The regional seminar of the Schools of Political Studies of the Western Balkans will take place in Zadar, Croatia, from 21 to 23 May 2010. The participants from seven Schools (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) will discuss the theme of public policies. The issues of implementation and evaluation of public policies, agriculture, human rights, regional policy and European integration in the region will be raised during the seminar.

Among speakers, Mr Paul Vandoren, Head of EU Delegation in Croatia and Ms Hedvig Morvai Horvat, Executive Director of the European Fund for the Balkans will address the participants at the opening session. A round table on the theme: “How are the Western Balkans countries preparing for participating in EU regional policy?” will complete the programme.

The seminar is organised in co-operation with the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb and will be held in the Center for Regional Cross-Sectoral Cooperation (IMPACT) in Zadar.

For further information, please contact Mr François Friederich, programme co-ordinator: francois.friederich@coe.int

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