The Seventh International Summer School for Democracy, entitled Democracy, Globalisation and Security was held in Budva, in Montenegro, from 29 th August till 11 th September 2004.

Lecturers and participants:

The School gathered prominent political scientists from Britain, Serbia, the US, Luxembourg, and Germany. Three lecturers came from Britain: Prof. Christopher Coker of the London School of Economics, Prof. Margaret Blunden, outgoing provost of the University of Westminster, and Dr. David Chandler of the Centre for the Study of Democracy of the University of Westminster.

Photo 1: Prof. Coker delivering his lecture

Among twenty-eight participants twelve were from SaM (eight from Serbia, four from Montenegro), four from Romania, two from Albania, Bulgaria, and the US, one from Croatia, (F.Y.R.) Macedonia, the Hellenic Republic, Germany, Turkey and Portugal.

Academic link between the UK and the Balkans

 Presence of three British professors, three PhD candidates from Oxford, Cambridge, and Sheffield and three alumni of British universities has enabled the School to remain an important academic link between academic communities in the UK and in the Balkans.

Selection of participants

As a result of the advertising we received 45 applications from South-East Europe for the 15 places that we had for the regional participants. This means that we had around 3 applications per place. Additionally we received 25 applications from Serbia and Montenegro. Total number of applications was 70 which is the highest number of applicants since the establishment of the School. Application process was open during June and July 2004.

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

1. Application/registration form available at our web-site: www.ays.org.yu
2. Letter of Motivation
3. CV
4. Letter of recommendation written by a senior scholar

Most of applicants are PhD students, some already have a PhD degree, and they mostly have MA degrees. Most of them have teaching positions and 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.

School Organisers and Staff

The School was organised by the Anglo-Serbian Society, Belgrade, Association of Fulbright Alumni in SaM, The Centre for the Study of Democracy of the University of Westminster, London and the Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies.

In academic terms the School was managed by two Co-directors: Prof. Margaret Blunden, Provost of the University of Westminster and Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade. In organisational terms the School was managed by Slobodan Markovich, Executive Director of the School. Secretary of the School was Ms. Milica Bogdanovic.

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

During the previous six 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 around 30 participants (15 from Serbia and Montenegro, and 15 from the region of South-East Europe). This means that during the previous six years 90 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. Three such groups were formed during the previous summer school.

An important aspect of the School is that it serves as a forum where young scholars from the region can 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.

School's Programme

The School lasted thirteen days and eleven of them were working days while Sunday was free for participants. Each of the eleven days had three morning lectures (lasting one hour each) and an additional session dedicated to Afternoon Discussions. The Luxembourg Institute of European and International Studies was in charge of the programme on September 1, 2 having four lectures per day and on Saturday (September, 3) when it organised two lectures. Although main topics of the School the Balkans and globalisation and the Balkans and the European Union were present during both weeks, the first week was more dedicated to the European Union while the second week was focused primarily on globalisation.

Photo 2: Participants during an Afternoon Discussion

Seven sessions of the Afternoon Discussion were held during the School. At the session participants presented situation with the EU integration in their countries. Participants from the following countries prepared country profiles in relation to the EU integrations: Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, and the Hellenic Republic.

Readings

All the students were given prepared readings that included articles from the fields of globalisation and the EU. Thanks to the donation of ASS all the participants were given the Collection of Papers from the previous summer school entitled Challenges to New Democracies in the Balkans. The book includes articles of most of the lecturers who took part in the School. LIEIS donated to students various brochures on the EU as well as many of its own publications. Prof. Simic donated to interested students ten books entitled European Integrations and the Balkans.

Students were also given brochures, notation materials and pencils.

Site visits

A representative of the British Embassy, Belgrade, Ms. Aleksandra Nedic, Head of Projects and Public Diplomacy Section, visited the School and took part in final ceremony of awarding certificates.

S. Markovich, E. B. Weaver and V. Pavlovic, Challenges to New Democracies in the Balkans ( Belgrade: Anglo-Serbian Society and Cigoja Press, 2004); Theodor Winkler, Brana Markovic, Predrag Simic and Ognjen Pribicevic ( Belgrade: CSES and DCEF, 2002).

