ANETREC Summer School
EU POLICY TOWARDS WESTERN BALKANS WITH EMPHASIS ON REGIONAL COOPERATION, BASED ON RECONCILIATION – RESULTS AND CHALLENGES
Bitola, North Macedonia, 4-11 September 2022
The Summer school will be in the Hotel Millenium and at the Faculty of Law,
“St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola
PROGRAMME
Sunday, 4 September 2022
Arrival of participants to Bitola and accommodation in Hotel Millenium, Shirok Sokak 48.
20.00-20.30 Welcome meeting place: Hotel Millenium
– Presentation of the program
– Information on the organisation issues
Monday, 5 September 2022
Chair: Prof. Emeritus Dr Silvo Devetak, Coordinator of the ANETREC project
9.30-10.00 Registration of participants
10.00-10.30 OPENING ADDRESSES
– Oliver Várhelyi, Commissioner for enlargement, European Commision Brussels
–Mr David Geer, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of North Macedonia, Skopje (online)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Goran Ilik, Dean, Faculty of Law, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola
THE NOTION, DEVELOPMENT AND CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EU POLICY TOWARDS WESTERN BALKANS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PRESENT INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL AND SECURITY CIRCUMSTANCES
10.30-13.00 location: Hotel Millenium
The enlargement of the EU. A comprehensive review on the relations between the EU and the Western Balkans
Dr Ezio Benedetti, ISCOMET Institute, Maribor
Aims, ways, means and interests of external factors in the WB 6 region (NATO, USA, Russia, Turkey, China, Gulf Arab countries)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Elena Tilovska Kechegi and Assoc. Prof. Dr Goran Ilik, both Faculty of Law, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola
Overview on the EU instruments of financial assistance applied to the Western Balkans
Assoc. Prof. Dr Mladen Karadzoski, Faculty of Law, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.30-16.30 Afternoon lecture and seminar (location: Faculty of Law, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola)
The evolution of the EU and the EU’s external policy and action (online)
Assoc Prof. Dr Đana Luša, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb
Seminar with Assoc. Prof. Dr Đana Luša (online), Assoc. Prof. Dr Elena Tilovska Kechegi, Prof. Dr Goran Ilik, Dr Ezio Benedetti and Assoc. Prof. Dr Mladen Karadzoski
19.00-20.00 Dinner
20.00 Social gathering of students; get to know each other
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Chair: Dr Ezio Benedetti, ISCOMET Institute, Maribor
RESPECT OF OTHERNESS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AS ONE OF PRECONDITIONS FOR STABILITY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION OF WESTERN BALKANS (WB 6) SOCIETIES AND A REGION AS A WHOLE
9.00-12.00 location: Hotel Millenium
Business and socio-economic rights
Prof. Dr Jernej Letnar Černič, New University,
Faculty of Government and European Studies, Kranj/Ljubljana and ISCOMET Institute, Maribor
Mechanisms for protection from discrimination and legal remedies
Ass. Prof. Dr Gregor Maučec, ISCOMET Institute, Maribor
Regulating hate speech by means of criminal law
Ass. Jan Stajnko, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor and ISCOMET Institute, Maribor
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Afternoon lecture and seminar (location: Faculty of Law, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola)
The principle of equality and non-discrimination – key concepts and notions (online)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Oriona Muçollari, Faculty of Law, University of Tirana
Afternoon seminar with Assoc. Prof. Dr Oriona Muçollari, Prof. Dr Jernej Letnar Černič, Ass. Prof. Dr Gregor Maučec and Ass. Jan Stajnko
16:00 Possibility of paid visit of the old city of Bitola
19.00-20.00 Dinner
20.00 Social gathering of students; get to know each other
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr Elena Tilovska Kechegi,Faculty of Law, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola
MULTICULTURALISM AND ETHNICITY IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
9.00-12.00 location: Faculty of Law, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola
Ethnocultural pluralism and social cohesion (online)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Danijela Vuković-Ćalasan, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Montenegro
Political integration of national minorities – theoretical approaches and empirical challenges
Ksenija Marković, M.A., Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade
The concepts of multiculturalism and Islamic challenge
Marko Jovanović, M.A., Institute of Social Science, Belgrade
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Afternoon seminar (location: Faculty of Law, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola) with Assoc. Prof. Dr Danijela Vuković-Ćalasan (online), Ksenija Marković, M.A and Marko Jovanović, M.A.
