After more than two decades of engagement in southeastern Europe, the FES recognizes that the challenges and problems still facing this region can best be resolved through a shared regional framework. Our commitment to advancing our core interests in democratic consolidation, social and economic justice and peace through regional cooperation, has since 2015 been strengthened by establishing an infrastructure to coordinate the FES' regional work out of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Regional Dialogue Southeast Europe (Dialogue SOE).
Prenos znanja oduvijek je bio temelj društvenog opstanka, ali savremeni obrazovni sistemi sve češće zaostaju za stvarnošću koju sami oblikuju. U ovoj analizi Adna Sokolović razotkriva duboki raskorak između obrazovanja u...
As the year comes to a close, we take a moment to slow down.
This concise policy brief explores how the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act intersects with political tensions, environmental risks, and local resistance in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The paper analyses key pitfalls,...
We introduce you to the most recent round of Youth Studies for Southeast Europe.
The FES published “Enlargement Policy and Social Change” study, which proposes changing perspective for a moment and looking at enlargement policy from a different angle.
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Dialogue Southeast Europe (FES SOE) office is based in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Established in 2015, we are committed to the advancement of social democratic values in southeastern Europe.
The FES operates individual country offices across the whole of southeastern Europe. Dialogue Southeast Europe cooperates closely with these offices to advance social democratic initiatives at the domestic and regional levels.
Sarah Hees-Kalyani
Dialogue Southeast Europe
European integration must be created as democratic, socio-economically reliable with an equitable foreign policy. We listen to citizens' concerns and identify decision-makers, making alternative approaches to policy transparent.
Just Climate is the FES Competence Center for Climate and Social Justice, based in Brussels, and focuses on energy, industrial, structural, and labor policies, as well as the European Green Deal.
The FES founded the Brussels-based Competence Centre on the Future of Work in 2021. We strive for a future of work where the benefits of digital technology are widely shared and go hand in hand with quality jobs and social protection for all.
IPS Journal is an active debate platform addressing questions of international and European politics. It sets out to, beyond describing recent challenges, create impulses through critical interpretation and assessment.
Follow FES Southeast Europe on LinkedIn to stay updated on regional initiatives, engage with insightful content, and build a network of experts and professionals fostering progressive dialogue with us.
The prospect of accession remains a significant incentive for the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey for political, social and economic reform. Dialogue SOE and the FES office in Brussels jointly implement activities with a focus on progress in Southeast Europe.
"The world is on the move. People are fleeing wars, poverty, authoritarian regimes or climate change. Opportunities and challenges arise – from the global to the local level. How can we address them?"
Trade union representation in the 21st century knows no borders. Therefore, modern trade union policy is necessarily transnational – just like our trade union promotion, which links national, regional, and global levels.
"Gender Matters - gender equality counts!", is a new thematic website of the FES, which emphasizes the importance of more gender equality in our society, targeting gender equality around the world.
FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (ROCPE) aims to engage with the challenges to peace and security in Europe, and foster new concepts based on the foundations of a norm-based co-operative security architecture.
Dialogue SOE is featured under Internationale Arbeit on the FES Youtube Channel. Take a look at videos from our events and projects, with exclusive footage and input from experts and guests!
The FES Regional Dialogue SEE is on Instagram. Follow us there @fes_soe for creative updates on publications, infographics, snippets from various events and our partnerships with other organizations!
