On 15th of December Centre for European Perspective has celebrated its 10th Anniversary with holding a round table and a networking reception at Jable Castle.
Event was opened by Dr Gorazd Justinek, CEP Director, who reflected on CEP achievements so far and thanked his team and all those present on helping to build the story of CEP for last 10 years. Event was continued by an opening speech made by Sabina R. Stadler, acting Director-General at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who greeted all those present and emphasized that CEP has through 10 years grown and can now not only walk but also speak and think.
Round table, titled “Past, present and future of the EU through the eyes of enlargement”, has gathered interesting speakers who addressed the public on the topic of current situation in EU and Western Balkans, enlargement fatigue, BREXIT, public opinion and last but not least role that CEP has played in accession processes of countries in the Balkans. Round table was moderated by Peter Grk, Secretary-General of the Bled Strategic Forum, while speakers that took part were Dr Sabina Lange, EU Institute for Security Studies Associate Analyst; Goran Svilanović, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council; Milan Nič, Head of Europe at GLOBSEC Policy Institute and Tobias Flessenkemper, Centre International de Formation Européenne. After the introductory speeches where debaters each presented their views and opinions, round table was concluded by question and answer period.
After the formal part, guests had the opportunity to network in a less formal environment, with cake, drink and festive spirit.
CEP je praznoval 10. rojstni dan
Na Centru za evropsko prihodnost smo 15. decembra z organizacijo okrogle mize ter slavnostnega sprejema na Gradu Jable proslavili 10. obletnico delovanja.
Dogodek je odprl direktor CEP dr. Gorazd Justinek, ki je povzel dosežke centra ter se zahvalil vsem prisotnim ter svojim sodelavcem, da so pomagali graditi zgodbo centra zadnjih 10 let. Uvodno je zbrane nagovorila Sabina R. Stadler, generalna direktorica na Ministrstvu za zunanje zadeve, ki je pozdravila vse prisotne ter poudarila, da je CEP v 10 letih iz otroka zrasel v osebo, ki je zmožna ne le hoditi, temveč tudi govoriti in misliti.
Okrogla miza z naslovom »Preteklost, sedanjost in prihodnost EU skozi oči širitve« je zbrala zanimive govorce. Naslovili so aktualne teme, tako glede EU ter Zahodnega Balkana, kot tudi trenutne situacije v svetu, BREXIT in javnomnenjske raziskave. Izpostavili so tudi vlogo, ki jo je CEP s svojo pomočjo odigral pri doseganja EU standardov v državah Zahodnega Balkana. Okrogla miza je bila moderirana s strani Petra Grka, generalnega sekretarja Blejskega strateškega foruma, kot govorci pa so sodelovali dr. Sabina Lange z EU inštituta za varnostna vprašanja (Bruselj); Goran Svilanović, generalni sekretar Regional cooperation council (Sarajevo); Milan Nič, GLOBSEC (Bratislava) ter Tobias Flessenkemper, Centre International de Formation Européenne (Nica). Po razpravi med govorci so sledila vprašanja publike.
Po zaključku uradnega dela dogodka so imeli gostje priložnost poklepetati ob torti, pijači in prazničnem vzdušju.