Balkan Mosaic Foundation

International Conference- Sofia 08

BALKAN MOSAIC Fifth Sofia Meeting took place in Sofia on 11-13 February 2008. The overall topic of the meeting was devoted to Euro-Atlantic Integration: Long-Term Stability in the Western Balkans. The objective of the Balkan Mosaic Fifth Sofia Meeting was to discuss the Opportunities to the Western Balkans Development: NATO Enlargement and Readiness of MAP countries on the brink of NATO Summit in Bucharest and only five days before the proclamation of Kosovo independence addressing key security issues in the Balkans.The aim of the meeting was to gather together young parliamentarians from across the region, representing different political parties and representatives from NGO in order to further strengthen their efforts on networking from within the region.

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The Fourth Sofia Meeting of the Balkan Mosaic Central and South Eastern Europe Security Forum (CSEESF) took place in Sofia in November 2006. The overall topic of the meeting was devoted to Networking the Networks: Implications for the Western Balkans. The objective of the Balkan Mosaic Fourth Sofia Meeting was to explore the positive experience of NGOs cooperation and networking and to exchange experience on the transformed understanding of the environment and the urgent demands of the civil society and security in the Balkans’ development. 

BALKAN MOSAIC – Fourth Sofia Meeting (Program)

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BALKAN MOSAIC – Fourth Sofia Meeting- Participants

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Third Sofia Meeting on the topic: Lessons Learned: Next Steps for the Western Balkans took place on June 28-30 2006. The event was be devoted to the National Research Assessments on Security and Democracy on the Balkans aiming at developing network of public opinion researchers and local think-tanks applying a common research framework and methodology to lead to better frameworks for the comparative study of the sources and transformation of security policy in the Balkans.  

The objective of the Balkan Mosaic Central and South Eastern Europe Security Forum (CSEESF) is to provide a platform for developing a new dialogue and security concept by means of public debate and involvement in the transformed understanding of the security environment in the region to lead to a new perception of regionalism and transatlantic dialogue, public accountability and strengthened civil society network partnerships.

BALKAN MOSAIC – Third Sofia Meeting (Program) 

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BALKAN MOSAIC – Third Sofia Meeting (Participants) 

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The Second Sofia Meeting within the framework of the Central and South Eastern Europe Security Forum (CSEESF) as a follow-up of the First Sofia Meeting took place on May 10 2005 in Sofia. It gathered participants from the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and UNMIK – Kosovo. The NATO Information Centre in Sofia, Euro-Atlantic Education Initiative, the Open Society Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria in cooperation with the Atlantic Treaty Association, the Danish Atlantic Treaty Association, Casa NATO – Romania and the Euro-Atlantic Club of Macedonia, organized it.   The meeting proceeded in two panels: The Euro-Atlantic future of the Balkans – key factor for reinforcing the security in the region and Regional cooperation in a globalising environment: The European perspective The Second Sofia Declaration was based on the eight priorities set out in the first Sofia declaration from February 2005, the second conference endeavoured to launch an agenda for action based on a civil society and government dialogue emanating from within the region.  

BALKAN MOSAIC – Second Sofia Meeting and Second Sofia Declaration (MS Word Document)

BALKAN MOSAIC – Second Sofia Meeting (Program) 

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BALKAN MOSAIC – Second Sofia Meeting (Participants) 

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The First Sofia Meeting within the framework of the Balkan Mosaic Central and South Eastern Europe Security Forum (CSEESF) took place on February 17 – 19, 2005 in Sofia. It gathered participants from the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and UNMIK – Kosovo. It was organized by the NATO Information Centre in Sofia, the Euro Atlantic Education Initiative, the Open Society Institute and the Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria in cooperation with the Atlantic Treaty Association, the Danish Atlantic Treaty Association, Casa NATO – Romania and the Euro-Atlantic Club of Macedonia.  The welcoming address was read on the part of Solomon Passy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The meeting proceeded in two panels. The first panel of the meeting was devoted to the issue of Network Partnerships and Institutional Relationships: Perspectives of Regional Dialogue Based on a Strategic Understanding of European and Transatlantic Integration. The second panel addressed the issues concerning Security Environment: New Challenges and Future Development. The First Sofia Declaration: Changing Security Concepts in Central and South Eastern Europe was adopted.   

BALKAN MOSAIC – First Sofia Meeting and First Sofia Declaration (Preview) (MS Word Document)

BALKAN MOSAIC – First Sofia Meeting (Program) 

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BALKAN MOSAIC – First Sofia Meeting (Participants) 

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