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02-04 July 2010 - The second cycle of Training Activities for history teachers in Serbia was kicked off during the first weekend of July with an up-skilling workshop for teacher trainers. The event was also attended by representatives of the Serbian Ministry for Education and four more workshops will take place in autumn 2010, targeted at further enhancing the skills of history teachers in multi-perspective modern teaching methodology all over Serbia. Click here to read the full article.
04 June 2010 - CDRSEE’s 2009 Annual Report available for download. Inaugurating a new decade of activities, the CDRSEE’s 2009 annual report is available for download! In 2009, CDRSEE saw its two flagship projects, Employed Empowered and The Southeast European Joint History Project (JHP) run full steam ahead and yield the results of success, whilst a new project, the Recycle Monster: Don’t Throw It, Show It! was created and implemented right here at the Center’s adoptive home, in Thessaloniki. To read the full article, please click here.
08 & 09 May 2010: The Recycle Monster: ‘Don't Throw it, Show it!’. CDRSEE in partnership with the American College Thessaloniki (ACT), successfully undertook its first public event in Thessaloniki over the weekend of 08 and 09 May and organised in the city’s Artistotle Square an educational campaign titled "Recycle Monster: "Don't Throw it, Show it!". The project was implemented by CDRSEE staff and ACT students, and the community and student spirits were high as the recycle-oriented events took place over the whole weekend. Click here to read the whole article!
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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 |
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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) |
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Opening Reception |
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| MONDAY 5 MAY 2003 |
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| 09.00 - 09:30 |
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Welcome Address by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
His
Excellency Mr. Georgios Papandreou |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
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EU Conflict Prevention: Policies and Strategies
**To be announced |
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| 10:00 - 11:45 |
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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 |
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| 11:45 - 12:15 |
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Coffee Break |
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| 12:15 - 14:00 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 20:00 - 21:00 |
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Dinner (Restaurant outside Hotel premises) |
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| TUESDAY 6 MAY 2003 |
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| 09:00 - 12:30 |
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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 |
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Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 16:00 |
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Towards a Comprehensive EU Strategy on Conflict Prevention
in the Balkans
Presentation of working group reports |
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| WEDNESDAY 7 MAY 2003 |
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Participants departure |
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