How do young people from the Western Balkans see the role of their region in the future of European democracy❓

The Center for European Studies in SNSPA (Bucharest, Romania) has the pleasure to invite you to participate in the 💻online debate💻 entitled "Enhancing the Role of the Western Balkans in the Future of Europe", on December 1️⃣5️⃣, 2021 between 9️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣-1️⃣1️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣ (CET)/ 🔟:0️⃣0️⃣-1️⃣2️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣ EET/ Romania.

To tackle these more specific and relevant questions, we would like to facilitate the exchange of views at regional and European level on current issues concerning the future of the EU and the Western Balkans as seen by young people.👩🏾‍🤝‍👩🏼👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼

In this event, we invited different stakeholders - from the EU institutions🇪🇺, member states from South East Europe that support the EU integration process in the Western Balkans like Greece🇬🇷 and Romania🇹🇩, together with experts and young people from all WB 6 - to join us for a constructive and honest dialogue and share their views on our common future.

📋Agenda of the event📋

📍9.00-9.10 -> Welcoming remarks:

- MIRUNA BUTNARU TRONCOTĂ, Moderator, Center for European Studies SNSPA (Romania);

- REMUS PRICOPIE, Rector, National University of Political Science and Public Administration SNSPA, Romania;

- ALEKSANDRA TOMANIĆ , Executive Director of the European Fund for the Balkans;

📍9.10-9.30 -> Presentation of the policy paper (preliminary findings);

- DONIKA EMINI, Co-author of the Policy paper, Kosovo;

- SIMONIDA KACARSKA, Co-author of the Policy paper, North Macedonia;

- HATIDZA JAHIĆ, Co-author of the Policy paper, Bosnia and Herzegovina

📍9.30- 10.10 -> Main Statements of Guest Speakers:

-ALINA PADEANU, Diplomat, EU Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania;

-ANDRÉ DE MUNTER, Desk officer for Kosovo & BiH, European Parliament;

-CLIVE RUMBOLD, Western Balkans Task Force, European External Action Service;

-SOFIA MAGOPOULOU, Researcher, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)/ Co-author of the "Youth Stand For the Future of Europe" Report by European Youth Card Association (EYCA);

📍10.10-10.45 - Q&A Session
📍10.45- 11.00 - Concluding Remarks

The discussion will take place on Zoom🖥️ and it will be live streamed on the Facebook Page of the Center for European Studies SNSPA. The official language is English.

The project is funded by the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB), and it is part of the activities in the frames of the BeeEFB Alumni Network.