This project is implemented in Armenia - by Yerevan Press Club and in Azerbaijan - by Baku Press Club with the support of Catholic Relief Services (CRS). BPC and YPC have developed successful working relationships with each other as well as with other partner organizations from the South Caucasus. They have been actively involved in confidence-building processes of the South Caucasus, and have sought to overcome the inherent distrust and xenophobia in the region by facilitating cross-border collaboration at the grass-roots level.
The Baku Press Club was established in May 1998. The objectives of Baku Press Club include: provision of assistance and support to independent and pluralistic press in Azerbaijan; establishment of necessary conditions to provide easier access to information by the mass media; creation and strengthening of dialogue between the mass media and sources of information; improvement of professional qualifications of journalists, etc.
The Yerevan Press Club was established in July 1995. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organization uniting journalists with no regard for their party affiliations and political views. The activity of the Yerevan Press Club is directed towards the establishment of conditions for the development of free and responsible media in Armenia, including improvement of professional skills of journalists, perfection of the legislative framework for media and protection of journalists' rights, etc.
The Literary Laboratory-Writers against Conflicts project is to serve the negotiation of the hostility among the conflicting nations.
This does not mean that the works presented on the website reflect the military and political confrontations, born by the hostility. Furthermore, there are no thematic or ideological limitations on the site. ”Azerbaijanis (Armenians) have a good contemporary literature” - this reaction from the readers is the main aim of the website as it may form mutual respect of the conflicting nations as the necessary base for conflict resolution, Besides, the reader will find a lot in common in the behavior and reasoning of Armenians and Azerbaijanis - the characters of the works presented, which also contributed to overcoming false stereotypes and alienation.
While choosing the authors, the literary coordinators of the website tried to reflect both the mainstream and the new tendencies.
