Tired of reading? Do you want to have something quality to listen to while commuting, excersising or working? We recommend European Talks, the only podcast in the Western Balkans that focuses mainly on the region’s EU perspective.
Whether you are a researcher, a politician, or just genuinely curious about this topic, the European Talks podcast will provide you with valuable ideas, answers, and new questions. This podcast is produced by our Belgrade-based members, European Policy Centre – CEP, and we are bringing you the episodes with the topics relevant to the EU integration process of the Western Balkans.
E15: Service delivery and digitalisation: Key takeaways for the Western Balkans, Bojana Bajić, ReSPA
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Ms. Bojana Bajić, Public Policies Innovations and Digitalization Officer at Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA)
Host: Milena Mihajlović Denić, Programme Director of European Policy Centre – CEP
E14: Shaping governance for EU membership: Key SIGMA/OECD takeaways for the Western Balkans
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Peter Vagi, Senior Policy Advisor at SIGMA/OECD.
Host: Milena Mihajlović Denić, Programme Director of European Policy Centre – CEP
E13: Transparency in action: How North Macedonia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Policy measures up
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Dimitar Vrglevski, North Macedonia’s Center for Change Management
Host: Miloš Đinđić, Lead WeBER Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
E12: Bridging the Gap: Convergence strategies for Western Balkans’ EU future
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Nicola Pontara, Country Manager of the World Bank in Serbia
Host: Milena Mihajlović, CEP Programme Director and WeBER 3.0
E11: Pursuing More Deliberative Democracy and Citizen Participation: Where and How to Begin?
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Professor Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Chair of Global Affairs at the EUI School of Transnational Governance in Florence
Host: Miloš Đinđić, Lead WeBER Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
E10: From Opinions to Impact: Experience in Implementing Deliberative polling in North Macedonia
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Ms. Simonida Kacarska, Director of the European Policy Institute (EPI) in Skopje
Host: Miloš Đinđić, Lead WeBER Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
E9: Building Bridges: The Role of ReSPA in Fostering Regional Cooperation for Better PAR
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Maja Handjiska-Trendafilova, Director of the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA)
Host: Miloš Đinđić, Lead WeBER Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
E8: Fitting public administrations for new challenges through revamped EU standards
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Mr Gregor Virant, Head of SIGMA, an initiative of the OECD and the EU
Host: Milena Mihajlović, European Policy Centre – CEP Programme Director and WeBER 2.0 initiative Team Leader
E7: The Digital Imperative in Administrative Reform
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Admirim Aliti, Minister of Information Society and Administration of North Macedonia
Host: Milena Mihajlović, European Policy Centre – CEP Programme Director and WeBER2.0 initiative Team Leader
E6: Taming corruption necessary for achieving a good public administration: What can CSOs do?
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Ruslan Stefanov, Director of the Economics Program of the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) and manager of the CSD’s SELDI network
Host: Miloš Đinđić, Lead WeBER Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
E5: Common Assessment Framework: A way of making continuous improvements in Public Administration
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Mr Thomas Prorok, Managing Director at the KDZ – Centre of Public Administration Research, and Head of the CAF Centre at the KDZ
Host: Miloš Đinđić, Lead WeBER Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
E4: The smaller the states, the bigger the issues? Challenges of achieving good administration
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Professor Tiina Randma-Liiv
Host: Miloš Đinđić, Lead WeBER Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
Long and Winding Road to professional civil service in the Western Balkans
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guests: Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling, Professor of Political Science at the University of Nottingham and a member of the WeBER Advisory Council
Host: Milos Djindjic, Lead WeBER Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
Corrosive Capital, Environment & External Actors: Assessing the Western Balkans
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guests: Tena Prelec, a research fellow at Oxford University, a research associate at the LSE, and a member of BiEPAG
Host:Strahinja Subotić, Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
Policy planning on the road to the EU: The case of Montenegro
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guests: Zorka Kordic, Chief Negotiator for the EU Accession of Montenegro
Host:Milena Lazarević, CEP Programme Director
Armenia and Azerbaijan: From Conflict to Ceasefire
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guests: Benyamin Poghosyan, Chairman of the Centre for Political and Economic Strategic Studies in Yerevan, former director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the Armenian Ministry of Defence; Anar Jahangirli, consultant in public affairs and communication, a former diplomat from Azerbaijan, with the focus on NK
Host: Strahinja Subotić, Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
Armenia and Azerbaijan at the same table: an attempt to approach opposing positions
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Discussants:
Guests: Benyamin Poghosyan, Chairman of the Centre for Political and Economic Strategic Studies in Yerevan, former director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the Armenian Ministry of Defence; Anar Jahangirli, consultant in public affairs and communication, a former diplomat from Azerbaijan, with the focus on NK
Host: Strahinja Subotić, Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
Work-life balance in the EU – Benefits of becoming a member state
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Discussants:
Guests: Katarina Ivanković Knežević, Director in the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in the European Commission
Host: Sena Marić, Programme Manager and Senior Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
WeBER Podcast_01: En route to a better public administration: Why bottom-up pressure is necessary
/in Podcasts /by Think for EuropeGuest: Gregor Virant, Head of SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management, a joint initiative of the OECD and the EU, principally financed by the EU), and former Minister of Public Administration of Slovenia
Host: Milena Lazarević, European Policy Centre – CEP Programme Director
Winds of change in Montenegro: What to expect in the next period?
