SMART Balkans Regional Conference is about to start soon!
On the 20th and 21st of December this year, we are coming to Podgorica, Montenegro.
The conference consists of two components/elephants:
1. The role of religion and religious leaders in socio-political movements and decision-making processes in the Western Balkans region, within this component, are two panels:
Religion as untapped potential for socio-political changes
How and why to cooperate?
How and why to cooperate?
2. Practices and lessons learned on workforce and human resource management in the civil sector, panel within this component is:
Who’s to blame for the brain drain in the civil sector?
DAY 1
Welcoming speeches:
- Aida Daguda, Directress of Centar za promociju civilnog društva
- Nela Jović, Senior Programme Advisor, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade
- Đorđe Radulović, Adviser to the President of the Government of Montenegro
- Dajana Cvjetković, Manager of the SMART Balkans project
The first keynote lecture: “The role of religion and religious leaders in socio-political movements and decision-making processes in the Western Balkans region”,
- Prof. dr. Danijela Gavrilović, sociologist, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš
PANEL 1: Religion as untapped potential for socio-political changes
- Nina Krivokapić Bakrač, Institute for social innovation, Montenegro
- Razim Čolić, Riyaset of Islamic Community in BiH
- Ylli Doçi, chairman, Inter-religious Council of Albania
- Felipe Herrera – Espaliat, priest and editorial coordinator – Vatican News
- Vahidin Omanović, Center for Peacebuilding, BiH
- Moderator: Marika Djolai, Team Leader/ Key Expert Global Exchange on Religion in Society, Germany
PANEL 2: How and why to cooperate?
- Igor Mitrović, director ADRA Serbia – Adventist Development and Relief Agency
- Romario Shehu, a researcher at the Institute for Democracy and Mediation, Albania
- Jelena Jorgačević Kisić, journalist Serbia
- Arben QIREZI, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at University of London, Kosovo
- dr. Genti Kruja, Professor of Sociology at Bedër University, Secretary General of Inter-religious Council of Albania & Vice President of ENIB, Religions for Peace, Europe
- Miloš Vukanović, Historian and educator
- Moderator: Ana Vujošević Nenezić, CSO expert MNE
- Conclusions, prof. dr. Skender Bruçaj
DAY 2
The second keynote Lecture: “Practices and lessons learned on workforce and human resource management in the civil sector”
- Prof. dr. Ilir Gadeshi, Managing Director at Center for Economic and Social Studies, Albania
PANEL 3: Who’s to blame for brain drain in the civil sector?
- Aida Daguda, directress Centar za promociju civilnog društva, BiH
- Milica Škiljević, Deputy Chief of Party, Partners Global, Serbia
- Sanela Shkrijelj, Member of Parliament of North Macedonia
- Tihomir Dakić, President of the Center for Environment, BiH
- Blerjana Bino Center Science and Innovation for Development (SCiDEV), Albania
- Moderator: Simona Mladenovska, BCSDN network, North Macedonia
Suppose you are a representative of a civil society organization or religious community from one of the six Western Balkans countries, and you believe you can contribute to the topics of the conference. In that case, you are in the right place! Register via the following link https://bit.ly/ElephantsInCivicSpace.
We look forward to your reply, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Centar za promociju civilnog društva (CPCD), together with partner organizations from Albania – Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) and North Macedonia – Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM), is implementing project SMART Balkans – Civil Society for Shared Society in the Western Balkans.
This project strengthens participatory democracies and Euro-Atlantic integrations in the Western Balkans by empowering civil society organizations and CSO networks for a more vital and active role in creating peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs finances it with a grant worth more than 17 million EUR.
