Conference Programme
Dates: 31.3. - 01.04.2022.
Location: International Youth Centre Novo Sarajevo
Type: Hybrid – in person [limited] and online (via Zoom)
Agenda
DAY 1 - Local and Regional Challenges in the Balkans
Welcoming remarks
HORIZONS: Overview on the situation in BiH and the wider region
- Gorana Mlinarević, researcher, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Nidžara Ahmetašević, researcher, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Radoš Đurović, director of APC, Serbia
- Mersiha Smajlović, Legis, North Macedonia
Moderators: Judith Brand and Neda Noraie-Kia
“SHRINKING SPACES”
- Eleni Velivasaki, RSA, Greece
- Marta Stojić, expert, Serbia
- Karolina Augustova, researcher and activist
- Tajana Tadić, expert/activist, Croatia/Germany
Moderator: Gorana Mlinarević
MEDIA and MIGRATION along the Balkan route
- Stavros Malichudis, We are Solomon, Greece
- Idriss Moussaoui, activist, France
- İbrahim Kibar, activist, Turkey
- Elvira Jukić-Mujkić, editor at Media Centar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moderator: Nidžara Ahmetašević
NETWORKING: Movies and discussions @ Meeting Point Cinema, Sarajevo
- 19:00 - Welcome notes and intro about the documentary "Shadow Game"
- 19:05 - Projection of "Shadow Game"
- 20:00 - Intro about the documentary "When we were them"
- 20:05 - Projection of "When we were them"
- 20:20 - 21:00 - Open discussion with directors and participants
- Damir Šagolj, BiH
- Eefje Blaknevoort, Netherlands
- Sajid Khan Nasiri, Afganistan/Belgium
Moderator: Neda Noraie-Kia, HBS Thessaloniki
DAY 2 - The Balkans, the European Union and Beyond
Human Rights at the EU’s external borders
- Sara Kekuš, policy expert and activist, Centre for Peace Studies, Croatia
- Erik Marquart, MEP, Germany
- Joanie DUROCHER, Head, Programme Support Unit, IOM BiH
- Hanaa Hakiki, Senior Legal Advisor at European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Germany
Moderator: Giorgos Christides
EU policies in response to the war in Ukraine
- Giulia Amaducci, European Commission, DG Home
- Prof. Monika Mokre, Austria
- Aigul Hakimova, Slovenia
- Magda Faltova, director of Association for Integration and Migration (SIMI), Czech Republic
Moderator: Neda Noraie-Kia
Perspective to stay - ways forward
- Radoš Đurović, APC, Serbia
- Emir Prcanović, Vaša Prava, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Antonia Pindulić, legal expert and activist, Centre for Peace Studies, Croatia
- Andrea Kontenta, Italy
Moderator: Karolina Augustova