VII International Student Conference of Borjan Tanevski Memorial Fund in cooperation with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

20 after the fall of the Berlin wall: lessons for the Balkans

14-15 November 2009

Skopje, Macedonia

Organisation and Concept:

Henri Bohnet Josif Tanevski

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Borjan Tanevski Memorial Fund

Auslandsbüro Mazedonien Kicevska 1

Maksim Gorki 16/kat 3 MK- 1060 Skopje

MK-1000 Skopje Phone: +389-2-20-31-193

Phone: +389-2-323-11-22 E-mail:farmahem@farmahem.com.mk

Fax: +389-2-313-52-90 Web: www.borjan.net

Web: www.kas.de/macedonia

Prof. Irene Lagani

University of Macedonia, Greece

E-mail: lagani@uom.gr

Web: www.uom.gr

Conntact person/Assistance: Arben Xhelili

Program Coordinator

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Mobile: +389 70 34 14 06

E-Mail: a.xhelili@kas.com.mk

Emilija Tudzarovska – Gjorgjievska Sandra Koljackova

Program Assistant Program Assistant

Konrad-Adenauer – Stiftung Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Mobiile: +389 70 506 355 Mobile: +389 70 379 396

E-Mail:e.tudzarovska@kas.com.mk E-Mail: s.koljackova@kas.com.mk

Location: FON University

Vojvodina bb

MK-1000 Skopje

Working language: English (no translation)

Saturday, 14 November 2009

From 9:30 Registration of the participants

10:00 Official opening of the conference

Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Nikolovski

Rector of FON University

Josif Tanevski

Borjan Tanevski Memorial Fund, Skopje

Henri Bohnet, Official Representative of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Skopje

10:15-11:00 Opening Statements:

Sonja Bohnet

First secretary in the German Embassy in Skopje

Eleni Petroula

Secretary of Embassy, Liaison office of the Hellenic Republic in Skopje

Dieter Thiel

Head of operations section of the European Commission in Skopje

11:00 – 11:45 Showing of: “The fall of the Berlin Wall” –

short movie

11:45 – 13:30 Students work in groups on the topic:

The 20^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall: are there lessons for the Balkans?

“Walls in the mind: What I learned from the fall of the Berlin Wall”

Prof. Vincent Müller, American

College of Thessaloniki, Greece

Moderation of the working groups

Ivanka Dodovska

Assistant professor

Cyril and Methodius University

Besa Kadriu

Assitant professor

SEEU University

Kristina Kocevska

KAS Alumni Scholar

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Eniser Selmanoska

Cyril and Methodius University

Tomislav Jovanovski

Cyril and Methodius University

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Buffet

14:30 – 15:00 Presentation of the results of the working groups

15:00 – 15:45 Evaluations and comments

What do Greek students learn about the recent past on the Balkan peninsula?

Prof. Irini Lagani

University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki

Understanding the lessons of the past: can diplomacy break the stalemate in the name talks?

Prof. Nano Ruzin

FON University, Skopje

Understanding the lessons of the past: in what way can the Albanian public contribute to solve our bilateral problems?

Prof. Veton Latifi

SEE University, Tetovo

President of the institute for democracy and development

15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break

Macedonia and Greece in 2020: an expert view into the near future

16:15 – 16:45 Prof. Ylber Sela

State University of Tetovo, Tetovo

Prof. Lazar Lazarevski

Professor from FON University

16:45 – 17:15 Closing remarks

Prof. Vincent Müller

American College of Thessaloniki, Greece

Henri Bohnet

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Skopje

17:30 International Dinner

Restaurant Krigla

Bul. Ilinden bb

Skopje

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