EU & Western Balkans, Sarajevo, 9-13.11. 2004


EU & WESTERN BALKANS
Sarajevo, 9-13th November 2004

The application deadline of the EU & Western Balkans
conference has been prolonged. So you still have time
to join it!

This is a conference organised by AEGEE-Sarajevo and
International Politics Working Group – important
bodies of the European students’ forum AEGEE
(Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de
l’Europe), with over 17.000 members in 42 European
Countries.

The conference is part of a larger project called "EU
and Europe", an original initiative that aims at
analysing the aspects of identity in Europe from the
historical, political, economical, cultural and
personal points of view with reference to particular
countries or regions (put together due to their
similar relations with the EU) such as the Western
Balkans, Russia, Belarus, Turkey, Romania and
Bulgaria. We will also conduct a survey and publish
the findings of the entire project.  One of the
conferences of this project, called "EU and Western
Balkans" will focus on this region.

The seminar is scheduled to take place during 9th-13th
of November 2003 in Sarajevo. Forty-five young people
from all over Europe, out of which a significant
number from this region, are expected to take part in
this conference that will mainly debate the current
relations between different parts of this region and
the European Union, as well as the challenges that the
Balkans are facing for EU accession.

More information and application forms available at
http://wwww.aegee.org (under events)
or http://www.aegee.ort/eue

Draft programme as follows:

EU&WESTERN BALKANS, SARAJEVO 9-13/11/2004

TUESDAY 9/11    Arrival Day
18:30-19:30     Check-in hostel, refreshing hour
19:30-20:30     Dinner, ice breaking games
       
WEDNESDAY 10/11 Theme: Former Yugoslavia & Bosnia
10:00-11:15     Opening of the conference. Welcome
address by Ambassador Humphreys, head of the EC
delegation in BiH(TBC): The Role of  the EU in the
Balkans.
11:15-11:30     Coffee break
11:30-13:00     Lecture: The break-up of Yugoslavia and EU
foreign policy during the Yugoslav conflict +the role
of the international presence in the region, all
institutions: explanation of Dayton
13:00-14:30     Lunch
14:30-15:30     Political System of Bosnia & Herzegovina:
Federalism or Power-sharing?By OHR representive (TBC)
16:00-18:00     Guided tour of Sarajevo
19:30-21:30     Dinner
21:30   European night
       
THURSDAY 11/11  Theme: EU & Western Balkans
10:00-13:00     Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, FYR Macedonia,
Serbia & Montenegro(including Kosovo) and the
EU–Individual Developments-
11:45-12:00     Coffee break
12:00-13:00     Discussion
13:00-15:00     Lunch
15:00-16:00     Challenges and Opportunities for Bosnia
and Herzegovina’s EU Accession
16:00-16:15     Coffee break
16:15-18:00     Round table: The Role of the
International Presence in the Region
18:00-19:00     Formal dress code change
19:00-20:30     Reception Netherlands Embassy: speech on
Aims of the Dutch EU Presidency (TBC)
21:30   Social programme
       
FRIDAY 12/11    Theme: Focus on the region
10:00-11:00     Balkan Identity and islam
11:30-11:45     Coffee break
11:45-13:00     Lecture: Managing Multi-ethnic Societies
13:00-15:00     Lunch
15:00-16:00     Workshop: Challenges for SEE and the EU
(including free movements of persons, corruption,
human rights)
16:00-17:00     Round table: EU accession prospects for
SEE
17:00-18:30     Conclusions and closing of conference
19:30-21:30     Dinner
21:30   Farewell party
       
SATURDAY 13/11  Departure day
       
POST-EVENT (Optional)  
9:30-12:00      departure bus to Mostar
12:00-13:30     NDC: conflict resolution by NDC (TBC)
13:30-15:00     Lunch
15:00-17:00     Free time / Citytour: Stare Most (old
bridge)
17:00-19:30     Departure bus to Sarajevo
19:30-21:30     Dinner
21:30-22:00     Social programme