Avtivities 2012

 

Open Discussion about building legitimate outcomes in European Peace Operations

On 15^th of February an open discussion about the study project “existing conflict: building legitimate outcomes in European peace operations” took place in Hotel Prishtina, Kosovo. The study project was done by the Ownership Study Group organised by the FES and the Human Security Group at London School of Economics (LSE) which was represented by Mrs. Martin.  The discussion started with pointing out the main findings of the study and each participant was allowed to state his or her point of view. Participants have been for example Mr. Oirezi ( MPAKT)  or Mr. Sabovic (OSCE). Further, during the discussion various questions were raised like for example, Mrs. Martin asked the participants how they define ownership in the context of peace operations.  Several different answers were provided and participants evaluated the key concepts of the studyAt the end of the discussion, the participants were invited to lunch.

 

 

Roundtable on Kosovo and Council of Europe relations

18.01.2012

On 18^th of January, a Roundtable Discussion about Kosovo’s membership into the    Council of Europe took place in Grand Hotel, Prishtina. It was an event by the Foreign Policy Club who has already before published a publication about this topic in cooperation with FES. After Mr. Bokshi (Foreign Policy Club) have stressed the most important issues related to the topic, the deputy of foreign ministry, Petrit Selimi, evaluated Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe and discussed benefits of it and pointed out remaining challenges for Kosovo. After he explained different procedures to join the Council of Europe, the floor was given for comments and recommendations.The conference ended with the invitation for further discussions.

Debate on strengthening the role of youth in politics

27.01.2012

On Friday 27^th of Jnauary the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in cooperation with the Center for Qualitative Research (CQR) and the Youth Center of Prizren organized a debate with youngsters from this city on “How to strengthen the role of youth in politics”.  Last year CQR on behalf of FES conducted a study on the role of youth in the political landscape in Kosovo.  The researchers of CQR presented last Friday the main findings of their study and afterwards there was a debate with youngsters from Prizren. The Prizren youth find themselves represented in the study and discussed ways of strengthening their role in the political landscape of Kosovo.