The Tenth International Summer School for Democracy,

entitled Transition, Islam and Democracy

was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 28th August till 7th September 2007

Lecturers and participants:

The School gathered prominent political scientists from Britain, Croatia, Hungary, the United States of America and Serbia. Seven lecturers came from Britain: Prof. Christopher Coker of the London School of Economics, Prof. Margaret Blunden, professor emeritus at the University of Westminster, Dr. Maria Holt from the Centre for the Study of Democracy, London, Dr. Spyros Economides from the London School of Economics, Dr. Dimitar Bechev from the University of Oxford, Prof. Ali Paya from the Centre for the Study of Democracy, London, and Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi from the Centre for the Study of Democracy, London.

The School was opened by the addresses of HE Rasim Ljajic, Minister of Labour and Social Policy in the Government of Serbia, HE Stephen Wordsworth, HM Ambassador in Serbia, and, HE Cameron Munter, Ambassador of the United States of America in Serbia. The opening was covered by all major digital and print media in Serbia.

Among twenty-four participants 11 were from Serbia and the other 13 from the region of SEE: two from (FYR) Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria and the Hellenic Republic, and one from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary. One participant from Albania did not get a Serbian visa in time in spite of repeated requests by AnSeS to the Embassy of Serbia in Tirana and therefore could not take part in the Summer School.

            Selection of participants

As a result of the advertising the Anglo-Serbian Society received around 60 applications from South-East Europe and Serbia and Montenegro. This means that we there were more than 2 applications per place. It is less than in 2006 and it should be attributed to the specificity of the topic.

The Selection Committee consisting of Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic, Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic and Dr. Slobodan Markovich, reviewed all applications. All the applicants were requested to submit further documents:

1.Application/registration form available at web-site of AnSeS:   www.ays.org.yu.

2. Letter of Motivation

3. CV

4. Letter of recommendation written by a senior scholar

The nationals of the following countries have applied: Albania – 7, Britain – 1, Bulgaria – 3, Bosnia and Herzegovia – 3, Croatia – 2, Greece/Hellas – 2, Hungary – 1, Lithuania – 1, (FYR) Macedonia – 4, Poland – 2, Romania – 5, Serbia – 23,  and Turkey – 2.

            Selected participants included five persons with PhD degrees, 6 had MA degrees, 5 were MA students, and 8 had a BA degree. Half of the students had teaching positions and many of them a rich experience in both governmental and civil sector.

The list of lecturers and participants             of the School is available in the brochure that has been published by the School and at the web-site of the Anglo-Serbian Society: www.ays.org.yu. It is also enclosed in this report.

Due to the insufficient funding the School selected 25 instead of 28 participants as originally planned.            
Twenty-four participants took part in the Summer School since one selected participant could get a Serbian          visa in time.
Photo 1: Dr. Slobodan G. Markovich, HE                                  
And Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic

 

School Organisers and Staff

The School was organised by the Anglo-Serbian Society, Belgrade, and the Centre for the Study of Democracy of the University of Westminster, London.

In academic terms the School was managed by its Co-Directors, Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade and Prof. Margaret Blunden, professor emeritus at the University of Westminster. In organisational terms the School was managed by Dr. Slobodan Markovich, Executive Director of the School. The Secretary of the School was Ms. Milica Bogdanovic, Programme Co-ordinator at the Anglo-Serbian Society.

The School as a Regional (South-East European) Project

During the previous nine years the School has persistently endeavoured to gather prominent young specialists and activists from the region of South-East Europe. Even under very difficult political circumstances prior to the downfall of the regime of Slobodan Milosevic (in 1998, 1999 and 2000), the School was able to gather young specialists from the region.
Each summer school for democracy gathered between 25 and 30 participants (up to 15 from Serbia and Montenegro, and the equal number from the region of South-East Europe). This means that during the previous nine years approx. 130 young scholars and activists from the region and the equal number from Serbia and Montenegro participated in the project.
In this way the School has been able to create a network of young specialists dealing with the problems of democratisation of the region and to establish mutual links between them. A practical result of the School is that there are many web-groups created by School’s alumni enabling constant contact between scholars from the region. Alumni stay in touch and continue to co-operate and invite other alumni to the conferences that they organise. 
An important aspect of the School is that it serves as a forum where young scholars from the region are able to exchange their views and learn to view social problems through regional perspectives. In this way the School offers its contribution to the democratisation of the region and to overcoming national preconceptions and stereotypes. For this sole purpose afternoon workshops were introduced in 2003.

