Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Who Should Fill the Gap? Economy and Prosperity in Central Eastern and South-eastern Europe, and the Possibilities of Trade Unions Recently, the economic and labor market indicators in most countries of Central Eastern and South-eastern Europe have taken a positive turn once again. However, the social situation remains tense, precarious labor conditions have spread...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values The Democratic Potential of Emerging Social Movements in Southeastern Europe The left in Southeastern Europe is fragmented and characterized by significant mutual distrust between left and progressive political parties, donor funded or professional NGOs, and the emerging (populist or antagonistic) social...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends and Dynamics: Emerging Leadership in Southeast Europe The recent change in government in Macedonia, a small (symbolic, yet important) step forward in Bosnian-Serbian relations embodied by to the first Serbian presidential visit to Bosnia after six years, and Montenegro’s final...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice The Exlcuded Generation: Youth in Southeast Europe This study offers a comparative overview of findings of youth surveys conducted between 2011 and 2015 by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in nine countries of Southeast Europe (SEE). Survey results are indicative of young people’s ...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Health Care Systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina The subject of this study is the broadest conceptual issue of how to arrive to a financial model that will allow a sustainable and stable method of financing the healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus creating the preconditions for...
Publication The Relocation of Refugees in the European Union Just a day before a regular meeting of EU foreign ministers in late April 2015, a tragic incident occurred in the Mediterranean. Nearly 800 people drowned when an overcrowded fishing boat capsized off the coast of Libya on...
Publication Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE Koristi od resursne efikasnosti i perspektive zelenog rasta Crne Gore Trenutnu situaciju u Crnoj Gori u vezi sa smanjenjem emisija gasova s efektom staklene bašte (GHG) karakteriše mali broj stacionarnih izvora emisija GHG (na TE Pljevlja i KAP zajedno otpada 90% ukupnih nacionalnih emisija GHG), veoma...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy From Technical Negotiations to Comprehensive Normalization Belgrade Relations Between Belgrade and Pristina Belgrade and Pristina are under increasing international and domestic pressure to define their relations through a comprehensive normalization agreement. Both Serbian and Kosovo representatives in principle confirm their commitment to...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends and Dynamics: NATO in Southeast Europe The Euro-Atlantic institutional framework is the future of the Western Balkans. Or, at least, that has been the mantra in Brussels and Washington for the better part of the last two decades. European integration, arguably the more...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Wealth Tax in Bosnia and Herzegovina Traditionally, a right to tax exists and is theoretically justified only after the basic human needs are met. Accordingly, fair taxation implies that the ones who have more wealth, pay more taxes, and thus finance state and...