“Crime does not pay off,” is a message that is being resolutely approached in North Macedonia and which the competent Macedonian investigation and prosecution authorities want to spread across the country with their work and results in the field of financial investigations and confiscation of assets of illicit origin act.
To this end, Slovenia continues to provide development assistance to North Macedonia in strengthening the capacities necessary for the successful implementation of these legal competencies. From 29 June to 2 July 2021, workshops will be held in North Macedonia in the field of analytical work and operational procedures in financial investigation, where colleagues will exchange Macedonian and Slovenian experiences.
The project is part of the programme activities of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation Programme financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and carried out together with the State Prosecution, Financial Administration, Ministry of Interior and Police of the Republic of Slovenia.
On Friday, 11 June 2021, the capacity building workshop on disinformation concluded. The event brought together representatives of media and civil society from the Western Balkans. The representatives of government from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro were present, which enabled all three stakeholders to exchange experiences and learn from each other.
The participants received input from international and local experts, which was followed by a discussion. The topics were centred around how different actors in Europe counter disinformation and what is the role of the government, civil society and media in this. The event enabled media and civil society organizations to openly share their common challenges and engage in discussion on how to address them. It provided an environment in which stakeholders from all three sectors could engage in an open and honest exchange of views. In the second half, the participants actively engaged in scenario role-play to address crises situations and disinformation. This will be followed by other events and activities which encourage stakeholders to tackle the challenge of foreign disinformation in the Western Balkans.
The event was organized in the framework of the project “Strengthening societal resilience and countering foreign perpetrated disinformation in the Western Balkans” financed by the National Endowment for Democracy and Slovenian Aid fund from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For more about the project activities – click here.
*Do zapolnitve kapacitet (v okviru omejitev) bo razpravo mogoče spremljati v živo (z upoštevanjem pogojev PCT) na gradu Jable, Grajska cesta 1, 1234 Mengeš, ostali udeleženci pa jo bodo lahko spremljali preko interneta (Zoom platforma, live-stream bo potekal na Facebook profilu BSF). Možnost ogleda v živo bo določena glede na kronološki vrstni red prispelih registracij. Udeleženci, ki se bodo razprave lahko udeležili v živo bodo o tem obveščeni 48 ur pred dogodkom na e-poštni naslov.
Letošnji Blejski strateški forum bo posvečen prihodnosti Evrope in odraža željo in potrebo po razpravi o najbolj perečih problemih našega časa ter kako naj se na njih Evropska unija odzove. Nedavni začetek Konference o prihodnosti Evrope to tudi potrjuje. A vendar mora razprava o prihodnosti Evrope zaobjeti tudi prihodnost širitve na zahodni Balkan ter južno in vzhodno soseščino, ki so za EU strateškega pomena, saj se tu širi vpliv držav, katerih interesi, vrednote in norme se močno razlikujejo od vrednot in norm EU. Imamo dovolj ambicij in modrosti za pospešek širitvenemu procesu in premiku k skupnemu cilju – ekonomski, demokratični in družbeni transformaciji regije? Kako bomo vključili poglede zahodnega Balkana h Konferenci o prihodnosti Evrope?
Obenem pa prehitro pozabljamo na pomen bližnje soseščine za zagotavljanje miru in varnosti EU. Sosledje nedavnih kriz – pandemije, migracij in pešajočih gospodarstev – je dodobra razkrilo nepripravljenosti EU na njih ter pomanjkljivosti ad-hoc rešitev.
Kakšna bo oz. bi morala biti vloga vprašanj soseščine na Konferenci o prihodnosti Evrope? Kako lahko Evropa postani bolj aktivna pri reševanju najbolj perečih problemov soseščine?
Na razpravi o teh vprašanjih bodo sodelovali:
Dr. Valentin Inzko, Visoki predstavnik za Bosno in Hercegovino
Lojze Peterle, bivši poslanec Evropskega parlamenta
Dr. Igor Senčar, Državni sekretar RS za koordinacijo mednarodnih in EU zadev
Dr. Aleš Maver, publicist, prevajalec in profesor
Katja Geršak, Izvršna direktorica Centra za evropsko prihodnost
Moderator: Peter Grk, generalni sekretar Blejskega strateškega foruma
Pogovor bo potekal v slovenskem jeziku in bo sneman.
