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16-18 December, 2011 – History Education Meeting in Belgrade, Serbia. The Joint History Project's History Education Committee finalised its push to expand this highly successful history book series to cover more recent times. During a two-day meeting in Belgrade, the editors and contributors discussed the publication within a larger circle of participants and received input from a renowned international expert in the field of Southeast European History. The fruitful meeting was the last in a series of three meetings made possible by the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Institute for Sustainable Communities.

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2 – 4 December, Dynamic Teaching Tools Concept Meeting in Thessaloniki – Some of the most accomplished educators and researchers from the region and from the United States gathered in Thessaloniki to create the framework for a new dynamic teaching methodology tool. This talented, multi-faceted group will ultimately publish a manual that will provide teachers with the latest research on teaching methods and ideas on how these methods can be used in their classrooms. While this project builds upon CDRSEE's highly successful Joint History Project, the information and ideas within will not be limited to history classes, but rather will be focused on the art of teaching in a rapidly changing society. The manual will be translated into six different languages. This was the first meeting, with the next scheduled for spring 2012 in Tirana. The project is funded by the European Union, under the IPA Programme.

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1 December, 2011 – CDRSEE and the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) will kick off a new project in December, organising a series of lively debates about controversial regional issues and broadcasting these debates via major local TV stations throughout the region. The idea of “Similarities Between Differences” is to foster an exchange of ideas and a real debate about the issues that are plaguing these countries, impeding EU accession and reconciliation. This is not your everyday talk show. This series will bring together untainted, well-respected and unbiased individuals from a wide field of social sciences, including anthropology, ethnology, cultural studies, applied ethics and many others. The topics will not be easy or comfortable, but the wider debates that spring from this series can lead to real solutions and a mutual understanding. More information on the EFB is available at www.balkanfund.org.

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Projects

The Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe has been implementing projects of various sizes and scopes since its foundation in 1998.  A diverse network of individuals, organisations and institutions have grown out of these civil society initiatives.  While each project has a unique set of goals, the overall objectives are to strengthen democracy and foster reconciliation in Southeast Europe.  Projects are carefully selected, designed, and cultivated based on a set of criteria that include: perceived social need, capacity for the CDRSEE to make a significant contribution, and advice and input from local partners and other informed actors.

Current and on-going projects:

  • The Recycle Monster: Don't Show it, Throw it!:
    The Recycle Monster Project is an educational campaign that focuses on promoting environmental awareness and, above all, educating youth about the advantages of recycling and inspiring them to make recycling part of their daily lives.

  • Employed, Empowered.  Beginning in 2006, this project takes place in Serbia and aims to reintegrate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees and returnees into society.  Four broad strands of activity aim towards the goal of enabling refugees, IDPs and returnees to build up sustainable livelihoods for themselves, thus supporting the national strategy of the Government of Serbia. 

  • Southeast European Joint History Project (JHP): a long-term response to conflict resolution through education.

  • Trading Hope links retired volunteer business people in the UK and Ireland with SME’s in Southeast Europe.

  • Shared Past, Common Future Southeast Europe reclaims its collective history through a documentary created by SEETV about the CDRSEE’s Joint History Project.

  • Albanian-Serb Information Exchange Forum is a way for journalists to access and deliver accurate, timely and balanced information on Kosovo/a in three languages: Albanian, English and Serbian.

     

Completed Projects

  • Disclosing Hidden History: Lustration in the Western Balkans   This EU funded project created a regional network of NGOs and specialised work groups with the aim of enhancing lustration legislation and practices and extending citizen participation in the public debate on the past in the Western Balkans.  The CDRSEE worked with five partners from 2004 to 2006.

  • “Our Town, Our Future” Radio Drama, Bosnia-Herzegovina  The Our Town, Our Future Project uses radio drama, along with extensive outreach work, to strengthen democratisation, good governance, and the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  This project is being implemented together with the BBC World Service Trust from 2004 to 2006.

  • “Building a Future Together” A Youth initiative in the Western Balkans.  While the project has come to a conclusion, the many links and relationships that have been made within the context of this project continue to flourish and grow.

  • Database of NGOs and experts working towards reconciliation in SE Europe   The database, initiated in 2003, is a useful tool for donors and NGOs to learn more about the civil society initiatives in SEE, to search for project partners and much more!

  • Internet Forum, 2003-2004.  An on-line Forum to discuss and debate issues of Reconciliation in the Western Balkans.  Supported by USAID, this Forum was used by Universities to create dialogue between students in different places with similar academic interests.
 
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