The dissemination & policy event, organized by Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa, in cooperation with the Institute for Development and International Relations, aims at disseminating the research findings of the Jean Monnet TraPoCO Network beyond its core partners, targeting think tanks, NGO practitioners, as well as local civil society organizations, policy-makers and other interested stakeholders. It […]
This workshop aims at bridging together critical border studies with migration studies and social movement studies, as those fields have been rarely put into dialogue. To that end, it investigates the notion of border and its interaction with collective and individual solidarity initiatives, exploring these from a theoretical and empirical perspective. In the morning session, […]
The concluding event of the Jean Monnet Network “Transnational Political Contention and the protection of rights and democracy in Europe” will take place in Brussels, on June 7, 2023 Transnational political dynamics are growing: some question the EU liberal order, while others contribute to strengthening democratic guarantees at the European and domestic level as well […]
When it comes to discussing the EU, there is a lot to say. Some will approach the topic with some skepticism, some others will be more optimistic about the opportunities that the EU is offering, and some will find themselves in between. Countries from the South-Eastern region that are currently requesting or negotiating EU membership […]
Iva Ivšić is one of the most active members of Zagreb je naš (in English “Zagreb is ours”), a green-left political platform formed in 2017 by local civil activists with the intention to bring politics back to the citizens, believing in their right to participate in the decision-making processes. Besides her engagement in Zagreb je […]
[article first appeared on Minim Municipalism Magazine] Over the last years, Croatia and Serbia witnessed the emergence of municipalist platforms which ran for local elections in Zagreb (2017) and Belgrade (2018). Choosing the local level of government as an entry point, these city platforms were inspired by Barcelona en Comú and other experiences that “focus […]
[article first appeared on Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso e Transeuropa, 9 December 2019] Da quando qualche anno fa in Serbia è stata emendata la Legge sull’esecuzione forzata e i pignoramenti sono state parecchie le persone che hanno rischiato o che sono rimaste senza casa. A Belgrado e Novi Sad è attivo un collettivo anti-sfratto che si […]
[article first appeared from Osservatorio Balcani and Caucaso] Una rete internazionale di movimenti civici si è riunita a Belgrado la scorsa settimana. Obiettivo dei gruppi della società civile è riappropriarsi degli spazi politici e urbani attraverso iniziative dal basso 13/06/2019 – Chiara Milan* Dal 7 al 9 giugno Belgrado ha ospitato il summit delle “Città senza paura” […]
Stamattina a Radio Beckwith ho parlato della rotta balcanica, che rimane percorsa da migliaia di migranti nonostante i confini siano stati chiusi, e del campo di Vucjak, in Bosnia Erzegovina, ad 8 km dal confine croato: un’ex discarica non bonificata dove sono stati spostati 800 migranti per “alleviare la pressione” (parole delle autorità locali) dai […]
Dall’Albania alla Serbia negli ultimi mesi i cittadini dei Balcani sono in piazza a manifestare. Molti di loro sono giovani, figli della transizione. Un’analisi di Chiara Milan, dell’Università di Graz Chiara Milan, dell’Università di Graz, è stata invitata a tenere una lezione presso l’Università di Trento nell’ambito del progetto EUWeBER “The European Union and the Western […]
