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Towards Open Regionalism in South East Europe

Edited by Paul Stubbs and Christophe Solioz (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft | Southeast European Integration Perspectives, vol. 6, 2012), 225 pp.

Towards Open Regionalism in South East Europe presents a series of interlinked reflections on the possibilities and problems of emergent forms of regional cooperation in South East Europe (SEE). Taking diverse themes such as: the economy, crime, borders, culture, and civil society, authors explore some of the facets of “open regionalism”, consisting of multi-actor, multi-level and multi-scalar processes producing a complex geometry of interlocking networks. The book situates “new regionalism” in SEE in the historical context of the legacies of Yugoslavia and the wars of the Yugoslav succession. Contemporary processes of Europeanisation in relation to SEE are also examined as complex, contingent and radically unfinished. The book seeks to move beyond the constraints of objectivist notions of regionalism as consisting of sets of relations between sovereign nation states, to address complex constructions of meaning and place.

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PROMOTION IN BANJA LUKA

Strategic Peacebuilding

"There where efforts for peacebuilding are coordinated, communicated and agreed upon, and where cooperation exists - there is peace."

Author: Maja Isović
Taken from Buka

The "The Little Book of Strategic Peacebuilding – A Vision and Framework for Peace with Justice," written by Lisa Schirch, was promoted last weekend in Banja Luka in the cafe Cafe&Chillout within the National and University Library RS.  The event was organized by the Peace Academy Foundation (PAF) from Sarajevo and the Center for Informative Decontamination of Youth from Banja Luka. 

Amer Tikveša, Executive Director of PAF, Randall Puljek-Shank, a member of the PAF Board of Directors, and Aleksander Trifunović, Head Editor of Buka, talked about the publication about about the idea of peace, and agreed that the subject is very hard to define in the context of strategic peacebuilding.

Invitation: Book Release and Discussion

Dear friends, 

The Peace Academy Foundation invites you to three promotions of the book release "The Little Book of Strategic Peacebuilding - A Vision and Framwork for Peace with Justice" by Lisa Schirch, translated to Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language. 

1. The first promotion will be held in Belgrade, on Friday, March 23rd, at 6pm, in the Center for cultural decontamination (hall "Ucitelji neznalice), Bircaninova Street 21, Belgrade - Featured speakers: Saša Ilić, KPZ Beton; Goran Lazin and Marijana Stojčić, Žene u crnom; Amer Tikveša, PAF's Executive Director
2. The second promotion will be held in Zagreb, on Saturday, March 31st, at 6pm, in the Human Rights House, Selska cesta Street 112a, Zagreb - Featured speakers:  prof. Ana Matan, Faculty of Political Science, Zagreb; Iva Zenzerović, Center for Peace Studies; Tamara Šmidling, activist and member of PAF's Board of Directors; and Amer Tikveša, PAF's Executive Director
3. The third promotion will be held in Banja Luka, on Saturday, April 7th, at 6pm, in the cafe Cafe&Chillout within the National and University Library RS, Jevrejska Street 30, Banja Luka – Featured speakers: Aleksandar Trifunović, Center for Informative Decontamination of Youth Buka, Banja Luka; Randall Puljek-Shank, čmember of PAF's Board of Directors; and Amer Tikveša, PAF's Executive Director

It's the fifth year that the Post-Yugoslav Peace Academy has been organized in Sarajevo, and that is why we've decided to publish the abovementioned book. The books is also an announcement for the establishment of the Library PAX whose goal is to make the issues in regards to peacebuilding more available for all citizens in the post-Yugoslav region enabling them to read a book on this topic in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian langage. We would also like to present to you our planned activities and courses for this year's PYPA.  

We are looking forward to seeing you at the event. 

In case of questions, please contact us at the below mentioned contact information:
Emina Trumić, PAF's Coordinator
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Tel./Fax: +387.33.651.560

Project Partners: Women in Black, Belgrade; Center for Peace Studies, Zagreb; Center for Informative Decontamination of Youth Buka, Banja Luka
The project is finacially supported by the Mennonite Central Committee