15. 3. 2017 | PR
Centre for European Perspective and Service for Strategic Studies and Analyses of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a workshop on the future of the EU and migrations for postgraduate students and lecturers from the Doshisha University from Kyoto, Japan.
The workshop, taking place on March 10, 2017 at Jable Castle, was opened with the introduction of the university by the Dean of the Graduate School of Global Studies and the Program Coordinator of the Advanced Doctoral Program in Global Resource Management, prof. dr. Masanori Naito. Dr. Naito pointed out that his university is among the eldest private educational institutions in Japan, established by Joseph Hardly Neeshima, who secretly escaped Japan in order to study in the United States of America. When the prohibition of travelling abroad was abolished, Neeshima returned to his homeland and established the university.
The visiting PhD candidates, two from Japan, four from China and one from the Philippines, Thailand, Malesia and Taiwan, had a chance to get to understand the Slovenian approach to foreign policy. Representative of the MFA, Ambassador Dr. Stanislav Raščan, introduced the Strategy and Declaration of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Slovenia, and Executive Director of Centre for European Perspective Dr. Gorazd Justinek presented the work of the organization in the Western Balkans.
As one of a few Japanese experts on Islam, dr. Naito discussed the current situation in Turkey, which led to a further discussion on the state of the wider region. Ambassador Igor Senčar introduced the recent developments in the debates on the future of the EU, Ambassador Vojko Volk touched upon the migration crisis and its impact on the Western Balkans, and Ambassador Iztok Mirošič explained the ongoing debate surrounding the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the EU.
15. 3. 2017 | IECEU, PR
EUFOR Althea je vojna operacija, uspostavljena u okviru Zajedničke vanjske i sigurnosne politike (ZVSP – Common Security and Defence Policy) i predstavlja najdužu vojnu operaciju pod ZVSP, te predstavlja integralni pristup Evropske unije (EU) prema Zapadnom Balkanu. Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini (BiH) je ostavio više od sto hiljada žrtava, dok je iz svojih domova prognano više od dva miliona ljudi. Rat je završen nakon više od tri godine posredovanjem međunarodne zajednice pod okriljem NATO-a. NATO je u zemlji ostao još devet godina u obliku dvije uzastopne misije, ovlašten od strane Ujedinjenih nacija, kako bi se osiguralo sprovođenje mirovnog sporazuma, demilitarizacije, razoružanja oružanih snaga i civilnog stanovništva, te povratak raseljenih lica u svoje prijeratne domove.
Preberi.
13. 3. 2017 | Montenegro - EU Accession, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
Center za evropsko prihodnost bo v okviru projekta Pomoč Črni gori pri pogajanjih o pristopu k EU 2017 izvedel prvo letošnje usposabljanje. Dvodnevno usposabljanje bo v obliki svetovanja potekalo pod vodstvom slovenskega strokovnjaka Radovana Tavzesa 16. in 17. marca 2017 v Podgorici.
Tokratno svetovanje bo potekalo v okviru pogajalskega poglavja 27 – Okolje, na dnevnem redu pa so različne direktive s področja kakovosti zraka, industrijskih emisij, odpadkov in voda.
Projekt je del programskih aktivnosti CEP, ki jih financira Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje.
10. 3. 2017 | Danube, PR
Today, on 12th March 12th Steering Group (SG) Meeting of the Priority Area 10 – Institutional Capacity and Cooperation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), hosted by the City of Vienna took place at the representation of Baden- Wurttemberg in Berlin, held on the side-lines of the Donausalon.
PA10 Steering Group members had the opportunity to participate at the Donausalon, the opening of congress part of the ITB Berlin 2017 on Thursday Evening. Slovenia as the “Convention and Culture Partner ITB Berlin 2017” coloured the event in green. Slovenian State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology Ms Eva Štravs Podlogar took the Danube river basin as an example and expressed readiness for further cooperation. The highlight of the evening was the National Geographic World Legacy Award won by the Slovenian Tourist Board in destination leadership category.
The PA10 SG meeting on Friday addressed several important items, from state of play in participating countries, Annual Forum, update on macroregional cooperation and Commission’s report, DSP closure, Seed Money Facility call, DSPF call to PA10 workplan in 2017. Two successful projects from the 1st DTP call were also presented – AgriGoForCities and Attracitve Danube project. The next PA 10 SG meeting will be held in November at Jable Castle and hosted by CEP.
3. 3. 2017 | IECEU, PR
Centre for European Perspective has together with University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, prepared and published an article within Slovenian Ministry of Defence Monthly Journal Slovenska vojska.
Article tackles the effectiveness of an operation that European Union launched in Bosnia and Herzegovina titled Operation Althea, on 2 December 2004, 9 years after the war ended. EUFOR Althea is a military operation and up until now the longest CSDP operation in its history. For assessing effectiveness, the article draws lessons from the findings of the research of EUFOR Althea’s capabilities. Article argues that the biggest unresolved question of the operation, and the one that is the hardest to eliminate, are the disparities in EU member countries opinion regarding scope of the operation and its aims.
Article available at: http://www.mo.gov.si/fileadmin/mo.gov.si/pageuploads/revija_sv/2017/sv_17_2.pdf.
Članek o uspešnosti operacije EUFOR Althea v Bosni in Hercegovini
Center za evropsko prihodnost je v sodelovanju z Univerzo v Ljubljani, Fakulteto za družbene vede, pripravil članek, ki je bil objavljen v reviji Slovenska vojska. Članek analizira uspešnost operacije EUFOR Althea, ki jo je EU vzpostavila v BiH 2. decembra 2004, 9 let po koncu vojne. EUFOR Althea je vojaška operacija ter do danes najdlje trajajoča SVOP operacija. Za potrebe analize so bili vzpostavljeni tako imenovani kriteriji/indikatorji za merjenje uspešnosti, pri oceni učinkovitosti pa članek črpa zaključke iz ugotovitev raziskave o zmogljivostih operacije. Članek izpostavlja, da je največje nerešeno vprašanje operacije, ki ga je hkrati tudi najtežje odpraviti, neenotnost v pogledih držav članic EU na obseg in delovanje misije, pa tudi glede njenih ciljev.
Članek je dostopen na: http://www.mo.gov.si/fileadmin/mo.gov.si/pageuploads/revija_sv/2017/sv_17_2.pdf.
1. 3. 2017 | PR
On 28th of February we have hosted Mr Jawhar Sircar, former State Secretary of India for Culture and CEO of Prasar Bharati, the largest public broadcasting service in the world.
Mr Sircar is paying a visit to Slovenia and lectures at various universities and organizations. During his visit he also visited CEP, where in a two-hour relaxed conversation he touched upon the relations between India and China; economic situation of India, its development and relations with neighboring countries as well as the EU and America. The debate tackled problem prioritizing in India, which is quite different from those of the rest of the world, as well as the media and the development of social networks in India.
Obisk nekdanjega indijskega ministra za kulturo g. Jawharja Sircarja
28. februarja smo na gradu Jable gostili nekdanjega indijskega ministra za kulturo, g. Jawharja Sircarja, ki se mudi na obisku v Sloveniji ter predava po različnih univerzah ter organizacijah. V sklopu svojega obiska je obiskal tudi CEP, kjer se je v dve-urnem sproščenem pogovoru dotaknil odnosov med Indijo in Kitajsko; ekonomskega stanja Indije, njenega razvoja ter odnosov s sosednjimi državami ter EU in Ameriko. Prav tako je debata nanesla na prioritizarnje težav, ki se v Indiji precej razlikujejo od tistih po svetu, pa tudi na medije in razvitost socialnih omrežij v Indiji.
