EUROPEAN PROGRAM

 

 

FORUM OF SCHOOLS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONS

 

 

The Forum of Schools of European Integrations gathers 170 students of four generations of the School of European Integrations organised in Podgorica (2003-2006) and in Bijelo Polje (2006). The School is a unique alternative education program offering knowledge in the field of economy, European integrations and the system of protection of human rights in the European Union which encourages the trainees to undertake activities related to promotion and establishment of European standards in the modern society of Montenegro. The Forum contributes to the goal by connecting the people who have acquired knowledge on European integrations, by enriching their experience and encouraging them to participate actively in the approachment of Montenegro to European Union.

 

The most prominent national and international experts in the field of European integrations will be involved in the work of the Forum. They will work with the students of the School of European Integrations in the form of lectures, open for the public, and round table discussions leading to the publication of essays. The students will also have informal meetings where they will exchange information and agree on joint activities.

 

The project organisers Centre for Civic Education, European Movement in Montenegro, Centre for the Development of Non-governmental Organisations and the very School of European Integrations will regularly post information on the activities of the Forum on their respective web pages.

 

The premises for gatherings of the School trainees, including the Forum, were provided by the Department for Political Sciences of the Faculty of Law in Podgorica, which makes it possible for their students to get involved as well.

 

Activities undertaken so far:

Lecturers and guests of the Forum:

 

H. E. Gabriele Meucci is the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy in Montenegro. Formerly he was Vice-consul and later on the first Secretary within the Italian Consulate in Split, in Italian Embassy in Tirana he was appointed as the First Secretary and then the Councilor for trade issues. From 2003 to 2004 he worked within the Directorate General for Europe and during 2004 within the Cabinet of the Italian Prime Minister - Office for Cooperation with Parliament.

 

Dr Wiktor Osiatynski is a professor at Central European University in Budapest and Warsaw, member of the Board of the Open Society Institute and of a number of OSI sub-boards. He has tought at many American and European universities (Columbia, Stanford, Harvard, Chicago, Connecticut, Siena). His main field of scholarly interest have been comparative constitutional law and human rights. Dr Osiatynski has written 20 books, a majority of them about the comparative history of social and political thought, history of sociological and political ideas and constitutionalism.

 

Diego Cardenas Ramirez is the lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration - Antenna Luxembourg for European Law and European Policies (EU institutional Law, EU Decision Making Processes and Internal Market Legislation), with specific experience in CEE and the Balkan Region.

 

Lora Borissova is the lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration - Antenna Luxembourg for in EU Law and Policies (Justice, Freedom and Security; Internal Market; Infringement Procedure; Enlargement), with specific experience in CEE and the Western Balkan Countries.

 

Vassilis Maragos is the Desk Officer for Montenegro at the European Commission DG Enlargement.

 

Fedor Černe is a Secretary of the National Council for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Slovenia. In the state institutions he has been engaged on different questions related to environmental protection and management. In 1993 he established a private company whose main area of work was implementation of ISO quality management and environmental management standards. Dr Černe was a member of  the Negotiating Team for the Accession of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union. In the Governmental Office for EU Affairs, he is coordinating the project of cooperation with the civil society.

 

Goran Svilanovic is Chair of the Working Table I in the Stability Pact for SEE. He was a teaching assistant at the Law Faculty in Belgrade, but was dismissed when had opposed the controversial University law in 1998. He collaborated with number of NGOs in Serbia on promotion of peace and human rights. He was a President of the Civic Alliance of Serbia, a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the FRY (later Serbia and Montenegro) and a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia since 2004.

 

Martin Harvey is the Head of the European Commission Office in Montenegro. Most of his professional background is related to the European Commission where he started as analyst for macro-economic issues and then EU policies to support enterprise and
small businesses. Later on, he followed relations with other European countries and was actively involved in accession negotiations with Sweden and Cyprus, whereas from 2002 until September 2006 he looked after relations of EU with Turkey. Also, in one mandate he represented the European Commission in Vienna working with the OSCE and UN offices. By education he is an economist.

 

Osman Topcagic is Director of the Directorate for the European Integration, Council of Ministers of B&H. Previously, he hold the position of the Minister-Councilor within the Mission of B&H to the EU and NATO in Brussels, he was also Ambassador of B&H in UK, Ambassador in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of B&H and Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of B&H. Apart of this part of his career in diplomacy he performed number of other responsible duties in the Government of B&H and its institutions. He graduated mathematics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Sarajevo.

 

Gordana Djurovic is Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and European Integrations in the government of the Republic of Montenegro. Also, she is associate professor at the regular and postgraduate studies of the Faculty of Economics in Podgorica and Head of the Department for Economic Policy. She was Vice-Dean for scientific research on the Faculty of Economics (1998-2000), and she was team leader or member of team within several projects in the field of economic policy planning and sustainable development, especially on strategic developmental projects of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro.

 

Henrik H. Kröner is Secretary General of the International European Movement and a Senior Consultant and political affairs specialist. He holds MA in Economics and has worked for European Union institutions and numerous economic associations on the European level.

European Movement is an international organization which contributes to the establishment of a united, federal Europe, founded on respect for human rights, peace, democracy, liberty, solidarity and citizen’s participation. EM strives to promote cooperation among European associations, political parties, business and individual interest groups.

 

Ann Isabelle von Lingen is a strategy and program advisor at the Open Society Institute (OSI) in Brussels. That is the office which assists in establishing the cooperation of the Soros Foundations with the EU institutions and other intergovernmental organizations in Europe and links donors and nongovernmental organizations. OSI-Brussels also endeavors for solution of issues covered by the OSI network at the European level. Ms von Lingen is particularly involved in the issues relating to the Western Balkans and the activities of the Soros foundation network in the field of combat against corruption and EU-related issues. She acquired a master's degree in political science, security and integrations from the University in London in 2002 at the School of Slavic and East-European Studies - University College London.

 

Judy Batt is an expert of the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) in Paris and is dealing with the reasearch of security issues in the Balkans and the role of EU in the region. She acquired her doctor's degree on the topic of "East and Central European Policy" from the University of Birmingham, where she continued working as a professor. She was also conducting research at the Royal Institute for International Affairs and was a Foreign Office consultant for Central and Eastern Europe. Dr Batt held a lecture for the students of the School of European Integrations on 18.11.2005 on the topic of "ESDP (European Security and Defence Policy) and Western Balkans".