16:00 Possibility of paid visit of the Museum
19.00-20.00 Dinner
Thursday, 8 September 2022
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr Mladen Karadzoski, Faculty of Law, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola
THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION IN WESTERN BALKANS AND IN DEVELOPING GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN NATIONS
9.00-11.00 location: Hotel Millenium
Group identities and religion: politics, conflicts and reconciliation
Ass. Prof. Dr Samir Forić, Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo
Religion – state relations in the frame of reconciliation
Ass. Prof. Dr Dalibor Djukić, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.00-16.30 Afternoon lecture and seminar (location: Faculty of Law, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola)
Interreligious dialogue in the Western Balkans (online)
Prof. Dr Thomas Bremer, University of Münster, Germany and ISCOMET Institute, Maribor
Seminar with Prof. Dr Thomas Bremer (online), Ass. Prof. Dr Samir Forić and Prof. Dr Dalibor Djukić
16.30 Free time for students
19.00-20.00 Dinner
Friday, 9 September 2022
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr Sarina Bakić, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo
RECONCILIATION IN THE POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT IN THE WESTERN BALKANS AS A PRECONDITION FOR THE EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU ENLARGEMENT POLICY
9.00-12.00 location: Faculty of Law, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola
Reconciliation in post-conflict societies – peace agreements and elements/dimensions of reconciliation (political, economic, and social); bottom-up and top-down approaches to reconciliation (online)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Ružica Jakešević, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
State-building and elements of reconciliation (institutional design, power-sharing, minority rights – the three elements will be analysed in a three case studies, Kosovo, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia)
Prof. Dr Iliriana Islami, Faculty of Law, University of Pristina
The role of civil society in reconciliation (online)
Ass. Prof. Dr Fjorda Shqarri, Faculty of Law, University of Tirana
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Afternoon lecture and seminar (location: Faculty of Law, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola) with Assoc. Prof. Dr Ružica Jakešević (online), Prof. Dr Iliriana Islami, and Ass. Prof. Dr Fjorda Shqarri (online)
16:00 Possibility of the paid visit of Heraclea Lyncestis (Ancient city)
19.00-20.00 Dinner
Saturday, 10 September 2022
Chair: Prof. Dragica Vujadinović, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade
THE PROBLEM OF MIGRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF EU POLICY TOWARDS WESTERN BALKANS (WB 6), WITH EMPHASIS ON REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THIS FIELD
9.00-12.00 location: Hotel Millenium
Overview of migration and refugee protection
Prof. Dr Ivana Krstić, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade
Integration of migrants – challenges and opportunities
Assoc. Prof. Dr Sarina Bakić, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo
Position of third country nationals in the EU
Prof. Dr Matjaž Tratnik, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Afternoon seminar (location: Faculty of Law, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University in Bitola) with Prof. Dr Ivana Krstić, Assoc. Prof. Dr Sarina Bakić and Prof. Dr Matjaž Tratnik
19.00-20.00 Dinner
Concluding session
20.00-21.00 Location: Hotel Millenium
– Awarding of certificates of participation to the participants
Sunday, 11 September 2022
– Departure of the participants from Bitola
Background information:
- Essays publication: The students’ views on the European integration of the Western Balkans region: https://www.iscomet.org/StudentsEsseys.pdf
- Online lectures of the ANETREC study program: European integration of western Balkans based on reconciliation and cooperation https://anetrec.eu/anetrec-database/anetrec-study-courses/ (password: anetrec01)
- European Commission
– Albania report 2021; https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/albania-report-2021_en
– BiH report 2021; https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/bosnia-and-herzegovina-report-2021_en
– Kosovo* report 2021; https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/kosovo-report-2021_en
– Montenegro report 2021; https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/montenegro-report-2021_en
– North Macedonia report 2021; https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/north-macedonia-report-2021_en
– Serbia report 2021; https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/serbia-report-2021_en#files
– A credible enlargement perspective for and enhanced EU engagement with the
Western Balkans; https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/enlargement-policy/strategy-and-reports_sl
– other policy and other documents on enlargement of EU towards Western Balkans; https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/enlargement-policy/enhanced-eu-engagement-western-balkans_sl
ANETREC SUMMERS SCHOOL – PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Prof. Emeritus dr Silvo Devetak
ANETREC Summer School coordinator
ISCOMET Institute
iscomet@siol.net
+38641699641
Franc Mlinar, MA, Secretary of the Program committee
ISCOMET Institute
franc.mlinar@ecers-um.si
+38641373199
Assoc. prof. Dr Oriona Muçollari
Faculty of Law, University of Tirana
+355682050363
tildamia@yahoo.it
Assoc. prof. Dr Sarina Bakić
Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo
+387 61 13 1360
+387 33 666 844
sarina.bakic@fpn.unsa.ba, sarinabakic@hotmail.com
Assoc. prof. Dr Đana Luša
Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
+385 1 46 42 112
dana.lusa@fpzg.hr
Assoc. prof. Dr Elena Tilovska-Kechedji
University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola
elena.tilovska-kechegi@uklo.edu.mk
+38978383010
Prof. Dr Iliriana Islami
Faculty of Law, University of Pristina
+383 229 763
+383 45 266 504
Ilirianaislami@yahoo.com
Assoc. prof. Dr Danijela Vuković-Ćalasan
Faculty of Political Science University of Montenegro
danijelacalasan@gmail.com
+382 20 481 159
Prof. Dr Dragica Vujadinović
Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade
dragicav@ius.bg.ac.rs
+381658272607
Dr Goran Bašić
Institute of Social Sciences
basicgoran11@gmail.com
mobile +381 69 2197510
Prof. Dr Matjaž Tratnik
Faculty of Law, University of Maribor
+386 40 422864
matjaz.tratnik@um.si
ANATREC SUMMER SCHOOL – ORGANISATION COMMITTEE IN BITOLA
Assoc. prof. Dr Elena Tilovska-Kechedji – Coordinator
elena.tilovska-kechegi@uklo.edu.mk
+38978383010
Prof. Dr Goran Ilik
Goran.ilik@uklo.edu.mk
Assoc. prof. Dr Mladen Karadzoski
+38970632343
mladenkaradzoski1983@gmail.com