ANETREC summer school

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