30 November 2021 On 30 November, Balkans Group organized the conference “Kosovo in regional initiatives: challenges and opportunities”. The conference aimed at discussing venues and opportunities for increasing Kosovo’s participation and membership in regional organizations and initiatives, as well as addressing the challenges that hinder its position in regional fora. Ms. Donika Gërvalla Schwarz, Second […]
Dear Ms. Kalathil and Mr. Escobar, We, the twenty-one undersigned representatives of pro-democracy civil society organizations from the Republic of Kosovo, write to you on behalf of our constituencies, in relation to the upcoming Summit for Democracy hosted by the U.S government on December 9-10. It was with great concern that we took note of […]
30 March 2021 Balkans Group has published the policy report “Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans”. This report presents an analysis of the most debated and unfolding agendas on regional cooperation: the Regional Economic Area, the so-called “mini-Schengen” and the Common Regional Market. The countries of the Western Balkan Six share the ambition of joining […]
“Identifying the best ways to approach regional cooperation in the Western Balkans 29 March 2021 Balkans Group organized a roundtable with members of civil society and experts of the field, to support the delivery of the component “Advancing Regional Cooperation & Good Neighborly Relations”. This component aims to identify the best ways to approach regional […]
16 March 2021 Balkans Group held the launch event for the dialogue-info.com on 16 March 2021, which is a platform dedicated to informing citizens on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue and the reached agreements. Deputy Ambassador of Norway to Kosovo was present in this launch event, where she spoke about the importance of this platform, as a project […]
8 February 2021 Balkans Group launched the new project “Elevate peace & state-building agenda and advancing European agenda” financed by The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project aims to elevate peace, state-building and the European agenda for Kosovo, through reconciliation, comprehensive policy-making, expertise, increased political and […]
The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) in cooperation with the Balkans Policy Research Group (BPRG) and the European Policy Institute (EPI) published a survey report which investigates the role and potential of the Albanian geopolitical factor in Albania, North Macedonia and Kosovo. In each of these countries, ethnic Albanian political, cultural and economic elites […]
The new Balkans Group policy article “Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans” presents an overview of the two most debated agendas on regional cooperation — the Regional Economic Area (REA) and the “mini-Schengen”, with another on the horizon – the Common Regional Market. In July 2017, the RCC presented the Multi-annual Action Plan for a […]
The new Balkans Group policy article Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue: Path to the Agreement, addresses the missing elements of the dialogue and looks at the roles all actors are playing: the facilitators, the countries involved in supporting this process, as well as Kosovo and Serbia that are doing very little to shift their positions toward a more constructive dialogue. […]
23 September 2020 – Balkans Group organized an online workshop on the Kosovo- Serbia dialogue, with the experts of the field. This event primarily focused on guiding the development of the web platform, which BPRG is launching to increase citizens’ involvement and understanding of the Kosovo- Serbia dialogue process. The platform aims to become citizens’ […]
