EWB

EWB comprises seven Task Forces focusing on: 1. Foreign and Domestic Policies, 2. Human Rights, 3. Economy, 4. Media, 5. Anti-Crime, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Terrorism,  6. Ecology and 7. Health Care and Education. It will provide timely expert analyses on the above topic.

EWB shall publish a collection of capital works from the fields of diplomacy, political theory and journalism. The works would be translated into Serbian and sold at discount prices or made available for download on the web to make them accessible and affordable to all. We plan to bring their authors or their representatives to hold series of appropriate lectures at relevant Serbian faculties.

EWB shall strive to organize scholarships at choice universities around the world for best Serbian students.

EWB also plans to institute an annual award which will be given to that institution or person who has done the most that particular year in promoting friendship and cooperation with Serbia.

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Stanje energetskog sektora i rusko – srpski energetski odnosi

Srbija i njen energetski sektor se nalazi na putu od istoka ka zapadu, u centralnom delu regiona Jugoistocne Evrope. Region Jugoistocne Evrope (Albanija, Bugarska, BiH, Hrvatska, Makedonija, Rumuniija, Srbija, Crna Gora, Unmik-Kosovo) se nalazi na raskrsnici svih bitnih tranzitno energetskih koridora, cineci vezu na relaciji istok – zapad mnogo efikasnijom I ekonomicnijom. Iako je od 90 tih godina prolazio kroz težan period karakterisan krupnim ekonomskim, politickim promenama, cesto kulminiranim sukobima, gradanskim i verskim ratovima, veci deo regiona od sredine 90tih godina krece put oporavka i uzlaznog trenda razvoja. Danas su zemlje ovog regiona u završnim fazama ili su prošle kroz promene, realokaciju i restrukturiranje kapitalnih sektora, posebno energetskih. U Srbiji se tek u naredne dve godine ocekuju ista dešavanja.

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STATE OF POLITICAL PLAY IN SERBIA

S U M M A R Y

- Frog in the Well, but Lately Full of Surprises-

When one used to analyze the events and politics in the Balkans, the anecdote of the frog in the well used to come to mind almost immediately. Two step forwards , one step back. But lately there are some very positive signs, and some of them are definitely "firsts" in a region with too much history and most of it recently bad. Namely, there are appearing over the political horizon two politicians who are showing the traits of statesmen - and they do not suffer from a typical Balkan politician's impediment of not knowing how to say sorry. They do, and that has definitely not been recorded in the history of this region before.

Presidents of Serbia and Croatia, Boris Tadic and Ivo Josipovic, have apologized to the victims of the recent wars in ex-Yugoslavia and for the war crimes and atrocities committed in the name of their respective countries. They met three times over the past few months in rapid succession and restored the shaky relationship between the two biggest and most influential countries in the region whose relations are the mainstay of stability in the Balkans.

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Attitude of Citizens of Serbia towards Decentralisation and Regionalisation

EXECECUTIVE SUMMARY

Regionalization and decentralization are two topics that have started only recently to be discussed among the Serbian public. Regionalization is for now being only referred to in the context of creation of statistical regions while the de facto regionalisation is being postponed for a better political situation in the future. Decentralization is not being even mentioned except for the context of EU integration.

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QUESTION OF SECURITY, FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

E X C E R P T S

One of EWB's main projects is the issue of security, fight against corruption and illegal immigration in the Western Balkans. We are aware that this is not an easy mission, because  crime in the Western Balkans mostly resembles „Lernian hydra” (?e??a?a ?d?a), a creature from Greek mythology with a serpent body and numerous heads spewing poison.

And indeed, at times it does seem as if the whole of the Western Balkans is permeated with its poisonous fumes. But unfortunately, here the myths end and stark reality begins with a vast number of vicious, crime-related murders.   

Albania, FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia make up the Western Balkans, a concept introduced by Europe,  comprising countries that strive to be involved in European and Euro-Atlantic integrations. It is in this context that the political strategy for integration has been defined through Stability and Association Process (SAP). Based on previous experiences, EU has prepared and established political framework and laid out a road map which countries from this area should stick to in order to blend into European milieu in the quickest and best possible way.

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