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Between March 11th and 13th, 2019 the IIP team traveled to the Balkans for a series of initiatives related to the project “Alternative horizons 2030: Young generation for Western Balkans”. We had the chance to organize and participate in a series of public events, workshops and meetings in Prishtina, Skopje and Belgrade.
Here the first two interviews conducted with participants and young experts from the region.
Am Mittwoch, den 27. März 2019, lud das Internationale Institut für den Frieden (IIF) zu einer Podiumsdiskussion mit dem Titel „Rücktritt vom Fortschritt: Warum der Rechtspopulismus den Feminismus bekämpft“ ein. Ulrike Lunacek, ehemalige Präsidentin des EU-Parlamentes, Judith Goetz von der Universität Wien, Hannes Swoboda, Präsident des Internationalen Instituts für Frieden sowie Schifteh Hashemi vom Frauenvolksbegehren waren anwesend. Die Diskussion wurde von Gina Butros moderiert.
On April the 4th 2019, the International Institute for Peace organized together with the Forschungsstelle für Eurasische Studie der Universität Wien (EURAS) a panel discussion on the issue of the current conflicts in the post-soviet space. The panel discussion was moderated by Angela Kane, the Vice-President of the IIP and former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and featured by the participation of Alexander Dubowy, Scientific Coordinator, Research Center for Eurasian Studies, University of Vienna and Scientific Director of the Institute for Security Policy (ISP); Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of the Caucasus Institute Yerevan and Sergey Markedonov, Leading Researcher for the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security and MGIMO Institute for International Studies.
On March 28th, 2019 the International Institute for Peace organized together, with the Karl-Renner-Institut, the Competence Centre for Black Sea Region and EURAS/University of Vienna an event on the upcoming Presidential elections in Ukraine. The panel discussion was moderated by Jutta Sommerbauer, a Journalist from „die Presse“ and featured the participation of Alexander Dubowy, Centre for Eurasian Studies at the University of Vienna; Nadiia Koval, Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism"; Johannes Leitner, Head of the Competence Center for Black Sea Region Studies, Vienna; Alena Lunyova, Human Rights Information Centre, Kiyv and Hannes Swoboda, President of the International Institute for Peace and former MEP (S&D Group), Vienna.
In the framework of a project about the youth in Western Balkans jointly organized by the International Institute for Peace, the Renner Institut and the Austrian Institut for International Politics we had a 3 days trip to Pristhina, Skopje and Belgrade. Some of our young participants from the Western Balkans traveled with us and underlined the connections that exist between young people in different countries of the region.
On February 4-5, 2019 the International Institute for Peace (IIP) co-organized together with the International Centre for Advanced and Comparative EU-Russia Research Vienna (ICEUR), Raiffeisen Bank International and the city of Vienna, the “Vienna process conference 2019”. This was a moment to celebrate the ten years activity of ICEUR and to work on ideas on how to strengthen the EU-Russia political and economic dialogue. The speakers highlighted the necessity of a frank dialogue about goals and principles on which a restored relationship should be established. The second day of the conference featured three panel discussions on economy and finance, civil society and the role of investigative media.