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Stevo Muk, President of Managing Board, Institute Alternative – IA, Montenegro
Host: Sena Marić, Programme Manager and Senior Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP, Belgrade
Advancing Albania’s road to EU: Side with agendas and ambitions
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Gjergji Vurmo, Programme Director, Institute for Democracy and Mediation – IDM
Host: Sena Marić, Programme Manager and Senior Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
What does the future of EU accession process hold? The case of North Macedonia
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Dr. Simonida Kacarska, director of the European Policy Institute in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Host: Sena Marić, Programme Manager and Senior Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
EP remains engaged in fostering democracy in the Western Balkans
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Vladimír Bilčík, member of the European Parliament and its rapporteur for Serbia
Host: Sena Marić, Programme Manager and Senior Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
European Investment Bank: assisting the Western Balkans against COVID-19
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Dubravka Nègre, Head of European Investment Bank Regional Representation for Western Balkans
Host: Strahinja Subotić, Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity to enhance EU – Western Balkans relations
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Srdjan Majstorovic, Chairman of Governing Board, European Policy Centre – CEP
Host: Sena Marić, Programme Manager and Senior Researcher, European Policy Centre – CEP
EU, Western Balkans and COVID-19: Preventing EU’s cold from causing a bad fever in the region
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Dušan Reljić, head of the Brussels office of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin)
Host: Nenad Šebek, journalist and CSO’s and media consultant
Keeping a physical distance, yet keeping the region close
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest : Majlinda Bregu, Regional Cooperation Council
Host: Sena Marić, European Policy Centre
Strict, fair & committed – the Dutch Approach to the Enlargement
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest : H.E. Gilles Beschoor Plug, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Serbia
Host: Sena Marić, European Policy Centre
More listening, less advising: think tankers as democracy defenders
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Sonja Stojanović Gajić, Belgrade Open School
Host: Sena Marić, European Policy Centre
Behind the French “non”: Discussing the French proposals for reformed EU enlargement process
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: H.E. Jean-Louis Falconi, Ambassador of France to Serbia
Host: Sena Marić, European Policy Centre
A quest for reconciliation and media freedoms in the Western Balkans
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Nenad Šebek, journalist and CSO’s and media consultant
Host: Sena Marić, European Policy Centre
Away with the enlargement bogeyman
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Milena Lazarević, European Policy Centre – CEP
Host: Dušan Pjevović, European Policy Centre – CEP
Obstacles to EU enlargement: the Dutch perspective
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Jan Marinus Wiersma, Clingendael Institute
Host: Sena Marić, European Policy Centre – CEP
EU Conditionality Towards Western Balkans: Supporting Democracy and Rule of Law (?)
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Dr. Natasha Wunsch, European Politics Group at ETH Zurich
Host: Sena Marić, European Policy Centre – CEP
The 2019 EU Election results: Challenging the Status Quo?
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Corina Stratulat, European Policy Centre – EPC Brussels
Host: Dušan Pjevović, European Policy Centre – CEP
Reachable Values as the Fundamental Uniting Factor of European Integration
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Sonja Licht, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Milan Antonijević, Open Society Foundation
Host: Dušan Pjevović, European Policy Centre – CEP
Enlargement as a Strategic Future: Dealing with Uncertainty in European Capitals
/in Podcasts /by European Policy Centre (CEP)Guest: Srđan Majstorović, European Policy Centre
Host: Dušan Pjevović, European Policy Centre