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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