Balkans Group organised a series of events aimed at promoting and supporting dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Within our platform, the Western Balkans Policy Forum, we organised the conference “Dialogue with Serbia: Lessons from the Past for the Future of the Process.” The conference brought Baroness Catherine Ashton and Ambassador Philip Reeker, the facilitators of […]
11-13 May 2023, Prishtina, Kosovo Balkans Group, in cooperation with the Foundation BFPE for a Responsible Society and Atlantic Council, organised the Balkan Dialogues Initiative conference, under the framework of the Western Balkans Policy Forum. Within the Western Balkans Policy Forum, this conference successfully served as a platform for engaging dialogue and collaboration among key […]
Right before German Chancellor Olaf Scholz resumes the Berlin Process in early November 2022, Balkans Group’s new policy report – The Relaunch of the Berlin Process for the Western Balkans: Making its Objectives more Ambitious, provides a comprehensive analysis of the Berlin process. Building on its successes and drawbacks the analyses seek to establish a new blueprint for […]
Western Balkans Six Countries are negotiating free movement with ID cards for citizens of Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Serbia within the Berlin Process. Balkans Group strongly advocates for enhancing regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations, promoting the rights of citizens within the WB6 countries to move freely, increasing cross-border cooperation, enabling […]
20-21 June 2022 Balkans Group organized an exchange event of prominent civil society representatives of Serbia and Kosovo on 20-21 June 2022, in Prishtina, Kosovo. Stemming from Balkans Group pillar of ‘Advancing Regional Cooperation & Good Neighbourly Relations’, this event aimed at setting the foundation for regular exchanges of various groups of interest between the […]
26 & 27 May 2022, Tirana Balkans Group organized a two-day workshop “Kosovo in regional initiatives: Calendar of the agendas and the working plan”. This workshop brought together representatives of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), and officials from line ministries, namely Contact Points of the regional cooperation agendas, particularly of the Common Regional […]
30 March 2022 Balkans Group held the latest workshop “Kosovo in Regional Initiatives: Institutional Framework and Coordination”. This workshop aimed at strengthening the institutional framework and coordination to effectively address all issues related to regional cooperation agendas. During the workshop, the participants reviewed several monitoring, reporting and communication mechanisms. These mechanisms are critical for increasing […]
Balkans Policy Research Group has published a new policy report KOSOVO-SERBIA DIALOGUE: Implementing the Freedom of Movement and Integrated Border Management for the benefit of the people, which provides a detailed analysis of those arrangements and the state of implementation. The Freedom of Movement (FoM) and the Integrated Border Management (IBM) arrangements are closely intertwined […]
Prishtina, February 24, 2022 Balkans Group organised a focus group called “Youth and Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue” as part of their efforts in the Regional Cooperation and Good Neighborly Relations component. The focus group consisted of students from various study backgrounds who unanimously expressed the importance of continuing the dialogue until a final agreement is reached. The […]
19 January 2022 During this roundtable, The Group for Regional Cooperation and the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue, part of the Alumni Network of the Executive Program “Youth in Politics”, addressed and discussed main challenges, issues and opportunities on the topic Regional Cooperation and the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. . The conference was organized by this group who was also […]