The International Institute for Peace (IIP), in collaboration with the Austrian Institute for Foreign Affairs, Renner Institute, Admovere and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Prishtina, cordially invites you to the following series of initiatives:
Young Generations for the New Balkans 2030: Towards Alternative Horizons”
Initiative/Series
March 11th – 13th 2019
Prishtina/ Skopje/ Belgrade
Day I: Prishtina
Workshop: 14:00h-16:00h
Date: 11th March 2019
Location: FES office, Mujo Ulqinaku Str. 4/10, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo
Format: Seminar/Workshop with youth representatives from the region and from Kosovo in the early afternoon (with approximately 20 people)
Focus: Emigration and reconciliation, and here specifically various aspects of the Serbia- Prishtina dialogue; the Prespa agreement as a model for Kosovo-Belgrade efforts?
The issue of visa liberalisation and EU-integration and how it shapes the political attitudes of the young people in Kosovo and beyond.
Moderation: Vedran Dzihic, Senior Researcher at the oiip; Lecturer at the University of Vienna
Public discussion and exchange between youngsters and political and civil society stakeholders
Content
Caught in a vicious circle between old-fashioned backwards oriented politics and nationalism on one hand side and the lack of economic, educational and social perspectives on the other, young generations in the Balkans seem to be losing patience and when possible emigrating to the West in a search for a better life. UN agencies and experts speak about a massive demographic revolution going on in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, changing societies more than many other developments in their younger history. In parallel, democracies in the region are vulnerable, EU integration process is not delivering fast results, and alternative horizons are not easy to find. Our initiative on turning the flashlights on youth, their progressive stances and hopes for the future wants to ask tough questions about the region, about educational opportunities and limits, about reconciliation, EU hopes and possible illusions. Based on sound and sober assessments of the situation, we want to look forward, sketch alternative horizons, and look for alternatives for South-eastern Europe’s way beyond emigration.
This seminar and the public discussion in Prishtina and Belgrade are the next step of the initiative/series “Young Generations for the New Balkans 2030: Towards Alternative Horizons”. The discussions and results of the regional events will be taken further to European capitals and the region, first to Paris und Bucharest and then to Brussels. Visits and events in other European Cities – among others also in the context of EU presidencies – will prominently feature young participants from the region as ambassadors representing the fresh and alternative view on and of the Western Balkans. By the means of continuous engagement throughout 2019 and beyond, we will keep working on promoting alternatives to the status quo and also embarking upon the real and tough work and action to make alternative horizons possible.
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Day I: Prishtina
Public Event: 6:00pm-8:00pm
“Young Generations for the New Balkans 2030: Towards Alternative Horizons”
Date: 11th of March 2019
Location: Librria Dukagjini, Rr. Hajdar Dushi, Nr. 6, 10000, Prishtina, Kosovo
Format: Public panel discussion
Focus: Emigration & Reconciliation &Education: Visa liberalisation and EU- integration and how it shapes the political attitudes of the young people in Kosovo and beyond. Aspects of the Serbia-Prishtina dialogue; the Prespa agreement as a model for Kosovo-Belgrade efforts?
Opening: Dhurata Hoxha, Minister of European Integration of Kosovo
Hannes Swoboda, President IIP, former MEP
Panel: Aulona Memeti, ADMOVERE, Prishtina
Education /Emigration
Djordje Bojovic, London School of Economics
New Perspectives on the Prishtina- Belgrade process
Adi Cermiagic, European Stability Initiative
The Prespa agreement as a model for Kosovo Belgrade efforts?
Agnesa Qirimi (tbc), Kosovar Couth Council,
Youth initiatives
Frank Hantke, Friedrich Ebert Stifung, Prishtina
Europeanisation, Visa-liberalisation, EU integration
Moderation: Vedran Dzihic, Senior Researcher at the oiip; Lecturer at the University of Vienna
Afterwards: Cocktails for the public at the venue.
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Young Generations for the New Balkans 2030: Towards Alternative Horizons”
Initiative/Series
March 12th
Skopje/Belgrade
Day II - Skopje
Date: March 12h
Meeting: 10:40 with Nikola Dimitrov, Foreign Minister of North Macedonia
11:00 Round Table with Dane Teleski, Advisor to Prime Minister (tbc)
Day II - Belgrade
Public Event: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
“Young Generations for the New Balkans 2030: Towards Alternative Horizons”
Date: 12th of March 2019
Location: Impact Hub, Makedonska 21, Beograd 11103, Serbia
Format: Public panel discussion
Focus: Reconciliation beyond mythic narratives. History and regional cooperation: How to make the Prishtina-Belgrade dialogue a success story? Learning from the region
Opening: Hannes Swoboda, President IIP, former MEP
Panel: Djordje Bojovic, Former program director at European Grassroots Antiracist Movement (EGAM), Belgrade
Reconciliation within the P-B dialogue
Stefani Siprovska, Youth Educational Form, Skopje
Education and regional cooperation
Nikola Burazer, Programme Director at the Centre for Contemporary Politics and the Executive Editor at European Western Balkans.
Reconciliation beyond mythic narratives
Adi Cermiagic, European Stability Initiative
broad European perspectives
Moderation: Vedran Dzihic, Senior Researcher at oiip, Lecturer at the University of Vienna
Afterwards: Cocktails for public at Venue until 8:45 pm
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Young Generations for the New Balkans 2030: Towards Alternative Horizons”
Initiative/Series
March 13th
Belgrade
Day III - Belgrade
Workshop: 10-12:00am
Date: 13th March 2019
Location: Hotel Envoy, Čika-Ljubina 13, Beograd 11000, Serbien, Organised by FES
Format: Seminar/Workshop with youth representatives from the region and from Kosovo in the early afternoon (with approximately 20 people)
Goal: Reflection on recent events, how to proceed?
Focus: Emigration and reconciliation, and here specifically various aspects of the Serbia- Prishtina dialogue; the Prespa agreement as a model for Kosovo-Belgrade efforts? The issue of visa liberalisation and EU-integration and how it shapes the political attitudes of the young people in Kosovo and beyond.
Moderation: Vedran Dzihic, Senior Researcher at the oiip; Lecturer at the University of Vienna
Introduction: Presentation of South Study by FES representative