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May 2012 Education Capacity Building Tour in Albania and Serbia. In cooperation with Education Forum from Serbia and the Center for Democratic Education from Albania, Professor Lorin Anderson from the University of South Carolina gave a series of talks at the University of Tirana, the University of Durrës and the University of Belgrade on the revision of Bloom's Taxonomy and the new dynamic teaching methodology tool which he is developing together with the CDRSEE and an international team of education experts. 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. Present at these talks were the State Secretary from the Ministry of Education and Science in Serbia Ms Tünde Kovàcs-Cerovic, the Director of the Institute for Educational Development Ms Tidita Abdurrahmani from Albania, PHD students, professors and educators.
14 May 2012 – European Union Enlargement Process.
CDRSEE board member Dušan Reljić has co-authored a research paper on the hiatus in the European Union Enlargement Process. Together with the co-authors, Andrea Despot and Günter Seufert, he argues that in the wake of Croatia's EU accession in mid-2013, it is probable that the Union's enlargement process towards Turkey and the Western Balkans will initially grind to a halt, possibly for a decade or more. How can the EU nonetheless safeguard its position as the driving force behind conflict transformation in the Western Balkan states, and how can it prevent European influence in Turkey, an increasingly important player on the international stage, from dwindling? It should ensure candidates' integration within as many EU policy areas as possible prior to accession, so that the stabilising and democratising effects of the EU's enlargement policy remain intact. For the full text of the analysis, please click here: http://www.swp-berlin.org. The paper is also available in Turkish and Bosnian / Croatian / Montenegrin / Serbian language.
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6 May 2012 – International Expectations Following Elections in Serbia.
CDRSEE Board member Dusan Reljic participated in a panel at the Media Centre in Belgrade on election night May 6th to discuss the expectations of the international community regarding Serbia's future EU membership and the difficult economic and political changes it will need to pursue. The discussions were moderated by CDRSEE Executive Director Nenad Sebek.
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| The work of the CDRSEE is carried out with the kind financial support of the following core donors. |
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| Who we are |
| The Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation that seeks to foster democratic, pluralist, and peaceful societies in Southeast Europe by advocating principles of social responsibility, sustainable development, and reconciliation among the peoples in the region. These goals are accomplished via seminars, conferences, research projects, exchange programmes, opinion polls, and publications. |
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Climate change, at least in Southeast Europe, seems to have abolished spring and autumn. We seem to go straight from winter into the summer and vice versa. And so, after a long winter, the Balkans are plunging into the heat of May already. And no, I am not referring to elections, the political climate, progress or lack of progress towards the EU, just the weather! Click here to read the whole text. |
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 The CDRSEE and the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) will kick off their new project "Similarities Between Differences" this Saturday, 24 March with a first in a series of five recordings. Starting on 2nd of April, these series of lively debates about controversial regional issues will be broadcast via major national and local TV stations throughout the region. The idea is to foster a frank exchange of ideas and an open debate about the issues that are badly affecting these countries, impeding EU accession and reconciliation. This series will bring together well-respected and unbiased individuals from a wide field of social sciences, including anthropology, ethnology, cultural studies, applied ethics and many others. The wider debates that this series are meant to help find real solutions and a mutual understanding in a region plagued by miscommunication and misconceptions. The topics covered will be: "Prejudices", "Economic crisis", "Media", "Great powers and the Balkans", and "The Young in the Balkans".
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Download the September 2011 issue here!
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The Joint History Project (JHP) enters a new phase in 2011, thanks to the support of the European Union. The CDRSEE is delighted to announce a refreshing 3 year programme which will allow the JHP to continue fostering reconciliation and democracy development throughout the region, through intensified activities, in scope and in content.
Watch this space for upcoming news!
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CDRSEE's proposal for an inter-faith initiative published.
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Click here to read the article on the Albanian-Serb Information Forum published by 'The Bridge' |
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CDRSEE is creating teaching materials and developing an outreach programme as part of an ongoing Joint History Project for Southeast Europe. Teaching Modern Southeast European History, or the “History Workbooks” project is one of the initiatives under the umbrella of the Southeast European Joint History Project (JHP).
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