Inter-regional Workshop:The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Regional Cooperation
Populari’s Researcher Christine Bednarz participated in the inter-regional workshop “The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Regional Cooperation” that was held on November 17-19, 2010 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and organized by the International Centre for Democratic Transition (ICDT). ICDT held its 4th interregional workshop in the framework of the project Sharing the Visegrad Experience in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partership Countries in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The representatives of the V4 countries presented achievements and lessons learned of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in promoting regional cooperation within the Visegrad countries and the role of CSOs in strengthening regional cohesion, good neighborly relations and EU integration. Second, participants analyzed the…
SPECIAL SECTION: “How to Stop Balkans Enlargement from Turning Sour”
Alida Vračić, Populari’s Executive Director in “Europe’s World” Quotes from the press article of Europe’s World, the only independent Europe-wide policy journal, produced in association with some 150-plus leading European think tanks and academic institutions. Press article can be downloaded below: Press Article: europesworld.org: How to Stop Balkans Enlargement from Turning Sour (.pdf) >>>
Conference: Development of Mines Affected Communities and Challenges of Civil Society 2009-2019
Alida Vračić, Populari’s executive director participated in the conference “Development of Mines Affected Communities and Challenges of Civil Society 2009-2019″ that was held on June 08, 2010 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This one-day conference, organised by NGO sector in BiH in cooperation with Mine Action Centre of BiH, within the project „Support to Social Inclusion of Mines Affected Population – Development and Anti-Mine Acitivites“ that has been implemented by Handicap International in Stolac and Berković municipalities. The aim of the conference was to try to find answers for several questions, first of all those related to setting priorities for demining, because when you have 1 500 square kilometers it…
