Objective Closed seas play very diverse roles in relations between their bordering states: they unite and separate, they are a place of transit, a shared space, an element of joint identity, a common heritage. This project focuses on four closed sea basins: those of the Mediterranean, Caspian, Baltic and Black seas. Those basins were theatres for strategic competition between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War and acquired since 1989 a new centrality in co-operation amongst neighbouring states, with a wealth of sub-regional multilateral agreements and institutions flourishing in a few years. All four basins are crucial to the European Union, and the EU is at the same time a crucial actor in them. Its policies have an impact not only in each country, but also on collective efforts at sub-regional level. This is a seldom analysed phenomenon: that of the relationship between a uniquely successful international organisation with a nature of its own, the European Union, and the smaller sub-regional multilateral structures and agreements. Compared to the huge attraction that the EU exerts, which has been a catalyser for stability, change and reconciliation in a number of European countries, sub-regional multilateral institutions have proved their relative weakness. However, their role in a number of areas (from stability and conflict resolution, to environmental issues) has been and still is important. This project aims to evaluate their main achievements and failures, and the areas in which they have been most successful. At the same time, it aims to analyse how EU membership and EU policies impact on multilateral co-operation around the sea basins, and how the EU and other multilateral organisations and initiatives can co-operate in achieving their shared objectives. In the end, the project will explore what would be the benefits of a specific approach of the EU for each of the four basins, in co-operation with the existing sub-regional multilateralism. Fields of science humanitiesartsperforming artsdramaturgyhumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorycontemporary history Keywords Baltic Black Sea Caspian EU impact Mediterranean actorness multilateralism perception Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH-2007-4.3-02 - Multilateralism and the new external relations of the European Union Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator CENTRE D'INFORMACIO I DOCUMENTACIO INTERNACIONALS A BARCELONA EU contribution € 336 040,15 Address CALLE ELISABETS 12 08001 Barcelona Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jordi Vaquer I Fanés (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Türkiye EU contribution € 104 080,52 Address DUMLUPINAR BULVARI 1 06800 Ankara See on map Region Batı Anadolu Ankara Ankara Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Atila Eralp (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SIHTASUTUS RAHVUSVAHELINE KAITSEUURINGUTE KESKUS Estonia EU contribution € 116 413,13 Address Narva mnt 63/4 East Building 10152 Tallinn See on map Region Eesti Eesti Põhja-Eesti Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Riina Kaljurand (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MIZHNARODNIY CENTR PERSPEKTIVNIH DOSLIDZHEN INTERNATIONAL CIVIC ORGANIZATION Ukraine EU contribution € 109 093,13 Address VUL PYMONENKA 13a 04050 KYIV See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Maria Jose (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI Italy EU contribution € 193 945,52 Address VIA DEI MONTECATINI 17 00186 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Rossella Cazzato (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HASKOLI ISLANDS Iceland EU contribution € 198 619,21 Address SAEMUNDARGOTU 2 101 Reykjavik See on map Region Ísland Ísland Höfuðborgarsvæði Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Silja Bara Omarsdottir (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONFERENCE DES REGIONS PERIPHERIQUES MARITIMES D EUROPE - ASSOCIATION France EU contribution € 70 292,52 Address RUE SAINT MARTIN 6 35700 RENNES See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Patrick Anvroin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MILLI VE BEYNELXALQ ARASDIRMALAR MERKEZI ASSOCIATION Azerbaijan EU contribution € 44 990,82 Address SEID RUSTAMOV STREET 10 AP 9 10001 BAKU See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Leila Alieva (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data