School's Programme

The School lasted eleven days of which nine were working days and two days were dedicated to a study trip in Novi Pazar. Due to financial constraints the Scholl lasted one day less than originally planned (eleven instead of twelve days). Each of the nine working days had two morning lectures (lasting 90 minutes each), one afternoon lecture, and an additional session dedicated to Afternoon Discussions. While the first week was dedicated to the relations between Islam and democracy, the second week dealt with transition in general and transition of particular countries of the Balkans.

At sessions of afternoon discussions country reports were presented dealing either with the relations between Islam and democracy or with transition of particular Balkan countries. Two documentary films were watched and discussed: Once they were Neighbours, a documentary film on memories of Holocaust in the Hungarian town of Koszeg in whose preparation one of the participants took place (Bori Kriza), and Whose Song is This?, a Bulgarian documentary on shared cultural heritage in the Balkans and otherness.

Lecturers at the School:
The following lecturers took part in the Tenth International Summer School for Democracy:

• Dr. Aly Abuzaakuk, Centre for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Washington
• Dr. Dimitar Bechev, University of Oxford
• Prof. Margaret Blunden, Centre for the Study of Democracy, London
• Prof. Christopher Coker, London School of Economics and Political Science
• Dr. Spyros Economides, London School of Economics and Political Science
• Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Centre for the Study of Democracy, London
• Jody Jensen, ISES. Szombathely
• Dr. Maria Holt, Centre for the Study of Democracy, London
• Dr. Slobodan Markovich, Institute for European Studies and FPS, Belgrade
• Prof. Ferenc Miszlivec, ISES, Szombathely
• Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade
• Prof. Ali Paya, Centre for the Study of Democracy, London
• Prof. Zarko Puhovski, University of Zagreb
• Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Ivan Vejvoda, Balkan Trust for Demcracy

Special events

Visit to Novi Pazar was organised on September 1 and 2, and four events took place during this study visit. Participants were accommodated at Hotel Taj.

1.    An evening session with NGO leaders and young political leaders from Novi Pazar. Panellists included: Zibija Dervishalitovic-Sarenkapic from Cultural Centre Damad, Mr. Mirsad Jusufovic, Secretary-General of the Sanjak Democratic Party, Ms. Dzeneta Agovic from NGO Impuls in Tutin, and, Mr. Samid Sarenkapic, student at Bard College, New York. The session included open discussion on the problems of Novi Pazar and the region of Sanjak, on political situation, inter-ethnic relations in the region on Sanjak, and on the prospects of young people in the region.

• Sightseeing of Novi Pazar was organised with the help of Mr. Muamer R. Bacevac and Mr. Hajrudin Balic, director of Glas islama [Voice of Islam].The group visited the fortress of Novi Pazar and two mosques. Mr. Balic took the group to local medresa (Islamic religious secondary school).

 

• Visit to the mufti of Belgrade and mufti of Novi Pazar.

Lecturers who are experts on Islam, Dr. Ali Abuzaakuk and Dr. Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi, visited mufti of Belgrade, Mr. Jusufspahic and Belgrade’s Bajrakli mosque. They exchanged views of the position of Islam in Europe and were informed on the statues and activities of Islamic community in Serbia.  
The chief mufti of Novi Pazar Mr. Moamer Zukorlic hosted participants in the head office of the Meshihat of the Islamic Community in Serbia and delivered a lecture on Islam and Democracy. He emphasised importance of autochthonous European Muslims from the Balkans (Bosniaks and Albanians) who feel as Europeans and may therefore be a natural bridge between the West and the Islamic World. He also answered several questions by the participants.

• Visit to the University of Novi Pazar. Mr. Hajrudin Balic also organised a visit to the private University of Novi Pazar

 

Twenty-two participants took part in the visit to Novi Pazar as well as Prof. Blunden, Dr. El-Affendi and Dr. Markovich and Ms. Bogdanovic from AnSeS.

Photo 2: Visit of participants to the University of Novi Pazar

 

Visit to Serbian monasteries of Studenitsa and Zhicha. On September 1, a visit to the Serbian monastery of Studenitsa was organised and Dr. Markovich gave a historical explonations. On September 2, the group visit the monatery of Zhicha on their way back to Belgrade.

