European Talks

U četvrtoj epizodi MladiRini podkasta, naš gost je bio Stefan Đorđević, generalni sekretar Krovne organizacije mladih (KOMS).

Sa njim smo pričali o tome kako motivisati mlade da ostanu u zemlji i da se bore za bolji život u Srbiji. Pričali smo i o tome koliki potencijal Srbija gubi kada isključuje mlade iz procesa odlučivanja, koji su kanali za uključivanje mladima dostupni i kako osigurati da se glas mladih zaista i čuje.

Welcome to the third episode of MladiRIni podcast. Our guest is Benard Babaj, a Young European Ambassador in Albania. Anxhela Bruci, Project Officer in Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM Tirana) talked with him about the youth problems in Albania - what issues do young people face and how to overcome them.

For more information about MladiRini, please visit: www.mladirini.org

Gost druge epizode našeg MladiRini podkasta je Adi Softic, evropski omladinski ambasador kulture u Bosni i Hercegovini.

Ostale epizode i više informacija o našem radu pronađite ovde: www.mladirini.org

Zašto je u Srbiji prvenstveno problem vladavina prava, a potom životna sredina, i u kakvoj su vezi ova dva problema? Da li je pitanje zaštite životne sredine u Srbiji u našim rukama?

"Životna sredina u Srbiji je talac korupcije," kaže gost prve epizode naše nove podkast kategorije "MladiRini podkast". To je Mirko Popović, programski direktor Regulatornog instituta za obnovljivu energiju i životnu sredinu (RERI), koji pruža podršku i obezbeđuje pravnu zaštitu pojedincima, grupama i pravnim licima čije je pravo na zdravu i očuvanu životnu sredinu neposredno ugroženo. Više o njihovom radu pronađite ovde: www.reri.org.rs

MladiRini je nova regionalna platforma za komunikaciju, angažovanje i rad sa mladima. Glavni cilj platforme je razumevanje, uključivanje i zagovaranje za ideje i mišljenja mladih na velikoj sceni. Svakog četvrtka, razgovaraćemo sa stručnjacima u oblasti informacionih tehnologija, zaštite životne sredine, demokratije i vladavine prava, o tome kako uključiti mlade u ova pitanja. Za više informacija o našem radu, posetite: www.mladirini.org

The issues of corruption, the rise of external actors, and environmental neglect are becoming increasingly present in the Western Balkans. We are joined by Tena Prelec, a research fellow at Oxford University, a research associate at the LSE, and a member of BiEPAG, with whom we talk about whether and how all of these issues are interconnected.

Welcome to the second episode of the WeBER podcast series of European Talks podcast, a new communication tool in the regional WeBER initiative context. Each podcast episode will be devised around a relevant public administration reform and civil society related topic in the region. With this series, we mainly target civil society, experts, government officials and external interested audience (rather than public).

Highly conversational in nature, they are available on the WeBER portal too - www.par-monitor.org/weber-podcast-series/

In the second episode, our guest is Zorka Kordic, Chief Negotiator for the EU Accession of Montenegro. Milena Lazarević, an expert on the topic of public administration, European Policy Centre - CEP Programme Director and WeBER initiative Team Leader, talked with her about the Montenegrin road to the EU and the role of policy planning, the WeBER initiative and why civil society must monitor the public administration reform process.

After a six-week-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a ceasefire deal has been agreed upon and came into effect on 10 November 2020.

This podcast aims to shed light on whether and how peace can be sustained in the next years, as well as to explore the potential of the EU's post-conflict efforts.

Discussants:

Benyamin Poghosyan

- Chairman of the Centre for Political and Economic Strategic Studies in Yerevan

- Former director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the Armenian Ministry of Defence

- Graduated at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Anar Jahangirli

- Consultant in public affairs and communication

- Former diplomat from Azerbaijan, with the focus on NK

- Graduated at Harvard

First part here: https://soundcloud.com/europeantalks/e_27_10-armenia-and-azerbaijan-at-the-same-table-an-attempt-to-approach-opposing-positions

Although the outgoing President Trump continues to claim that the US elections were rigged, President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take his position in the White House, with the aim to diminish divisions in the US. As the world and Europe have high hopes for the Biden administration, we discuss what can be expected in the next four years. Our guest is Mr. John Allen, a retired four-star general and the President of the Brookings Institution, one of the most influential think tanks in the world.

Following the European Commission’s 2017 Proposal for a Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers, the new EU Work-life Balance Directive was passed by the European Parliament in April 2019. The aim of this Directive is to “improve families’” access to family leave and flexible work arrangements’, and ultimately “contribute to an increase in women’s employment and families’ economic stability.” Moreover, it introduces a set of legislative and non-legislative measures, i.e. policy measures, designed to modernise the existing EU frameworks in the work-life balance area.

How will this affect Western Balkan countries? How much more funds will the countries of the Western Balkans receive, once they become members, having in mind that our closest neighbour, Croatia, receives 10 times more from the EU for this area?

We talked with Ms Katarina Ivanković Knežević, Director in the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in the European Commission, former State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Pensions of Croatia.

A conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno Karabakh, a territory which is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but de facto ruled by the Armenian majority living there, re-erupted a couple of days ago. In order to get the full picture of what is happening on the ground, and to see what can Europe to prevent the conflict from escalating, we have invited two prominent experts, one from Armenia and the other from Azerbaijan.

Discussants:

Benyamin Poghosyan

- Chairman of the Centre for Political and Economic Strategic Studies in Yerevan

- Former director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the Armenian Ministry of Defence

- Graduated at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Anar Jahangirli

- Consultant in public affairs and communication

- Former diplomat from Azerbaijan, with the focus on NK

- Graduated at Harvard

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/jYrbOhMv7Ao