The Balkans from the War to Europe International Conference

12 May 2008

The Alexander Langer Foundation from Bolzano, Italy, organizes four days - May 14-17 - of meetings and cultural events in Trento and Bolzano/Bozen, which will conclude with the Thirteen Years after Dayton international conference.

Participants will come from different places in the Balkans: Srebrenica, Bratunac and Prijedor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kraljevo in Serbia and Pec-Peja in Kosovo. The Mayor and the President of Municipality Council of Srebrenica will also be present.

South Tyrol and Trentino have a specificity because of their history and multiethnic composition. The broad institutional autonomy of the local governements and the dailylife confrontation with different languages and cultures (expecially in South Tyrol cities) are interesting aspects for people coming from abroad.

The objective of the initiative is to promote a process of confidence building as well as a culture of peace, peaceful co-existence and non-violent transformation of conflicts in Srebrenica. An important outcome of the project will be the creation of a dialogue, research and documentation centre in the town of Srebrenica.

The days in Bolzano will combine some closed working group, dedicated to politicians and activists from Srebrenica and BiH, with public events, conferences and artistic performances.

For additional information on the background and the programme of events, visit the web site of the Alexander Langer Foundation.

Attached files

Conference Programme

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Four days of Meetings Programme and Background

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