Photo 3: Visit of participants to the Monastery of Studenitsa

 

Special lecture organised at the National Library of Serbia
A special panel discussion entitled “Islam and Democracy” was organised at the National Library of Serbia on August 27 with the participation of Dr. Aly Abuzaakuk, Centre for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Washington, Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Centre for the Study of Democracy, London and Prof. Ali Paya, Centre for the Study of Democracy, London. In their introductory presentations Dr. Abuzaakuk spoke about “Islam and Democracy: the American Muslim Experience”, Dr. El. Affendi on “Democracy Promotion as an Anti-Terrorist Strategy”, and Prof. Ali Paya on “Relations between Iran and the West after September 11”. The event was co-organised by the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence – BFPE. It was attended by one hundred persons from political and cultural life of Belgrade and several diplomats were also present. The panel discussion had been recorded by BFPE and a DVD copies of the panel discussion are available. BFPE organised a dinner in honour of the participants of the panel discussion and one day later Belgrade businessman Tahir Hasanovic organised another dinner in their honour.
Opening of the School and Media Coverage

            The opening of the Tenth International Summer School for Democracy had the best media coverage in the history of the School. This is a product of a very high profile of the four panellists who opened the School. The panellists included HE Rasim Ljajic, Minister of Labour and Social Policy in the government of Serbia and president of the Sanjak Democratic Party, HE Stephen Wordsworth, HM Ambassador to Serbia, Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Director of the International Summer School for Democracy, and the US Ambassador to Serbia HE Cameron Munter.

Photo 4: HE Rasim Ljajic, Minister of Labor and Social Policy, UK Ambassador to Serbia HE Stephen Wordsworth, Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Director of the International Summer School for Democracy; He U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Cameron Munter

 

HE Rasim Ljajic delivered a lecture on the relations between Islam and democracy in today’s world. He spoke about two groups of causes why democracy is in crisis in Islamic world. These are internal and external. Internal causes include: differences between conservative ulema and secularists, high corruptibility, high illiteracy rates in Muslim countries, law level of democratic traditions, emergence of extremism in the interpretation of Koran and economic backwardness. External reasons include: unresolved Palestinian question, fight against terrorism and fight against Islam and Islamophobia. He insisted that a sincere dialogue was needed between Islamic World and the West. 

HE Wordsworth pointed out the importance of the topic of the Summer School: “It is hard to think of any theme which is more relevant across Europe, or more important to the future of our societies and to peace in the world.” Speaking of British experience in integrating British Muslims he pointed out: “In many areas, for example, we still have to continue to work hard to build trust between Moslem communities and the authorities, such as the police.  And, in general, we need to do more to make sure that the next generation – and half of Britain’s Moslems were born in the country – is able to move on up and take full advantage of all that our society offers.” He also insisted that “Christianity and Islam are not opposites – we share a common root, and many common values flow from that.  But we have to recognise the potential for misunderstanding when we talk, for example, about ‘exporting democracy’, in terms that suggest that western countries have a unique and perfect model to impose on the rest of the world.”
The U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Cameron Munter took part in the opening of the School. This was his first public appearance in Serbia. In his remarks, Ambassador Munter stated that, "The voices of Islam join all others to strengthen the United States' civic values of equality, tolerance, and pluralism." He emphasized the U.S. commitment to ethnic and religious diversity, both at home and abroad, and noted that the U.S. Embassy was proud of its support to the rebuilding of the Islamic Community Center in Belgrade and the rebuilding of a historic Mehteb in Novi Pazar. The Ambassador praised the organizers of the International Summer School for Democracy for selecting one of the most challenging topics of our time for their program.
The opening of the School was covered by all major TV stations in Serbia including RTS, B92 and The Voice of America (through TV Avala and local media) had a lengthy coverage of the opening of the School. All leading quality dailies including Politika, Danas and Privredni pregled covered the event. News agency TANJUG and Fonet also covered the event. Both British and American embassies in Serbia reported on the opening on embassies’ web-sites. The site of the US Department of State also covers the School within “Public diplomacy at home and in Europe” section and it was also covered in its Newsletter: Did You Know? Public Diplomacy at Home and in Europe (November 2007).
The visit to Novi Pazar was covered by the Media Centre of the Islamic Community in Serbia.  Several student web-sites, NGO web-sites and web-site of the City of Belgrade also announced information on the Summer School.

