Events

Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Office for Peace and Cooperation in Europe (FES ROCPE) has launched an initiative to provide a platform for young women and men to formulate and discuss with decision-makers a vision for how a safer future in the OSCE area could look by 2030 and beyond.

On the 21st and 22nd of November, 2019, the Academia in Dialogue series continued with an event on Radical Political Engagement in Southeast Europe. Panteion University hosted the gathering, organized together by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Athens and Dialogue Southeast Europe offices.

On the 7th of November, the Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations and the Regional Cooperation Council organized a consultative project design workshop, aimed to gather innovative and evidence-based inputs on the design and implementation of the future Western Balkans Youth Labs project. The event gathered government and youth representatives, as well as suitable international organizations in the region to discuss priority concerns of youth and youth practitioners.

From 23rd to 27th of October, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, together with Female Leadership Academy, has organized the first Social-democratic Regional Women’s Leadership Academy in Ruma (Serbia). The event has gathered around 30 female participants from the Western Balkans intending to create lasting connections and cooperation in the efforts to achieve equal, developed, socially responsible societies grounded in the values of peace and welfare.

From 29th to 31st of October, the Cooperation and Development Institute organized the 5th Tirana Connectivity Forum, in partnership with the Friedriich Ebert Stiftung, Hans Seidel Stiftung and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. The conference is also supported by the Western Balkans Summit, Regional Cooperation Council and co-funded by the European Union.

The 2019 edition of the International Parliamentary Conference "A European Union in Disarray: Perspectives and Challenges for Southeast Europe", organised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Cavtat, Croatia on October 11 -13, came at a critical moment for the European Union (EU).