European Talks

In this episode of European Talks, host Miloš Pavković (CEP Belgrade) spoke with Dimitar Bechev, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe and Director of the Dahrendorf Programme on Europe in a Changing World at the European Studies Centre of the University of Oxford's St Antony's College, about the stalled Belgrade-Pristina normalisation process. Drawing on CEP's Shadow Report on the Ohrid Agreement, the...

In this episode Fitim Gashi, Executive Director at Sbunker and Dr Marko Savković, Senior Advisor in ISAC Fund, discuss the stalled Kosovo*–Serbia dialogue, highlighting ongoing crises, low trust, and limited progress in implementing agreements. It examines the EU’s role, key political obstacles, and rising regional tensions, concluding that without stronger political will and clearer direction, me...

In this episode of European Talks, the podcast of the European Policy Centre (CEP Belgrade), host Milos Pavković explores the future of EU enlargement and the fight against corruption in the Western Balkans. Together with Luisa Chiodi of the Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa and Miloš Đorđević from Transparency International Serbia, the discussion examines the EU’s Reform and Growth Facil...

In our new European Talks episode, we sat down with Ms. Bojana Bajić, Public Policies Innovations and Digitalization Officer at Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA) to talk about service delivery and digitalisation and what the key takeaways are for the Western Balkans.

In this episode of #EuropeanTalks we are talking to Jeta Xharra, Country Director for Kosovo and Editor-in-Chief at BIRN., We examine the state of the Serbia–Kosovo dialogue following the 2023 Agreement and its limited implementation. From symbolic breakthroughs to stalled commitments, the discussion explores what has (and hasn’t) changed on the ground — including license plates, energy, and mutua...

Koja prava potrošača su najugroženija u Srbiji? Ko spada u „ranjive“ potrošače? Koje su najčešće prevare, zloupotrebe i poteškoće sa kojima se susreću socijalno ugroženi i stariji potrošači. Kako državne institucije i civilno društvo u Srbiji sarađuju na zaštiti prava ugroženih potrošača, a šta bi još mogli da učine? O svemu ovome slušajte u novoj epizodi našeg podkasta posvećenoj ugroženim potroš...

Zašto su potrošačka prava zapravo prava malog čoveka? Šta je u Nacrtu novog Zakona o zaštiti potrošača dobro, a šta loše za građane? Šta svako od nas može da preduzme da poboljša svoj položaj na tržištu? Kakvu pravnu zaštitu regulatorni okvir u Srbiji pruža potrošačima? Koje izmene Srbija treba da usvoji na putu ka Evropskoj uniji? Koja potrošačka prava se najčešće krše? O svemu ovome slušajte u n...

In the new episode of the #REACHingCitizens podcast, we talk with Andro Demiri, a law student and young activist from Rijeka, who took part in a local consultation in Rijeka and a national consultation in Zagreb as part of the REACH project. Andro shares what motivated him to participate, how he experienced the discussions on the rule of law, the environment, and the European Union, and how he vie...

In this episode of our #REACHingCitizens podcast we are talking to Vladimir Krasenov, a legal advisor in a local law firm in Bulgaria. Through our talk, we explore the effects of AI on the current political situation, as well as discussing what the future of law in the European Union.

In this episode, we dive back into the local consultation of the Reinventing Engagement through Citizens’ Consultations (REACH) project, held in Dijon on January 25th. Our conversation brings together two participants of this consulation, Gaëlle Boucher, a teacher in Dijon, and Roman Sobine, a student at the Dijon campus of SciencesPo, with whom we reflected on the consultation, on the recommendat...

In this episode, we dive back into the local consultation of the Reinventing Engagement through Citizens’ Consultations (REACH) project, held in Paris on March 3rd. Our conversation brings together two insightful participants, Anne-Sophie de Quercize, a former teacher specialising in the history of religions and Jules Paindessous, a young project engineer, with whom we reflected on the consultatio...

Welcome to our podcast series, REACHing Citizens, part of the “Reshaping Engagement through Affirmative Citizen Consultations (REACH)” project. Launched in 2024 and funded by the European Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), the REACH project brings together organisations from across Europe, including Serbia, Belgium, Kosovo, BiH, Bulgaria, France, Croatia, and Greece. In t...

In this episode of the #REACHingCitizens podcast, we talk about the impressions from our final citizen consultations in Greece. What can we expect in the future, what are the final thoughts?

