1. Network for Developing European Studies in the Caucasus
Acronym: DESCNet Grant Agreement Number Reference: EPP EE-EPPJMO-NETWORK Project period:

2. DESCnet
The proposed Network for Developing European Studies in the Caucasus (hereinafter, DESCnet) is designed to enhance the level of European Studies in the Caucasus. The project is part of Jean Monnet Network within the Erasmus+ programme. Project period:

3. DESCnet goals Teaching
Summer and winter schools for BA and MA students
Young Researchers’ Seminars for PhD students
Research enhancement
- Launching AESC working papers
Outreach
Two annual scholarly conventions
Regular network members meetings
Website and newsletter

4. DESCnet partners P 1 University of Tartu, Estonia
P 2 University of Graz (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz), Austria
P 3 Yeditepe University (Yeditepe Üniversitesi), Turkey
P 4 North Caucasus Federal University, Russia
P 5 Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia
P 6 Khazar University, Azerbaijan
P 7 Yerevan State University, Armenia
P 8 New Vision University, Georgia
P 9 Ilia State University, Georgia

5. DESCnet activities
2016 Winter School Pyatigorsk “European Integration and the Future of Civil Society in the Caucasus” 2016 Young Researchers’ Seminar Graz 2016 Summer School Batumi “European Integration and Economic Development in the South Caucasus” 2017 Winter School Stavropol “European Integration and Freedom of Media in the Caucasus” 2017 Summer School Yerevan 2017 “European Integration and Energy Security” 2017 Young Researchers’ Seminar Tartu 2018 Summer School Baku 2018 “European Integration and Rivalry between Regional Integration Systems in the Caucasus”

6. DESCnet events Network Meeting, November 2015, Tartu, Estonia
Network Meeting, July 2016, Batumi, Georgia
AESC Annual Convention, May 2017, Istanbul, Turkey
Network Meeting, May 2017, Istanbul, Turkey
AESC Annual Convention, 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia
Network Meeting, September 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia

7. DESCnet past events
Kick-off meeting, Tartu, 2015

8. DESCnet past events
Winter school “European Integration and the Future of Civil Society in the Caucasus”, March 2016, Pyatigorsk
North Caucasus Federal University
27 students from 11 countries
6 ECTS

9. DESCnet past events
Young Researchers’ Seminar, Graz, 18 – 22 April 2016
University of Graz
16 participants from 10 universities
3 ECTS

10. DESCnet past events
Summer school “Unpacking Europeanisation in the South Caucasus and the Black Sea Region: Economic, Legal and Social Contexts”, July 2016
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
30 students from 11 countries
6 ECTS

11. DESCnet past events
DESCnet consortium meeting, Batumi, July 2016

12. DESCnet outreach
Newsletter
Website

13. THANK YOU!