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General Overview
In this section we are providing resource documents and contact information with regard to human rights situation, democracy and EU perspective of the Western Balkans. Selected documents and contacts, coming mostly from non-governmental sources, can provide valuable angle to actual processes of integration of Western Balkan countries in the EU. On the initiative of European reporters we are ready to assist in search for additional information and sources.
Round Table Discussion
»Politics in the Western Balkans and the Role of the European Union - Civil Society Perspective«, Ljubljana, Cankarjev Dom, 27 March 2008
Round table on politics in the Western Balkans and the role of the EU integration has happened the evening before the informal meeting of EU ministers of foreign affairs in Slovenia. It included most distinguished representatives of civil society, scholars and analysts from countries of the Western Balkans: Mr. Ivo Banac, Chair of Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Croatia, Ms. Milka Tadić, a journalist of weekly Monitor from Montenegro, Mr. Srđan Dizdarević, Chair of Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Veton Surroi, member of Forum 2015 Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Integration from Kosovo, Mr. Vladimir Milčin, director of the Open Society Institute in Macedonia, Mr. Jovo Bakić, political analyst and scholar at the Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia and was chaired by Ms. Vlasta Jalušič from the Peace Institute.
The round table provided assessment of actual political developments, main problems and challenges for democracy and protection of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia with reference to the role of the EU, including also Slovenia. It also reflected the regional perspective and tried to identify key forces and instruments for making progress in democratic development and stability in the Western Balkans.
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Resource Documents
- Patterns of Political Instrumentalisation and clientelism in the Media in SEE - case of Countries of Former Yugoslavia
The project "Patterns of political instrumentalisation and clientelism in the media in South East Europe - case of countries of former Yugoslavia" is aimed at mapping patterns of political clientelism and political instrumentalisation of the media and contributing to introduction of regulatory and self-regulatory instruments which would increase political and business culture in South East European countries in a way to eliminate or reduce identified forms and patterns of political instrumentalisation and clientelism in the media. The project is organised by the Peace Institute Ljubljana within the South East European Network for Professionalisation of the Media in 2007.
- EUMAP 2007 Monitoring report on "Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma". Volume I (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Serbia) and Volume II (Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovakia)
Report includes an international overview and country reports. A separate Summary volume brings together the overview and the executive summaries and recommendations of all the eight country reports that have been released. The report was prepared in cooperation with the Roma Participation Program and the Education Support Program.
- Amnesty International Report on Education of Roma Children in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia 2006
"We still have insufficient consciousness on importance of education within the Roma population. They treat it in a ‘liberal' way - you can go to school, you cannot go to school, you do not have to go to school" (Bosnia and Herzegovina Report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination). "When something is wrong in the school it is always the Roma's fault". "The teacher tells me off when I speak my language". "Teachers do not even want to hear our songs" (Romani children at an elementary school in Croatia). "Romani children, they are not interested in physics or mathematics. They may learn Spanish, because they watch a lot of telenovelas" (An elementary school teacher, Slovenia).
- Briefing for the Commission on Roma rights matters in regions of the West Balkans and Turkey 2006 issued by the European Roma Rights Center
This document aims to provide a briefing for the Commission on Roma rights matters in countries/regions of the West Balkans and Turkey. The document was prepared in response to Commission communication of 9 June 2006. Recommendations are presented in forms the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) would seek incorporated by the Commission, by country.
- Guide to Minorities and Education (2007)
This guide highlights the existing principles, the different practices and recommendations for minority-relevant education. It is a first port of call for NGOs and others working in the field of minority education in SEE. It contains a discussion on existing international standards, regional experience in the field of education in legislative terms and recommendations. This guide highlights the existing standards, the different practices across the region, challenges and initiatives to overcome existing problems.
