“Monitoring the Parliamentary Committees of European Integration and National Security for 2011” “Friedrich Ebert” Foundation in collaboration with IDM (Institute for Democracy and Mediation), organized on January 23, 2012 the Panel Debate on “Monitoring the Parliamentary Committees of European Integration and National Security for 2011” The two Annual Reports on monitoring the Committees, provides to the interested readers with concrete information and evidence on the performance of each parliamentary committee, along with recommendations aiming to improve the overall parliamentary scrutiny and transparency. Read more...

“Is the return worth it? On the reintegration of high skilled returnees in Albania” Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:07 With the support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, European Movement in Albania (EMA) offers the latest policy paper “Is the return worth it? On the reintegration of high skilled returnees in Albania”. Considering the contribution of highly qualified professionals in consolidating democracy and building a modern society, this paper aims to shed light on some aspects of their reintegration in Albania. In this paper, concrete experiences of the highly qualified professionals are analyzed and confronted with the views of a wide range of state and non-state actors engaged in their re-integration. The paper presents synthetically the brain drain phenomenon by identifying the policies encouraging the return and reintegration of the qualified professionals in their country of origin. Moreover, through qualitative and quantitative analysis the policy paper strives to shed light on the effectiveness of policies in place by suggesting a set of measures and advocacy instruments to improve the current situation. By identifying specific concerns of high skilled returnees EMA tries to encourage the public debate on how to make best use of the human capital through better structured and comprehensive policies.(Paper)       The Albanosphere Forum "Economic and Social Developement" “Friedrich Ebert” Foundation in collaboration with G99, organized on December 3 – 4, 2011, The Albanosphere Forum, titled “Economic and Social Development” in Hotel “Sheraton”. The purpose of the Albanosphere Forum was to discuss, promote, and provide political lobbying and support to new and innovative ways of fostering cooperation between countries with Albanian population in South Eastern Europe as a way of achieving prosperity, stability, good neighborliness and a faster integration into the European Union. Read more...   Conference: “Deepening the Democratization of the Region as Criteria for Peace and Stability in the Western Balkans” Monday, 05 December 2011 14:01 The International Conference “Deepening the Democratization of the Region as Criteria for Peace and Stability in the Western Balkans” was held on November 10, 2011 in Tirana. The conference offered the opportunity to get informed and exchange opinions about the progress in the democratisation process of the region. More than hundred participants coming from state or non-state institutions who attended this conference discussed the complex relations between the development of democracy and peace, security and stability, rule of law and economic development. Is there a hierarchical or chronological relation among these aims, or is one a condition for the other? There was no unanimous opinion in relation to this issue. However, all agreed on the fact that “stability and security are guaranteed only if they are anchored in a democratic society” (Srdjan Dizdarevic, Bosnia and Herzegovina).   It is not surprising the fact that the representatives of state institutions see the famous glass of water as half full, whereas those coming from civil society regard it as half empty. The European perspective, i.e., EU integration has been unanimously considered to be like an important engine of reforms. Especially, the representatives of civil society asserted emphatically that even if the road towards integration should still be long, one should not lose this perspective by no means. The current EU situation and the consequences that might result from the situation of enlargement policy were concerningly discussed. The activity has been organised by our partner Albanian Council on Foreign Relations, in collaboration with the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among the participants were the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Edmond Haxhinasto, of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, of Montenegro, Milan Rocen as well as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Macedonia, Zoran Petrov and the State Secretary of Croatia, Mario Nobilo. Among the international guests who greeted the participants in the conference, were Stefan Sannino, General Director for Enlargement - EU Commission, Wolfgang Waldner, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Austria and Tomicah Tillemann, Advisor to the Secretary of State, in the US State Department. A detailed report containing the presentations of the conference is still in preparation. For more information (Programme of the Conference)   EuroSpeak Thursday, 13 October 2011 16:43   In close collaboration with EMA, FES enables the publication of this bimonthly magazine in Albanian language updated with information and analysis on EU affairs, with a particular focus on the development of relations between EU and Albania and other countries of the region. It is inspired from the growing number of excellent magazines dedicated to EU affairs across Europe and neighbouring countries acknowledging the impact of the Union in many dimensions of public life. By including a wide range of issues, different layers of the Albanian society are its target, with the aim at gradually involving even less informed citizens to the public debate on EU integration process. For more information please click: http://www.em-al.org/

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