Balkan Round Tables

In the framework of the Balkan Policy Forum idea CLS organized round tables, lectures and discussions devoted to the hottest issues of the Balkan politics today - Kosovo crisis, media freedom and democratic politics in Yugoslavia, Bulgarian - Macedonian relations, anti-corruption policies in the region, and others. Round tables participants included leading journalists, policy analysts, politicians, and opinion makers.
The project’s major goals were:

strengthening of the relations between the independent political think tanks in the region
assisting governments from the region to define, or redefine, the inherited political agendas through the effort of the network of several think tanks.
mobilizing public support for active pro-democracy policies.

The activities on this project included:

organization of a public lecture by the President of Montenegro Mr. Milo Djukanovic;
preparation of a policy paper : "Reflections on the Elections in Macedonia";
round table discussion in Podgorica, Montenegro;
round table discussion in Skopje, Macedonia held under the title "The regional perspectives of Macedonia after the parliamentary and presidential elections. View from Macedonia".

Period: November 1998 - May 2000

Coordinators: Анна Ганева, Мила Минева

Financing Organisations: National Endowment for Democracy