 

EVALUATION 2007

Seventeen out of twenty three participants filled in questionnaires and evaluated all the lecturers on September 7, 2006, according to five criteria: 1. Preparedness, 2. Clarity, 3. Inter-Activity, 4. Interest, 5. General Impression. Marks were between 1 (the lowest mark), and 5 (the highest mark). Written evaluation was followed by a session of oral evaluation where each participant had an opportunity to assess the School.

 

GENERAL IMPRESSION

Christopher Coker 4,92 Slobodan Markovich 4,75 Margaret Blunden 4,69 Spyros Economides 4,69 Ferenc Miszlivetz 4,5 Zarko Puhovski 4,45 Ana Trbovich 4,36 Jody Jensen 4,29 Ivan Vejvoda 4,27 Vojislav Stanovcic 4,25 Abdelwahab El-Affendi  4 Ali Paya   4 Aly Abuzaakuk        4 Dimitar Bechev        4 Maria Holt        4

PREPAREDNESS

Christopher Coker 4,92 Margaret Blunden 4,85 Jody Jensen 4,79 Spyros Economides 4,77 Dimitar Bechev 4,75 Slobodan Markovich 4,75 Zarko Puhovski 4,64 Ferenc Miszlivetz 4,5 Ana Trbovich 4,36 Ivan Vejvoda 4,36 Ali Paya 4,36 A. El-Affendi 4,31 Vojislav Stanovcic 4,17 Aly Abuzaakuk 4,15 Maria Holt 4

CLARITY

Christopher Coker 4,92 Spyros Economides 4,85 Margaret Blunden 4,69 Slobodan Markovich 4,67 Jody Jensen 4,57 Ivan Vejvoda 4,55 Ferenc Miszlivetz 4,5 Vojislav Stanovcic 4,5 Ana Trbovich 4,45 Dimitar Bechev 4,33 Aly Abuzaakuk 4,31 Zarko Puhovski 4,27 Maria Holt 4,09 A. El-Affendi 4,08 Ali Paya 4

INTER-ACTIVE APPROACH

Margaret Blunden 4,85 Christopher Coker 4,69 Slobodan Markovich 4,67 Spyros Economides 4,54 Ferenc Miszlivetz 4,5 Ana Trbovich 4,27 Aly Abuzaakuk 4,23 Dimitar Bechev 4,17 Jody Jensen 4,14 Zarko Puhovski 4,09 Ivan Vejvoda 4 Ali Paya 3,86 Vojislav Stanovcic 3,75 Maria Holt 3,55 A. El-Affendi 3,46

INTREST

Christopher Coker 5 Slobodan Markovich 4,83 Margaret Blunden 4,69 Spyros Economides 4,69 Zarko Puhovski 4,64 Ferenc Miszlivetz 4,4 Ivan Vejvoda 4,36 Vojislav Stanovcic 4,33 Ana Trbovich 4,18 Jody Jensen 4,14 A. El-Affendi 4,08 Aly Abuzaakuk 4,08 Ali Paya 4 Dimitar Bechev 3,83 Maria Holt 3,82

The participants also evaluated afternoon discussions where participants presented problems of transition in their native countries. Two documentary films were performed during afternoon discussions: Whose song is this?, and a documentary on memories of holocaust in Koszeg in Western Hungary.

 

Afternoon discussions
Preparedness	4,36
Usefulness	4,27
General Impression	4,36

 

Comparison of the average marks for the last five summer schools demonstrates that the Summer School 2007 has maintained the high level that was achieved during the previous summer schools. Actually averages in 2007 are the highest in school’s history.

AVERAGE FOR ALL LECTURERS (including comparison with the previous four years)
	Belgrade 2007	Belgrade 2006	Budva 2005	Budva 2004	Budva  2003
Preparedness	4,51	4.41	4.53	4.32	4.43
Usefulness/Clarity	4,45	4.26	4.31	4.17	4.12
Interactive Approach	4,18	4.03	3.97	4.04	4.19
Interest	4,40	4.20	4,20	4.20	4.15
General Impression	4,34	4.20	4.25	4.18	4.21

 

Organisation of the School has traditionally been one of the best evaluated aspects of the School and this year has demonstrated slightly poorer results mainly due to the lack of extracurricular activities this year. This came as a result of insufficient funding. Food has been evaluated with slightly smaller average than in 2006, although accommodation got quite favourable score. Accommodation that was the weakest point of the School in the period 2003-2005 significantly improved in the period 2006-2007 and is the highest this year for the  period under consideration 2003-2007.

