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    More Social Convergence in EU-Enlargement Policy towards the Western Balkans

    The EU-summit on May 6, 2020, will confirm the good news for the Western Balkans: the European Commission will start accession talks with North...

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    Democracy and the State of Emergency - Responses to the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans

    Our colleagues in Belgrade have asked experts, political scientists, sociologists and political analysts, to write a series of reports on the response...

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    Western Balkans Perspectives on the Future of Europe

    From April 6th onwards, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Dialogue Southeast Europe and the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe have started a...

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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Dialogue Southeast Europe

Kupreška 20, 71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina

+387 33 711 540
+387 33 711 541

info(at)fes-soe.org

Talk Real Series
Featured Project

Talk Real Series

Progressive politics often start at the grassroots. Examining social challenges in Southeast Europe from this perspective, we have produced a web-based talk show "Talk Real" together with European Alternatives. Shot during regional meetings of activists, each episode explores local challenges in conversation with actors from those communities. more

Social Dimension of EU Enlargement
Featured Project

Social Dimension of EU Enlargement

The FES published “Enlargement Policy and Social Change” study, and the main findings reveal a need for a paradigmatic shift in the Enlargement process. It is high time to increase efforts towards inclusive growth, social citizenship, and equal opportunity through social and economic reform in the Western Balkans. more

Political Trends & Dynamics
Featured Project

Political Trends & Dynamics

By providing regular analysis and commentary on current affairs in Southeast Europe, Dialogue SOE aims to broaden the discourse on peace and stability while countering prevalent securitization narratives. This involves a comprehensive understanding of human security, including structural sources of conflict. more

Dialogue Southeast Europe

After more than two decades of engagement in southeastern Europe, the FES recognizes that the challenges and problems still facing this region can best be resolved through a shared regional framework. Our commitment to advancing our core interests in democratic consolidation, social and economic justice and peace through regional cooperation, has since 2015 been strengthened by establishing an infrastructure to coordinate the FES' regional work out of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Regional Dialogue Southeast Europe (Dialogue SOE).

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Offices in the Region

The FES operates individual country offices across the whole of southeastern Europe. Dialogue Southeast Europe cooperates closely with these offices to advance social democratic initiatives at the domestic and regional levels. For further information on the specific research, advocacy, and policy work of our colleagues, please contact directly our sister offices in Croatia/Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia/Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus.

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