The three-day training is designed to enhance resilience and boost regional cooperation of the six countries in the Western Balkans against disinformation.
The training will bring together representatives of government, civil society and media from all 6 countries in WB. The project will enable them to work together when encountering cases of foreign disinformation. With this training, we are helping them in setting up national systems designed to detect and respond to disinformation. Moreover, the training will increase regional cooperation between CSOs and media, as well as encourage government-to-government sharing of cases of disinformation.
The training will cover a range of topics regarding disinformation, and it will follow specific interactive formats of role play.
Contact Ms Ana Ješe Perkovič, CEP Programme Manager (e-mail: [email protected]).
Slovene version:
Na usposabljanju za krepitev zmogljivosti v boju proti dezinformacijam bodo predstavniki civilne družbe, medijev in vlad iz Albanije, Bosne in Hercegovine, Črne gore, Kosova, Severne Makedonije in Srbije. Usposabljanje bo potekalo v Hilton Garden Inn hotelu v Zagrebu med 9. in 11. junijem 2021.
Na usposabljanju bodo sodelovali slovenski in tuji strokovnjaki za strateško in krizno komuniciranje, za digitalno družbo in dezinformacije. Na usposabljanju bodo poleg virtualnih predavanj in predavanj v živo tudi okrogle mize in delavnica, kjer bodo vseskozi sodelovali udeleženci.
Slovenska razvojno sodelovanje z Republiko Srbijo se uspešno nadaljuje tudi v letu 2021. Od 8. do 11.6.2021 bodo v Srbiji potekale delavnice, katerih namen je prenos izkušenj in dobrih praks na področju upravljanja patrulj. Delavnice bodo namenjene organizacijskim enotam splošne, prometne in mejne policije na območju policijskih uprav Zaječar, Bor, Požarevac in Pirot. Srbija si na ta način, ob pomoči Slovenije, trudi izboljšati odziv policijskih patrulj na potrebe ljudi, koordinacijo dela policije na terenu, tudi pri odzivu na kriminal in migracije, in zaščito policistov pri opravljanju policijskih nalog.
Projekt je del programskih aktivnosti, ki se izvajajo v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za notranje zadeve/ Policijo Republike Slovenije, financira pa jih Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje.
Več informacij:
Andreja Dolničar Jeraj
Programska direktorica
Center za evropsko prihodnost
Slovenian development aid to the Republic of Serbia, activities in progress
Slovenian development cooperation with the Republic of Serbia is continuing successfully in 2021. From 8 to 11 June 2021, workshops will be held in Serbia, the purpose of which is to transfer experience and good practices in the field of patrol management. The workshops are intended for organizational units of the general, traffic and border police in the area of the police administrations of Zaječar, Bor, Požarevac and Pirot. In this way, with the help of Slovenia, Serbia strives to improve the response of police patrols to the needs of the people, the coordination of police work in the field, including the response to crime and migration, and the protection of police officers in performing police duties.
The project is part of program activities carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior / Police of the Republic of Slovenia and is financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia from funds for international development cooperation.
A workshop on the topic of countering foreign perpetrated disinformation for North Macedonian NGO’s, media representatives and governmental officials
CEP is organising the second workshop on the topic of countering foreign perpetrated disinformation, this time for North Macedonian NGO’s, media representatives and governmental officials. All too often these groups are working separately from each other, yet all striving towards the same goal, which is to protect democratic institutions and diminish the space for disinformation. This training will bring them one step closer towards this goal. The online training will take place from 26 – 27 May.
On the first day, the participants will hear about a Dutch success story, on how the government works together with civil society to combat disinformation. They will learn about which online tools they can use to better detect and verify disinformation. Lastly, they will hear about the trends and cases of Russian perpetrated disinformation in Europe.
With the input from the international experts and the help of the North Macedonian civil society, we are aiming to support the government of North Macedonia to build their own national system of countering foreign perpetrated disinformation.
The series of workshops is a part of the project supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Slovenia’s Development Cooperation Programme.