Ceremony of Awarding certificates

Photo 3 (left): S. Markovich, A. Nedic, and Prof. V. Pavlovic before the ceremony of awarding certificates
Phote 4 (right): Prof. Julian, S. Markovich, Ms. Nedic, Prof Pavlovic, and Prof. Stanovcic after the ceremony

At the end of the School (Friday, 10 th September) a ceremony of awarding certificates was organised followed by a fare-well dinner. At the ceremony Ms. Aleksandra Nedic from the British Embassy, Belgrade delivered a short speech as well as Prof. Pavlovic, Co-director of the School and Mr. Markovich, Executive Director of the School. Ms. Nedic and Mr. Pavlovic delivered certificates to all participants of the School.

Evaluation

After each week of the School the students filled evaluation forms with an aim to evaluate every lecturer through five categories: 1. How well prepared was the lecturer, 2. How clear was s/he in delivering his/her lecture, 3. What was the level of his/her inter-activity, 4. How interesting was the topic to the students, 5. What was general impression of the School. Next to each lecturers' name the students had space to write their written comments. The students also evaluated Afternoon Country Presentations by students, Curriculum Development, Organisation of the School, Accommodation, Food and Structure of Participants. The whole evaluation will be available at www.ays.org.yu and will also be sent personally to all lecturers. The comments are sent only to those lecturers that they are related to.

The following are the results of the evaluation made by students:

Lecturer

General Impression

Prof. Christopher Coker

4,92

Prof. Joseph Julian

4,85

Dr. David Chandler

4,82

Prof. Margaret Blunden

4,68

Adrian Pabst

4,68

Ivan Vejvoda

4,55

Dr. George Voskopoulos

4,48

Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic

4,41

Prof. Milan Podunavac

4,35

Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic

4,29

Prof. Predrag Simic

4,25

Prof. Radmila Nakarada

4,15

Prof. Vucina Vasovic

4,08

Prof. Miroslav Pecujlic

4,01

Prof. Zagorka Golubovic

3,71

Prof. Ilija Vujacic

3,58

Prof. Jelena Djordjevic

3,58

Amb. Zivojin Jazic

3,45

Dr. Armand Clesse

2,55

OVERALL AVERAGE

4,18

Lecturer

Preparedness

 

Prof. Margaret Blunden

4.90

Prof. Christopher Coker

4.81

Ivan Vejvoda

4.78

Adrian Pabst

4.75

Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic

4.67

Prof. Milan Podunavac

4.66

Prof. Radmila Nakarada

4.63

Dr. David Chandler

4.55

Dr. George Voskopoulos

4.52

Prof. Miroslav Pecujlic

4.42

Prof. Ilija Vujacic

4.32

Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic

4.31

Prof. Joseph Julian

4.29

Prof. Vucina Vasovic

4.22

Prof. Predrag Simic

4.21

Prof. Zagorka Golubovic

4.10

Prof. Jelena Djordjevic

3.93

Amb. Zivojin Jazic

3.36

Dr. Armand Clesse

2.66

OVERALL AVERAGE

4.32

Lecturer

Clarity

 

Prof. Margaret Blunden

4,95

Prof. Christopher Coker

4,89

Prof. Joseph Julian

4,77

Ivan Vejvoda

4,73

Adrian Pabst

4,70

Dr. David Chandler

4,65

Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic

4,51

Prof. Milan Podunavac

4,38

Prof. Predrag Simic

4,32

Dr. George Voskopoulos

4,26

Prof. Radmila Nakarada

4,25

Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic

4,20

Prof. Miroslav Pecujlic

3,94

Prof. Ilija Vujacic

3,92

Prof. Vucina Vasovic

3,91

Prof. Jelena Djordjevic

3,70

Amb. Zivojin Jazic

3,59

Prof. Zagorka Golubovic

3,22

Dr. Armand Clesse

2,38

OVERALL AVERAGE

4,17

Lecturer

Inter-Activity

 

Prof. Joseph Julian

5,00

Dr. David Chandler

4,90

Dr. George Voskopoulos

4,58

Adrian Pabst

4,55

Prof. Milan Podunavac

4,42

Prof. Christopher Coker

4,39

Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic

4,34

Ivan Vejvoda

4,25

Prof. Radmila Nakarada

4,19

Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic

4,19

Prof. Margaret Blunden

4,11

Prof. Miroslav Pecujlic

4,05

Prof. Predrag Simic

3,91

Prof. Vucina Vasovic

3,76

Prof. Zagorka Golubovic

3,69

Prof. Jelena Djordjevic

3,69

Amb. Zivojin Jazic

3,35

Prof. Ilija Vujacic

3,30

Dr. Armand Clesse

2,15

OVERALL AVERAGE

4,04

Lecturer

Interest

 

