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100 Stipendiaten der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung aus Albanien, Kosova, Montenegro, Mazedonien, Bosnien & Herzegowina, Serbien, Kroatien, Bulgarien, Rumänien und Deutschland, treffen sich, um über die Vergangenheit, die Gegenwart und die Zukunft ihrer Länder zwischen dem Osten und dem Westen Europas, politisch, geopolitisch und kulturell betrachtet, zu diskutieren.

Programm der Veranstaltung:

Thursday, 14. September 2017

Until 23.00Arrival of participants

19.30 Dinner

Friday, 15. September 2017

Until 8.45 Breakfast

9.00 Welcoming Address

Walter Glos, KAS Albania

Henri-Giscard Bohnet, KAS Berlin

9.30-10.30Interactive introduction round of the participants

Moderation: Ejona Gjeci, Stela Kosova, Andi Gjetani

10.30 Coffee break

11.00 National Presentations: The Western Balkans between East and West

Moderation: Ejona Gjeci, Stela Kosova

Albania: a view from the West and the East

Delegation from Albania

11.15Muslims in Germany – part of history and culture?

Delegation from Germany

11.30Discussion

11.50In and out, Kosovo’s position in the foreign policy of the Western Balkans

Delegation from Kosovo

12.05Cultural influences: East, West, or Balkan?

Delegation from Bulgaria

12.20The political economy of the regional integration in the Western Balkans

Delegation from Croatia

12.35Discussion

13.00Lunch Break

14.00National presentations continued: The Western Balkans between East and West

Moderation: Dr. Kerim Kudo, KAS Germany

Macedonia, a Balkan land where West and East meet – cultural bridges among ethnic groups

Delegation from Macedonia

14.15Western values vs. Russia’s historic patronage in Serbia from the 2000’s

Delegation from Serbia

14.30Religious Plurality in Western Balkans and its impact on EU integration

Delegation from Bosnia and Herzegovina

14.45Discussion

15.00Coffee break

15.20The importance of the OSCE for the Balkans followed by our unique added value in Albania in the last 20 years

Bernd Borchardt, Head of OSCE Presence in Albania

16.00Temporalities of culture during the Communism in Albania

Dr. Nebi Bardhoshi, Head of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Art

16.30Discussion

17.00End of the first day of seminar

19.30 Grill party at the beach/Hotel Premium

Saturday, 16. September 2017

Until 9.00 Breakfast

Moderation: Matilda Alku

9.15The tension between democratization and socialist regime legacies

Delegation from Romania

9.30International influences to the democratization process in the Western Balkans: EU and NATO membership conditionality and Russian influence

Delegation from Montenegro

10.00Discussion

10.30Coffee break

11.00 From Dayton to Brussels - Bosnia and Herzegovina on its path towards the EU

Elvis Kondciz, Former adviser to the Prime Minister on EU-Integration and international affairs in Bosnia & Herzegowina

11.30One Belt, one road: the other connectivity platform in the Balkans?

Ardian Hackaj, Head of Cooperation and Development Institute, CDI

12.00Discussion conclusions and end of the seminar

Moderated by: Amos R. Helms, KAS Germany

13.00Lunch

15.00Departure to Tirana: East meets West in Albania’s capital city

21.30Departure from Tirana to the hotel

Sunday, 17. September 2017

Departure of the participants