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Supporting Policy Deveopment website
Supporting Policy Development is programme by the European Fund for the Balkans which seeks to serve policy researchers, think tanks, NGO’s, and governments, who are interested to be engaged in the policy developments and the EU integration process in the Western Balkans. The programme aims to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and expertise based on the evidence based approach for addressing complex societal challenges the countries of the region are facing on their way to EU membership.
Policy Talks are are short interviews with the researchers from the Western Balkans policy research organisations conducted within the Think and Link - Regional Policy Programme and supported by the European Fund for the Balkans.
Igor Novakovic - Centre for International and Security Affairs – ISAC Fund (Serbia)
Ilina Mangova - Institute for Democracy "Societas Civils" Skopje (Macedonia)
Slaviša Jovanović - Agency for Cooperation, Education and Development (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Fjolla Raifi - Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (Kosovo)
The overall objective of the Peer Exchange is to provide a space for representatives of 50 think tanks and advocacy organizations (with established track records in policy relevant research) and a dozen of donors active in the region and offer them a space for peer-to-peer exchange of practices, positive and negative lessons learned and brainstorming on new innovative ideas.
20 years after 1991: The Tale Of Two Generations
The year 2011 marked the twentieth anniversary of the dissolution of the Yugoslav federation – two decades of wars and conflicts that left a deep scar on the Balkans and its people. The many analyses of events, leadership, or transformation processes have often overlooked the human dimension of regional disintegration.