Dr. David Chandler

4,95

Prof. Christopher Coker

4,89

Prof. Joseph Julian

4,75

Prof. Margaret Blunden

4,68

Adrian Pabst

4,67

Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic

4,58

Prof. Milan Podunavac

4,50

Ivan Vejvoda

4,49

Dr. George Voskopoulos

4,43

Prof. Predrag Simic

4,43

Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic

4,37

Prof. Radmila Nakarada

4,27

Prof. Vucina Vasovic

3,98

Prof. Miroslav Pecujlic

3,79

Prof. Jelena Djordjevic

3,65

Prof. Ilija Vujacic

3,53

Amb. Zivojin Jazic

3,43

Prof. Zagorka Golubovic

3,43

Dr. Armand Clesse

2,91

OVERALL AVERAGE

4,20


 AVERAGE FOR ALL LECTURERS
(including comparison with the previous two years)

Budva 2004

Budva 2003

Petrovac 2002

 

Preparedness

4.32

4.43

4,69

Usefulness/Clarity*

4.17

4.12

4,26

Interactive Approach

4.04

4.19

4,50

Interest

4.20

4.15

4,10

General Impression

4.18

4.21

4,23

* Two different criteria were used in the evaluations. In 2002 and 2004 students evaluated clarity of lectures, and in 2003 they evaluated usefulness.

 OTHER ACTIVITIES
(including comparison with the previous two years) 

Budva 2004

Budva 2003

Petrovac 2002

 

Organisation of the School

4.85

4,57

4.46

Accommodation

3.47

3,38

4.31

Food

4.80

3,69

3.15

As one can see the students were completely satisfied with the organisation of the School. Regarding Hotel Avala the food got an excellent grade. Accommodation in villas Avala got ambiguous evaluation and many students were not too satisfied with the rooms.

Participants were for the first time asked this year if they would recommend the School to other potential participants. They were offered to chose between five categories: 1. I would highly recommend, 2. I would recommend, 3. I am not sure, 4. I would not recommend, 5. I would not recommend at all. These are the results of the query:

As can be seen most of the participants were very satisfied with the School. Therefore 50% of them would highly recommend the School, 45% would recommend the School, 5% are not sure and there is not a single who would not recommend the School.

In order to improve future selection the ASS has inquire how did participants find out about the School. The following possibilities were offered: 1. Through alumni, 2. through mailing lists, 3. through some of organisers, 4. in some other way, please specify which.

As one can see from the chart 2 the main source of information comes through e-mail lists, but alumni and organisers are also important sources of information.

Publication of the Proceedings of the International Summer School for Democracy

The Anglo-Yugoslav Society plans to publish Proceedings of the Seventh and Eighth International Summer Schools which will be dedicated to European Identities and the Balkans. The Proceedings will include papers or reflections of the Schools' lecturers related to topics of ISSD in 2004 and 2005. Adrian Pabst, PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, prepared a long narrative report on the contents of the School.

The International Summer School for Democracy included the following sponsors: 1. The British Embassy, Belgrade, 2. The U.S. Embassy, Belgrade, 3. The Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies, 4. Pax Christi Netherlands, Belgrade Office, 5. The Balkan trust for Democracy, 6. Centre for the Study of Democracy (air-tickets for lecturers from CSD), and 8. the Anglo-Serbian Society (equipment and 50 books).

Name and Surname

Educational background

Country
e-mail

Organisation /Institution

1. Ciprian Calin Alionescu

MA (LSE) + MAIS

Romania
cipiali@hotmail.com

National Liberal Party

2. Jovan Ananiev

MA in Political Science

Macedonia
jananiev@isppi.ukim.edu.mk

Res., Institute for Sociological Research, USCM, Skopje

3. Marija Armenko

BSc , MA cand.

SaM , Montenegro
kleopatra1111@yahoo.com

Office of the President of Serbia and Montenegro

4. Marinela Arresi

LLB

Albania
marresi@ifesalbania.org

International Foundation for Election Systems

5. Ismail Aydil

Ma, PhD cand. ( Univ. of Sheffield)

Turkey
iaydil@seerc.info

SE ERC, Thessalonica

6. Milica Bogdanovic

BA in Sociology

SaM , Serbia
milbog@yubc.net

Council for Democratic Changes, Belgrade

7. Andre Ferreira
Da Cunha

BA

Portugal
cunha_tsf@hotmail.com

Forum for European Journalism Students

8. Ivana Gajovic

BA

SaM , Montenegro
igajovic@cg.yu

Nansen Dialogue Centre,
Podgorica

9. Monica Iatan

MA in NATO studies

R omania
monicaiatan@yahoo.com

Ministry for European Integration in Romania

10. Svetlana Katnic

BS c (LSE)

SaM , Montenegro
kate@cg.yu

Nansen Dialogue Centre, Montenegro

11. Malina Kroumova

MA in IR

Bulgaria
shiboi@yahoo.com

Association Izvor

12. Xhesi Mane

BA, MA cand.

