International Union of Black Sea NGOs (IUBSNGO)
    Before the official registration in 2008 the International Union of Black Sea NGOs (IUBSNGO) used to be called Black Sea NGO Network (BSNGON).

    BSNGON was founded as a result of the 1st Regional Forum of Black Sea NGOs held in Yerevan, January 15-17, 2004. The Forum was organized in the framework of the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) global organizations' "Regional Cooperation Project". The regional forums implemented in the framework of above mentioned project have two main goals:

• strengthening NGO cooperation in regional level

• strengthening civil society input into regional intergovernmental groupings.

    For more information about ICSW and its regional forums please visit www.icsw.org

    The 1st Regional Forum of Black Sea NGOs held in Yerevan 2004, was hosted by Mission Armenia NGO with the offer and support of ICSW. NGOs from 8 countries of Black Sea Region took part in the Forum.

    The 2nd Regional Forum of Black Sea NGOs took place in Yerevan on December 17-19, 2005. NGOs from all 12 BSEC member states (Albania, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey and Ukraine) took part in this Forum. The Forum was again hosted by Mission Armenia NGO and was conducted under the motto "Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development in Black Sea Region".

    The 3rd Forum of Black Sea NGO Network took place in Sofia on 07-09 December, 2007. Here the forum was hosted by one of the Network founding organizations - Bulgarian NGO Club "Economika_2000".

    Simultaneously with the development of Network structure the dialogue with BSEC Organization (as an Intergovernmental Organization in the Black Sea Region) has begun. BSEC representatives took part in the activities of all 3 Forums of the Network.

    In August 2008 BSNGON was officially registered in Armenia as International Union of Black Sea NGOs.

    For more detailed information about IUBSNGO structure, members and activities please contact us with the following address:

IUBSNGO Secretariat.

Garegin Nzhdeh 42, Yerevan 0026, Republic of Armenia,
Fax: + 374 10 444-792;
Tel: + 374 10 444-792; + 374 10 444-793; +374 10 444-761
E-mail: csf@ngo.mission.am
URL: www.bsngon.com