This is the second School organized in Belgrade. In 2006 the first sightseeing tour was organized in Belgrade. In 2007 there was a special visit to Novi Pazar and the monastery of Studenitsa. Special dinner was not organized in 2007 due to insufficient funding. In both oral and written evaluation the visit to Novi Pazar got excellent marks.

 

	Belgrade 2007	Belgrade 2006	Budva 2005	Budva 2004	Budva 2003
Organisation	4,34	4.52	4.76	4.85	4,57
Accommodation	4,80	4.44	2.67	3.47	3,38
Food	3,75	4.04	4.43	4.80	3,69
Facilities	4,58	4.35	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sightseeing tour of Belgrade	n/a	4.75	n/a	n/a	n/a
Special visit to Novi Pazar	Preparedness Usefulness General Impression		4,62 4,92 4,77
Special dinner	n/a	4.30	n/a	n/a	n/a

 

      Due to a very specific topic of the first week of the school that dealt with Islam and democracy a new question was put on how much the school has contributed to overcoming participants’ stereotypes on Islam. The result of 4,18 demonstrates that the School has had a good effect in this field.

            Another question was asked on how much the School contributed to improving regional contacts. In this regard participants demonstrated quite high satisfaction giving an average mark of 4,73.

 

All participants were asked on whether they would recommend the school to other potential participants. Five replies were offered:

1. Would highly recommend
2. Would recommend
3. I am not sure
4. Would not recommend
5. Would not recommend at all

Majority of participants 57,1% noted that they would highly recommend the School, while 42,9% said they would recommend the School. Not a single respondent replied they he/she was not sure or would not recommend the School. This is a very good result although somewhat less impressive than in 2005.

 

	ISSD 2007	ISSD 2006	ISSD 2005	ISSD 2004
Would highly recommend	57,1%	70,00%	90.5%	50%
Would recommend	42,9%	30.00%	9.5%	45%
I am not sure	0%	0%	0%	5%
Would not recommend	0%	0%	0%	0%
Would not recommend at all	0%	0%	0%	0%

 

In order to improve advertisement of the School the participants were asked to respond on how they found out about the School.

Four answers were offered:

1. Through alumni of the School
2. Through one of the mailing lists
3. Through one of the organizers
4. Through web-site of the Anglo-Serbian Society

 

Most of participants (43%) found out about the School from mailing lists in particular “Balkan Academic News”. One seventh of them found out about it from alumni. Organisers (AnSeS and CSD) and previous lecturers were the source for 32% of participants. The remaining 10,7% found out from e-mails of their friends who mentioned the School to them.

 

	ISSD 2007	ISSD 2006	ISSD 2005	ISSD 2004
Mailing lists	40%	42.9%	60.0%	50%
Alumni	6,7%	14.3%	20.0%	45%
Organisers	40%	32.1%	10,0%	5%
In other way	13,3%	10.7%	10,0%	0%

 

This year the main source of participants’ information remain mailing lists in particular Balkan Academic News yahoo group.

 

CONCLUSIONS

Evaluation of the Tenth International Summer School for Democracy 2007 demonstrates that the participants were very satisfied with the quality of the School and its lecturers. The organisation has also received very high average mark and the readiness to recommend the School is rather high. Accommodation was assessed with high marks while food got good marks.

Oral evaluation indicated that participants were very satisfied about the School and compared it favourably with other similar experiences. What was especially appreciated by participants was the quality of lectures. Oral evaluation demonstrated that some participants thought that the programme was very demanding and they felt a bit exhausted at the end. They also gave preference to lectures that with practical examples and did not show much appreciation for theoretical approaches. The lack of extracurricular activities was noticed by many participants with regret.

Participants from other countries than Serbia and outside of Belgrade liked the fact that the School was held in Belgrade while participants from Belgrade preferred some other location in Serbia.

Overall evaluation indicates that the International Summer School for Democracy 2007 has been successfully conducted and organised both in academic and logistical terms. 