Albania
xhes@yahoo.com

MA student, University of Trento

13. Lazar Maricevic

BA, MA Cand.

SaM , Serbia
lazar@bos.org.yu

Centre for the Development of Serbia

14. Sergiu Miscoiu

MA, PhD cand.,
University Marne-la-Vallée

Romania
miscoiu@yahoo.com

Faculty of European Studies of Cluj

15. Marko Nikolic

MA

SaM , Serbia
markon@diplomacy.bg.ac.yu

Res., Institute of International Politics and Economics

16. Adrian Pabst

PhD cand. (Cantab)

Germany
ap215@cam.ac.uk

LIEIS

17. Toni Petkovic

MA, PhD cand. (CEU)

SaM , Serbia
tonip@ptt.yu

Central European University

18. Antonija Petricusic

MA in Human Rights

Croatia
Antonija.Petricusic@eurac.edu

Res., European Academy, Bolzano

19. Plamen Petrov

MA, PhD cand. in History

Bulgaria
plamen127@mail.bg

TA, Varna Free University

20. Zoran Skopljak

LLB, LLM ( Univ. of Pittsburgh)

SaM , Serbia
zoranskopljak@yahoo.com

Res., Institute for European Studies

21. Sandra Savanovic

BA in Economics

SaM , Serbia
ssavanovic@mypersonalmail.com

Res., Free Market Center, Belgrade

22. Cristina Stanus

BA, PhD cand. In PS

Romania
cstanus@zappmobile.ro

TA Babes Bolyai University

23. Aleksandar Stevanovic

BA, MA student

SaM , Serbia
stesav@sezampro.yu

Res., Free Market Center, Belgrade

24. Aleksandar Vidojevic

LLB , MA cand.

SaM , Serbia
avidoje@hotmail.com

TA, Braca Karic University, Belgrade

25. Andriela Vitic

MSc in Economics

SaM , Montenegro
hema@cg.yu

TA, University of Montenegro

26. Dr. George Voskopoulos

PhD in Pol. Sci.
( Univ. of Sheffield)

Hellenic Republic
seeiia@yahoo.gr

SEERC, Thessalonica

27. Eric Weaver

MA, MPhil (CEU),
MSc (Oxon)

USA
weavere@yahoo.com

DPhil Cand., University of Oxford

28. Bojana Zdraljevic

BA, UC, Berkeley

SaM/USA
bojo@uclink.berkeley.edu

Fulbright fellow at the University of Croatia

Abbreviations:

  • LIEIS – The Luxembourg Institute of European and International Studies
  • Res. – researcher
  • SaM – Serbia and Montenegro
  • SEERC – The South East European Research Centre
  • TA – teaching assistant

Resource Persons

Title and Name

University

 

Prof. Margaret Blunden

Provost of the University of Westmisnter

Dr. David Chandler

Centre for the Study of Democracy, London

Dr. Armand Clesse

Director of the Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies

Prof. Christopher Coker

London School for Economics and Political Science

Prof. Jelena Djordjevic

Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade

Prof. Zagorka Golubovic

Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade

Amb. Zivojin Jazic

European Centre for Peace and Development, Belgrade

Prof. Joseph Julian

Syracuse University , NY

Slobodan Markovich

Institute for European Studies, Belgrade

Prof. Radmila Nakarada

Institute for European Studies, Belgrade

Adrian Pabst

LIEIS, PhD cand. (Cantab)

Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic

Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade

Prof. Miroslav Pecujlic

Professor emeritus of the Belgrade Law School

Prof. Predrag Simic

Director of the Diplomatic Academy, Belgrade, and Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade

Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Prof. Vucina Vasovic

Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade

Ivan Vejvoda

Executive Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy

Dr. George Voskopulos

SEERC, Thessalonica

Prof. Ilija Vujacic

Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade

Eric Weaver

DPhil cand. (Oxon)