The second phase of EU-funded civil society program, aimed at supporting the peace-building efforts in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone has been launched, the EU Neighbourhood Info Centre reported.

The European Partnership for the Peaceful Settlement of the Conflict over Nagorno Karabakh (EPNK) is a continuation of a program launched in 2009 under the Instrument for Stability, promoting a dynamic dialogue between a broad range of policymakers, media and civil society from all sides of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It also supports a wider participation of conflict-affected people in the peace process, including women, youth, internally displaced persons and refugees.

EPNK is a consortium of five European NGOs, which seeks to work with local partners in the South Caucasus on a wide range of peace-building projects to improve framework conditions conducive to positively impacting the Karabakh conflict settlement process.