 

PARTICIPANTS:

Name and Surname	Educational  Background	Country/ E-mail	Organisation/ Institution
Milica Bogdanovic	MA c. in PS, UB	Serbia mbogdanovic@bfpe.org	TA at UB, BFPE, Belgrade
Goran Bogunovic	BA in PS, UB	Serbia goran.bogunovic@gmail.com	Social-Democratic Youth, Belgrade
Nemanja Cocic	BA in PS	Serbia necao@verat.net	CESID, Belgrade
Calin Nicolae Cotoi	PhD in Anth., U. Buch. BA in Soc., U. Buch.	Romania calincotoi@yahoo.com	Lecturer at the U. of Bucharest
Viktor Damjanovic	EM in Management, Amsterdam MBA at WU, OR, USA	Montenegro viktordam2000@yahoo.com	Protection Assistant, UNHCR, Podgorica
Jelena Dzakula	BA in English Language, UB	Serbia dzakula2@hotmai.com	MA s., Open University, UK
Ivana Gajovic	BA in English, U. of Podgorica	Montenegro igajovic@cg.yu	Nansen Dialogue Centre, Podgorica
Angela Musca	PhD in Edu., U. of Iasi	Romania angela_musca@ise.ro	Institute for Educational Sciences, Bucharest
Matilda Ivanova Aleksandrova	MA in Soc., Sofia PhD in Social Res., UNWE, Sofia	Bulgaria matildaa@unwe.acad.bg, matildaalex@hotmail.com	Lec. at the Uni. of National and World Economy, Sofia
Risto Karajkov	MA in Local Devel., University of Bologna	(FYR) Macedonia ristokarajkov@yahoo.com	PhD c. at the University of Bologna
Zahary Nikolov Konkyov	MA in Theology, Sofia	Bulgaria zah.konkyov@abv.bg kzahari@homtail.com	PhD c. at Gregorian University, Rome
Borbala Kriza	MA in NS, CEU, PhD c. at IEPP, Paris	Hungary krizab@freemail.hu	Lec. at Eotvos Lorand U., Budapest
Xhesi Mane	MSc in Loc. Dev. of the Balkans, U. Trento	Albania xhesi.mane@undp.org	Programme Associate, UNDP Albania
Sinisa Marcic	BA in Sociology, U. of Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina sinisamarcic@gmail.com	PhD c. U. of New South Wales, Sidney
Nevena Milutinovic	BA in PS, UB MA s. in PS, UB	Serbia nevena_milutinovic@yahoo.com	Civic Initiatives, Programme Assistant
Girgoris Mouladoudis	PhD, U. Patras	Hellenic Republic bm-clwrzc@otenet.gr	Associate Prof., ASPETE, Ioannina
Danko Nikolic	BA s. at LSE	Serbia danko242@yahoo.com	President of the Zajecar Initiatives, Serbia
Ivana Nikolic	BA in Italian Language, UB	Serbia Ivana107@gmail.com	MA s. in PS, U. of Trieste
Ivan Nikolic	BA in PS	Serbia ivan.nikolic@gmail.com
Sinisa Stefanovic	BA in History, UB MA s. in History, UB	Serbia Sinisa.stefanovic@zaprokul.org.yu	Associate of the Centre for the Cultural Research
Despoina Syrri	MA in PhD c. at U. of Sheffield	Hellenic Republic dsyrri@gmail.com	Fellow of the SEE Research Centre, Thessaloniki
Dusan Spasojevic	MA s. in PS at FPS, Belgrade	Serbia duskous@sezampro.yu	TA at the Faculty of PS, UB
Ljubinka Toseva -  Karpowitz	PhD in Political Science, Ljubljana	(FYR) Macedonia, toseva@hotmail.com	Free Lance Researcher
Gordan Velev	BA in IR, MA s. in PS, UB	Serbia, gordan.velev@gmail.com	Group 484, Project Coordinator

Abbreviations: s – student, c – candidate, U – University, UB – University of Belgrade, PS – political science, NS – nationalism studies, TA –teaching assistant, Lec. - lecturer

 

Sponsors of the School

The Tenth International Summer School for Democracy was supported by three sponsors:

The British Embassy, Belgrade
The Balkan Trust for Democracy, Belgrade
The Centre for the Study of Democracy, London

 

Photo 5: Participants of the School during visit to Novi Pazar