DEMOCRATIC RECONSTRUCTION
IN THE BALKANS

Budva , Montenegro
31 st January – 4 th February

Sunday
30 th January

Arrival of participants

Monday
31 st January

11:00-13:00 OPENING AND WELCOME SESSION

Welcome Addresses by Prof. Margaret Blunden and Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic

Welcome address by Mr. Predrag Popovic , Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro

16:00-19:00 EUROPE AND THE BALKANS

Presentations and Debates:

Miroslav Pecujlic, Radmila Nakarada, Critical Analysis – Assumptions of Democratic Reconstruction
Margaret Blunden, The State and the Market – Liberal Economies and the Democratic Reconstruction
Ivan Vejvoda, Democratisation in CEE – Towards a European Democratic Space
Vukasin Pavlovic , Conditions and Obstacles for Democratic Reconstruction in the Balkans

Tuesday,
1 st February

10:00-13:00 MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

Presentations and Debates:

Colin Sparks , Media and Democratic Society – A Survey of Post- Communist Experience
Slavko Splichal, Reproducing Political Capitalism in the Media of East-Central Europe
Ildika Kovats, Some Problems of the Democracy – Nation – Media Triangle in Hungary

16:00-19:00 Ruxandra Trandafoiu, Media and Nationalism – the Romanian Case

Milka Tadic, The Role and Position of Media in Montenegro
Jasmina Glisic, The Independent Media in Serbia
Slobodan Markovich, Attitudes of British Press to Serbia – A Comparative Analysis: July 1914 – March 1999

Wednesday,
2 nd February

10:00-13:00 NATION, ETHNICITY AND DEMOCRACY

Presentations and Debates:

Svetozar Stojanovic , Nation, Nationalism and Citizenism Ilija Vujacic, Ethnicity, State and Post-Communist Transition in the Balkans
Gjorge Ivanov, “Millet System”, Back to the Future
Dusan T. Batakovic , Kosovo: Ethnic Concept vs. Human Rights

16:00-19:00 SOCIETY, ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY

Presentations and Debates:

Ljubomir Madzar, Political Democracy and Market Economy – Links and Interdependencies
Veselin Vukotic, Economic Recovery, Privatisation and Democracy in Montenegro
Richard Whitman, Promoting Stability and Assisting Good Neighbourliness?
Assessing the European Union's Policy Towards South Eastern Europe

Thursday,
3 rd February

10:00-13:00 THE STATE, INSTITUTION BUILDING AND THE LAW

Presentations and Debates:

Merris Amos, The Rule of Law in a Modern Democracy – Theory and Practice
Vucina Vasovic, State, Ethnicity and Democracy
Mijat Damjanovic, Institutional Reforms and Societal Development
Jovan Teokarevic, Presidents and Democratisation in Post- Communist Balkan States

16:00-19:00 POLITICAL LIFE AND POLITICAL PARTIES

Presentations and Debates:

Vladimir Goati, Peculiarities of Political Scene in Serbia
Dragoljub Micunovic, The Challenges and Prospects for Political and Democratic Changes in Serbia
Slobodan Samardzic, Reconciliation through Constitutional Consent – the Proposal for Serbia
Djuro Kovacevic, Internal and External Assumptions of Democratic Reconstruction in the Balkans

Friday,
4 th February

10:00-13:00 CIVIL SOCIETY

Presentations and Debates:

Joseph Julian, Democracy and Democratisation in South-Eastern Europe
Zagorka Golubovic, The Role on NGOs in Civil Society – with a Reference to FRY
Mirjana Vasovic, The Challenges in Social Identities and Democratic Changes
Natasa Vuckovic, YU-NGO Forum and the Process of NGO- Networking

•  DEMOCRATIC RECONTRUCTION IN MONTENEGRO

Round Table

17.30-19.00 GENERAL AND CONCLUDING DEBATE

•  Farewell cocktail will be hosted by Mr Rade Gregovic , the Mayor of Budva

Saturday and Sunday,
5 th and 6 th February

DEPARTURE