the discussion forum to encompass politicians and human rights activists. 3. To create a framework for future research cooperation between Europe and South Asia that is twofold: (a) a Joint Research Agenda and (b) a modus operandi based on mutual knowledge and understanding. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynongovernmental organizationssocial scienceslawhuman rights Keywords EU External Relations Human Rights International Cooperation Minority Rights Regional Integration SAARC South Asia Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH-2007-4.2-02 - Articulation of rule of law and protection of human rights at national, European and international levels SSH-2007-8.0-02 - Measures to support international cooperation Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions Coordinator ACCADEMIA EUROPEA DI BOLZANO EU contribution € 223 696,00 Address VIALE DRUSO 1 39100 Bolzano Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Bolzano-Bozen Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Cristina Boglia (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 111 824,00 Address KINGSTON LANE UB8 3PH Uxbridge See on map Region London Outer London — West and North West Harrow and Hillingdon Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Teresa Waller (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE-UNIVERSITAET FRANKFURT AM MAIN Germany EU contribution € 91 430,00 Address THEODOR W ADORNO PLATZ 1 60323 Frankfurt Am Main See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christoph Denecke (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group India EU contribution € 80 133,00 Address GC-45 First Floor Sector - III Salt Lake 700106 Kolkata See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Manjuri Chatterji (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data South Asia Forum for Human Rights Limited China EU contribution € 34 387,00 Address 19/F Go-Up Commercial - - Hong Kong SAR, Kawloon See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Deep Ranjini Rai (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Democratic Commission For Human Development Pakistan EU contribution € 71 977,00 Address 40 - D, Model town 54700 Model Town, Lahore See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Kamran Sohail (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA Bangladesh EU contribution € 30 239,00 Address Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka 1000 Dhaka See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Borhan Uddin Khan (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