U jedanaestoj epizodi "REACHing citizens" podkasta razgovaramo sa Jelenom Mihajlović o stavu omladine prema EU integracijama, aktuelnim problemima i potencijalnim rešenjima za trenutno nepoverenje u državne institucije.

U ovoj podkast epizodi, desetoj epizodi u našem "REACHing Citizens" podkastu, razgovaramo sa učesnicom lokalnih građanskih konsultacija u Nišu, Marijom Ružić, o utiscima i stavu građana prema EU i njihovom stavu prema temama poput dobre vladavine, ekologije i EU integracija.

In this episode, we sit down with two participants from our local consultation in Gjakova to reflect on youth perspectives in Kosovo. They share candid thoughts on the rule of law, EU integration, and environmental issues—highlighting both hope and frustration. From mistrust in the justice system to the promise of renewable energy, we explore how young people see Kosovo’s future and their role in...

Our guest is Ornela Sollakou, one of the participants from our second event in Thessaloniki. We discuss tensions surrounding the 2018 Prespa Agreement, the migration crisis and the integration of migrants in Greek society, and finally how the EU has come to mean something abstract and bureaucratic to citizens. Ornela shares her thoughts on why these things came up in the event and why people felt...

U ovoj epizodi podcasta "Reaching Citizens" gostuje Gea Rajić, mlada dizajnerica i aktivistica iz Pazina, koja govori o svom sudjelovanju u građanskom savjetovanju u sklopu projekta REACH. Savjetovanje je okupilo 25 građana i građanki Pazina kako bi raspravljali o europskim politikama, zaštiti okoliša, vladavini prava i demokraciji. Gea ističe da su pitanja zaštite okoliša bila među najvažnijim te...

U ovoj epizodi podcasta "Reaching Citizens" gostuje Irena Hojsak, mlada kulturologinja i aktivistica, koja dijeli svoje iskustvo sudjelovanja u građanskom savjetovanju u sklopu projekta REACH. Savjetovanje je okupilo 25 građana i građanki Rijeke kako bi raspravljali o europskim politikama, zaštiti okoliša, vladavini prava i demokraciji. Irenu je motivirala želja da čuje različite perspektive svoji...

Conversation between Milena Mihajlović Denić, Programme Director of European Policy Centre - CEP Belgrade and WeBER 3.0 Team Leader and Peter Vagi, Senior Policy Advisor at SIGMA/OECD. Western Balkan Enablers for Reforming Public Administrations – WeBER 3.0 project is the third consecutive EU-funded grant of the largest civil society-led initiative for monitoring public administration reform (PAR)...

Od 1. novembra 2024. godine, Srbija se suočava sa ozbiljnim previranjima: pad nadstrešnice u kojoj je stradalo 15 ljudi i koja je razotkrila sistemsku neodgovornost, pokrenula je lavinu građanskog nezadovoljstva. Širom zemlje, studenti su se istakli kao pokretači i predvodnici, organizujući proteste, blokade fakulteta i masovne proteste, i u građaninima probudili davno uspavanu nadu. U ovoj podkas...

Welcome to the fourth episode of "REACHing Citizens", part of the European project REACH – Reinventing Engagement through Affirmative Citizen Consultations, which aims to strengthen citizen participation in shaping policies related to the environment, EU integration, and the rule of law. This initiative is funded by the European Commission under the Citizens, Equality, Rights, and Values (CERV) pr...

Od 1. novembra 2024. godine, Srbija se suočava sa ozbiljnim previranjima: pad nadstrešnice u kojoj je stradalo 15 ljudi i koja je razotkrila sistemsku neodgovornost, pokrenula je lavinu građanskog nezadovoljstva. Širom zemlje, studenti su se istakli kao pokretači i predvodnici, organizujući proteste, blokade fakulteta i masovne proteste, i u građaninima probudili davno uspavanu nadu. U ovoj podkas...

Welcome to the second episode of our podcast series, "REACHing Citizens" part of the "Reshaping Engagement through Affirmative Citizen Consultations (REACH) project". Launched in 2024, this initiative is funded by the European Commission’s SAV 2023 program and brings together organizations from across Europe to explore pressing social and political issues. Interviewer: Ioanna (Host) & Nikos (Co-ho...

Welcome to our new podcast series, "REACHing Citizens," part of the "Reshaping Engagement through Affirmative Citizen Consultations (REACH)" project. Launched in 2024, this initiative is funded by the European Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and brings together organisations from across Europe, including Serbia, Belgium, Kosovo, BiH, Bulgaria, France, Croatia, and Greec...