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Who Shapes the Future of Work? Technology, Migration and Social Rights in the Western Balkans

The Stay & Shape conference in Sarajevo explored the choices facing workers, employers and policymakers across the region.

Panel Who Is Shaping the Future of Work? with Amar Numanović of the International Labor Organization, Ratka Babić of the Employment and Social Affairs Platform, and Faris Godinjak of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (LtoR). Moderated by Jelena Šapić
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Who Plans the Transition? FES and ETUC Bring Balkan Trade Unions Together in Sarajevo and Kakanj

October 12 to 14, the FES Southeastern Europe office, Competence Center Climate and Social Justice, and the European Trade Union Confederation brought together trade unionists, leaders, and experts to discuss the just transition in the...

Participants of the just transition in the Balkans seminar hosted by FES and ETUC at the Municipality of Kakanj.
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Critical Raw Materials: Dispatch from Kosovo

Governed differently from the legacy extractive model, Kosovo’s mineral potential could support sustainable development and EU integration; without such safeguards, it risks reproducing environmental harm, social opposition and investor...

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Creator: KadAzra / Azra Kadić
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A decade of adaptation: Mapping the security agenda in the Berlin Process

Over its first decade, the Berlin Process has undergone a measurable reorientation toward security, spanning energy, cyber, migration, and economic security.

Creator: KadAzra / Azra Kadić
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Open Call for Interns

Internship at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Southeastern Europe Regional Office in Sarajevo for 2027

Creator: KadAzra / Azra Kadić
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Securing Europe Through Regional Cooperation: FES at the Sarajevo Security Conference

From September 4th to 6th, Sarajevo hosted the fourth annual Sarajevo Security Conference, themed “Securing Europe in a Divided World.”

Panel at the Sarajevo Security Conference 2026, L to R Ruxandra Ivan, Alexandar Dimitrov and Cristian Chiscop.
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Critical Raw Materials: Negotiating the Politics Behind the Green Transition

At the 2026 Young Bled Strategic Forum, participants stepped into a negotiation simulation to find out what happens when the need for secure critical raw material supply chains collides with environmental protection and local...

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Call for Authors: Policy Analysis on current U.S. Influence in the Western Balkans

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