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Vicinity Chronicles – New format for exchange of personal experiences, views and perspectives from the region

Vicinity Chronicles – New format for exchange of personal experiences, views and perspectives from the region
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Civil Society and Think Tank Forum on November 9th, Sofia EU WB Summit of the Berlin Process on November 10th, 2020

The European Fund for the Balkans, the European Council on Foreign Relations – Sofia office, and the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje will jointly organize the Think Tank and Civil Society Forum on November 9th, 2020, which will precede the Berlin Process 2020 Sofia Summit (November 10th, 2020).
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Launching the regional initiative Trees of Friendship

The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) is launching its “Trees of Friendship” initiative which will involve planting of 400
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EFB in support of marking 20 years of the Igman Initiative

The European Fund for the Balkans is supporting the organization of the online conference of the Igman Initiative called “Two Decades
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New call for the Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament

The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) announced the call for applications for the Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament. The fellowship programme funded by the Austrian Parliament is designed for civil servants working in the administrations of the National Parliaments in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
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Apply for : Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament

We are looking for the 6 best applicants from the WB6 National Parliaments, who want to shape the regional and European collaboration by using their knowledge and enthusiasm in applying the best practices in the process of administrative reform
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Contribution by FES SOE to the Social Dimension Initiative: Social Rights are Fundamental Rights

The countries of the Western Balkans (WB) are facing enormous social challenges, including poverty and inequality, widespread joblessness, and precarious employment...
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BiEPAG with a policy response and key recommendations to tackling the COVID-19 crisis in the Western Balkans

The global COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by governments around the world constitute a major rupture to the “business as usual”, and this includes the Western Balkans, too. The pandemic has been overshadowing other developments while also accelerating existing trends, and it will continue to do so.
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[EWB Interview] Tomanić: Consequences of state capture in WB are now clearer than ever

Author: Nikola Burazer Source: EWB EU integration of the Western Balkans, the new enlargement methodology and whether it can strengthen the EU
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EFB in support of the live debate “Environmental Movements in the Balkans” at the first Balkan Trafik Digital edition

The global outbreak of the #Covid19 has postponed the Balkan Trafik Festival to autumn 2020, but the European Fund for the Balkans is still on board and pleased to support the organizers in hosting the first Balkan Trafik 360° Digital edition.
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BiEPAG Experts at the Western Balkans Think Tank Forum in Skopje, 8-10 of March, 2020

The Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis“ Skopje (IDSCS) together with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Sofia will
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Promotion of the book

The promotion of the book "When the Serbs and the Albanians Loved Each Other" was held on Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Media Center in Belgrade.
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Signed MoU for close cooperation on the Social Dimension Initiative - EFB, FES and ASB

On January 15th 2020, the European Fund for the Balkans signed a Cooperation Agreement with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Dialogue Southeast Europe and
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Interview with the Executive Director Aleksandra Tomanic for EurActiv Serbia

Interview with the Executive Director Aleksandra Tomanic for EurActiv Serbia
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The process of democratisation and Europeanisation is not possible without the Western Balkan civil society

Representatives of the European Fund for the Balkans’ (EFB) and its Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) took part in the meetings
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The Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans (CSF WB) will present its policy inputs and recommendations at the Western Balkans Summit in Poznan

The Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans (CSF WB) as an intiative coordinated by the European Fund for the Balkans will be part of this
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EFB at Impact 2019 Conference, February 19-20, 2019, Belgrade

After Impact 2018, the European Fund for the Balkans supported the organization of the second 2019 edition of this conference (February 19 –
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Wieslaw Tarka, Coordinator of the Poznan Summit: It is important to listen to the civil society

The Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans roundtable “Looking forward to Poznan Summit” took place yesterday in Belgrade. It was an
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CSF roundtable discussion “Looking forward to Poznan Summit”,January 24, 2019

European Fund for the Balkans as a coordinator of the work of the Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans in close cooperation with the European
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Western Balkans Summit: Civil Society at the Foreign Ministers' Conference

In the framework of this year’s Western Balkans Summit in London, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has organised the Foreign
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