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2022 Highlights

16/12/2022

Our activities have facilitated inclusive dialogue within and among the global Eritrean Diaspora communities. 

Bridging divides and fostering a common understanding and collaborative effort based on a shared vision of a future Eritrea that avails freedom, justice, democracy and prosperity for all

2022 has been a very busy year for us!   

We would like to share some of the year’s highlights with you …

We held Eritrea Symposium 2022 in two parts: the first in Frankfurt, Germany in April 2022, and the second in Brussels, Belgium in August 2022 ...

ERITREA SYMPOSIUM 2022

Convened on 15-17 April 2022, 'Eritrea Symposium 2022: Need for a Shared Vision for a Stable Transition’ brought together representatives of political and civil society groups, as well as activist individuals from the global Eritrean Diaspora to participate in 5 interrelated thematic panels addressing significant issues of national concern.  

Keynote Address: Amb. Andebrhan Welde Giorgis 

Symposium Communiqué

Interviews with participants can be viewed here: Part 1 and Part 2

1.     Regional Conflict Dynamics and Sustaining Eritrea’s Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity (Click to watch Part 1 and Part 2)
   1.1  Navigate the Conflict Dynamics in the HoA
   1.2  Sustain Eritrea’s Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity

2.     Empower the People’s Agency for a Seamless Progression to Democratic Transition (Click to watch)
   2.1  Empower the People’s Agency in Democratic Change and Transition
   2.2  Seamless Progression of Change into Democratic Transition

3.     Overcome Divisions, Polarisation, and Fragmentation in the Diaspora (Click to watch Part 1 and Part 2)
   3.1  Identify Underlying Causes
   3.2  Find Practical and Workable Remedies

4.     Build Common Ground Based on a Shared Vision of a Democratic and Just Eritrea (Click to watch)
   4.1  Build Common Ground Based on a Shared Vision of Democratic Governance
   4.2  Fight for Justice as a Basis for Conscious Coalescence among the Eritrean Diaspora

5.     Build Conscious Coalescence to Catalyse Change and Democratic Transition (Click to watch)
   5.1  Coalescence in Political Activism
   5.2  Coalescence in Media Work

ERITREA SYMPOSIUM 2022-II

Held on 5-7 August 2022, 'Eritrea Symposium 2022-II: Catalysing Homegrown Transition to Constitutional Governance’ gathered representatives of political and civil society groups, as well as activist individuals from the global Eritrean Diaspora to participate in interrelated thematic panels.

Keynote Address: Amb. Andebrhan Welde Giorgis

Symposium Communiqué

Interviews with participants can be viewed here: Part 1Part 2, and Part 3

- View ‘Moments’ from the Symposium

1. The Main Challenges to Constitutional Governance in Eritrea. (Click to watch)
   1.1 The Key Challenges to Constitutional Governance
   1.2 A Feasible Path to Constitutional Governance

2. The State of Play in the Eritrean Diaspora. (Click to watch)
   2.1 The principal issues of division and polarisation 
   2.2 The search for common ground and a shared vision

3. Economics of Transition and Sustainable Development. (Click to watch)
   3.1 The current state of the Eritrean economy
   3.2 Stimulating rapid growth and sustainable development

4. Coalescence to Help Crystallise Home-Grown Transition to Constitutional Governance. (Click to watch)
   4.1 Building a coherent nucleus for a viable democratic movement
   4.2 Establishing an Eritrean Sovereignty Bloc

We seek to also raise international and regional awareness of the present political, economic, social, and human rights situation in Eritrea, posting regularly on issues of concern affecting the people at home and in the Diaspora. 

- በርገን ሰሚናር - ኣምባ. ዓንደብርሃን ወልደጊዮርጊስ (Tigrinya)

- Eri-Platform welcomes the FDRE-TPLF Peace Agreement (English)

- [TRT World] “Africa Matters: Eritrean in Tigray” Interview w/ Amb. Andebrhan (English)

- ዘልኣለማዊ ሓበን ንጀጋኑ ሰማእታትና! (Tigrinya)

- ውዕለት  ሰማእታት (Tigrinya)

- ምዉቕ ዮሃና ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ጽንብል መበል 31 ዝክረ-ዓመት ናጽነት (Tigrinya)

- [1ይ ክፋል] ክብሪ፡ ጽንብል ናጽነት 24 ግንቦት! (Tigrinya)
- [2ይ ክፋል] ክብሪ፡ ጽንብል ናጽነት 24 ግንቦት! (Tigrinya)

- [1ይ ክፋል] ተዘክሮታት መዓልቲ ናጽነት 24 ግንቦት 1991። (Tigrinya)
- [2ይ ክፋል] ተዘክሮታት መዓልቲ ናጽነት 24 ግንቦት 1991። (Tigrinya)

- Access to the Sea in the Context of Eritrea and Ethiopia (English)

- Amb. Andebrhan’s Meetings in Berlin (English)

- [1ይ ክፋል] VOA TIGRIGNA: ተሳትፎ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኲናት ኢትዮጵያ ምኽኑይ ድዩ ነይሩ፧ (Tigrinya)

- [2ይ ክፋል] VOA TIGRIGNA: ተሳትፎ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኲናት ኢትዮጵያ ምኽኑይ ድዩ ነይሩ፧ (Tigrinya)

- መልእኽቲ ኣምባ. ዓንደብርሃን ወልደጊዮርጊስ ብኣጋጣሚ ሓድሽ ዓመት 2022 (Tigrinya)