Alida Vračić, Populari’s executive director participated in the international workshop “15 Years of Peace-Building Activities in the Western Balkans – Lessons Learnt and Current Challenges“ held on April 23-26, 2010 at at Chateau Rothschild in Reichenau / Rax in Austria. The PfP Consortium Study Group on ”Regional Stability in South East Europe” (RSSEE) seeks to assess the situation in the South East European Region through enhanced international co-operation and strategic research on an academic level. The main focus is to elaborate major problem areas and work on possible solutions. By participating at the workshop, the participants seek to contribute to the creation and improvement of academic networking in the field of Security Policy in the…

Alida Vračić, Populari’s executive director participated as panelist at the international conference “Intercultural Dialogue and Internal Security” held in Sarajevo on May 15, 2010. Bosnia and Herzegovina and its capital Sarajevo hosted this international conference named “Intercultural dialogue and internal security” that gathered ministers of internal affairs of the West Balkans countries and Salzburg Forum. Alida took part as panelist on the role of religion as a bridge builder in the intercultural dialogue.  Besides Alida, panelists were former Minister of Internal Affairs of Montenegro Jusuf Kalamperović, General Director of Alevi, Federation in Austria Deniz Karabulut, and representative of Jewish Community in BiH Darko Finci. After an intense two-day session, the Sarajevo Declaration was…

Populari’s Executive Director Alida Vračić participated in the international conference “The Western Balkans: Overcoming the Economic Crisis – From Regional Cooperation to EU Membership” that was held on December 09, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium and organized by the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the EC in cooperation with the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). The event focused on the financial situation in South East Europe and the challenges ahead. In this context the importance of regional cooperation in overcoming the economic crisis was discussed. It brought together up to 200 participants including representatives of the region, member states, international financial institutions and key media representatives. It was…