Katarina Cvikl, Policy Researcher from think tank Populari participated in the second Regional School of Policy Analysis organized by the Croatian Gong Research Center. The school was held in Zadar, Croatia, between 17 and 21 October 2014. Unlike last year when the school was dealing with methodological aspects of policy analysis, this year, the lectures and workshops addressed issues related to political participation and policy and social change in countries of the region. The question participants and lecturers were trying to find answers to was “How to achieve policy and social change from “the bottom-up” and from “outside”? Particular attention was devoted to the current crisis of representative democracy and low…

Alida Vračić, Populari’s Executive Director participated in the international workshop “The Western Balkans: Interests and Policies of the EU, Russia and Turkey”  held on October 16-17, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The workshop was organized by the Southeast Europa Association (Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft– SOG) in cooperation with the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik – SWP). Following the introductory statements by the organizers, participants had opportunity to participate at six different pannels during next two days.  Cold war 2.0? Revival of a system confrontation and emergence of a new world order?; Strategic foreign policy concepts of the external actors in the Western Balkan region; Long-term…

Populari’s Researcher Amina Krvavac attended the event where publication titled “What Members of Parliaments (MPs) and Journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina think of Euro-Atlantic integrations?” was presented.  It was held on July 02, 2014 in Sarajevo, BiH and organized by Banja Luka – based Center for Education „Pro Educa“. The publication summarizes the main findings of the research on the opinion of members of state and both entities’ parliaments, and journalists in BiH’s on the Euro-Atlantic integration process. Beside Populari representative, the event was attended by the representatives of nongovernmental organizations, political analysts and members of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH as well as members of…