Advocating for Civil Society Space (Strategies, Good Practices, Lessons Learned)

Abstract

The presentation was dedicated to the challenges faced by civil societies across post-Soviet space including promotion of so called traditional values by local authoritarian rulers and labelling any dissent opinion as hostile, representing foreign interests or being in conflict with national culture, traditions and values.

Keywords

• human rights
• civil society
• post-Soviet space
• "traditional vaues"