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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 - EU Conflict Prevention

Seminar
"EU Conflict Prevention:
Lessons Learned from the W. Balkans"


Athens, 4 - 7 May 2003

A seminar organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
under the aegis of the Greek Presidency of the EU
and in cooperation with
the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
and the ADB/ the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in SEE.

Schedule

SUNDAY 4 MAY 2003
 
Afternoon
Arrival in Athens -Check in at the hotel
(Astir Palace Hotel, 44 Apollonos Av. 16671, Vouliagmeni, Athens
tel: (00 30) 210 8902000; fax: (0030) 210 8963194 and 8960758)
     
Evening   Opening Reception
     
MONDAY 5 MAY 2003
     
09.00 - 09:30   Welcome Address by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
His Excellency Mr. Georgios Papandreou
     
09:30 - 10:00   EU Conflict Prevention: Policies and Strategies

**To be announced
     
10:00 - 11:45   The role of International Institutions in Conflict Prevention in the Balkans

Chair: Dan Smith, PRIO, Oslo; Onassis Fellow ELIAMEP

Stefan Lehne, Western Balkans, Director, Directorate General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, EU
Robert Serry, Director, Crisis Management and Operations Directorate, NATO
Amb. Lamberto Zannier, Director of the OSCE's Conflict Prevention Center
Mr Johannes de Jonge, Director of External Relations, Directorate General of Political Affairs, Council of Europe

     
11:45 - 12:15   Coffee Break
     
12:15 - 14:00   Preventing Conflicts in the Balkans: Lessons Learned

Chair: a Swedish official (To be announced)

Alexandros Yannis, Directorate General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, EU
Amb. Alexandros Mallias, Director of Balkans Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Gerald Knaus, Director, European Stability Initiative
Jacques Forster, Vice-President, International Committee of the Red Cross
John Riddle, Deputy Special Co-ordinator, Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
*His Excellency, Mr. Ilir Meta, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albania
     
16:00 - 18:00  

Looking ahead: Challenges to Peace and Security in the Balkans

Chair: Marc Otte, EU Policy Unit, Head of Task Force for ESDP

*Michael Steiner, Head, United Nations Mission in Kosovo
*Amb. Dice, Deputy, Office of the UN High Representative for Bosnia & Herzegovina
Alexis Brouhns, EU special representative in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Ivan Simonovic, Deputy Foreign Minister of Croatia

     
20:00 - 21:00   Dinner (Restaurant outside Hotel premises)
     
TUESDAY 6 MAY 2003
     
09:00 - 12:30   Group One: Building democratic institutions in the Balkans
(social exclusion, unemployment, human rights, ethnic reconciliation, good governance, etc.)

Moderator: Karen Fogg, Secretary General, International IDEA
Rapporteur: Paul Risley, Senior Programme Officer, International IDEA

Group Two: Assessing the efforts against organized crime
(human trafficking, narcotics, money laundering, trafficking of illegal goods etc.)

Moderator: Anna Matveeva, Head of Arms and Security, Eastern Europe Programme, Saferworld
Rapporteur: Sheila Cannon, Projects Director, ADB/CDRSEE

Group Three: Building Partnerships/Networks on Conflict Prevention. From Helsingborg to Athens
(Governments, IOs, IFIs, NGOs / inter-agency co-ordination and complementarity within EU agencies)

Moderator: Anders Ronquist, Deputy Secretary-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Rapporteur: Lambis Kondonis, Research Fellow, ELIAMEP

     
12:30 - 14:00   Lunch
     
14:00 - 16:00   Towards a Comprehensive EU Strategy on Conflict Prevention in the Balkans
Presentation of working group reports
     
WEDNESDAY 7 MAY 2003
     
    Participants departure
 
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