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"Hiding Memory, Hiding Responsibility" by Jelena Krstic. Read the blog of our EFB Fellow Jelena Krstic (Programme Development at Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Serbia) who took the course "Memory and Conflict: Remembering and Forgetting in Divided Societies" at this year's Center for Comparative Conflict Studies (CFCCS) Summer School 2019 The blog ▶️ https://bit.ly/2VHsOQi #Kosovo #Serbia #humanrights #Reconciliation
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The first two Fellows who are participating in the Fund's Fellowship in the Austrian Parliament Österreichisches Parlament Zhaklina Dhamo from Albania and Faton Hamiti from Kosovo have began their practice programme and exchange of know-how with their colleagues from Austria. A workshop on #democracy with the guest lecturer Mr. Erhard Busek was held at the very beginning of this educational cycle for the civil servants working in the National Parliaments of Western Balkan countries. Supporting the #reforms of the #WB6 #parliaments #WesternBalkans #EU #Austria #publicadministrationreform Supported by ERSTE Foundation Stipendienprogramm für ParlamentsmitarbeiterInnen der Westbalkanländer Zhaklina Dhamo und Faton Hamiti aus dem albanischen und dem kosovarischen Parlament bekommen seit dem 16. September 2019 über das Stipendienprogramm des European Fund for the Balkans einen Einblick in die Arbeitsweise des österreichischen Parlaments. Die ersten Eindrücke konnten bei Ausschuss- und Plenarsitzungen sowie dem Besuch der Demokratiewerkstatt mit Gast Erhard Busek bereits gesammelt werden. Alle Infos über das Programm erfährst du unter: https://www.balkanfund.org/ © Parlamentsdirektion / Thomas Jantzen bzw. Faton Hamiti
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The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) is a joint initiative by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the ERSTE Foundation and the King Baudouin Foundation that supports countries from the Western Balkans in the EU association process. The initiative aims at strengthening democracy, fostering European integration and developing a strategy to address Europe’s emerging challenges.
The fund follows the recommendations made by the International Commission on the Balkans initiated by the Robert Bosch Stiftung. It had stated that the development of functioning government agencies must be supported and that a pro-European public is an important requirement for the integration of the region into the European Union. As a neutral platform for innovations, the fund has been supporting this process.
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