SKOPJE, 14-15 dECEMBER 2023

SKOPJE, 14-15 dECEMBER 2023 SMART Balkans Regional Conference 2023 Peace and prosperity in the Western Balkans: What is threatening the region and how to advance the opportunities? The conference is addressing the Specific Objective 2 of the SMART Balkans project that works towards Developed strong regional partnerships between civil society organizations from the region of the Western Balkans the. [...] This will result in progress in forming cooperative relations between CSOs in the region and using regional experiences, know-how and examples for joint advocacy of solutions to the government and government institutions in the fields of policy and social planning, as well as governing. [...] Background Western Balkans citizens are not satisfied with the way things are going in their region, the biggest dissatisfaction in the economies of the region being recorded by the RCC Securimeter, are among respondents from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia while most satisfied being the residents of Albania and Kosovo. [...] With this approach the SMART Balkans Regional conference and the project will address the lack of coordination and cooperation between the CSOs in the region by creating platform for exchanges, devising solutions to regional problems, creating a powerful advocacy coalitions and partnerships. [...] This is in line with the findings on CSOs needs determined with the TACSO’s “Live and kicking – mapping and needs assessment of the regional networks and projects funded within CSF in the Western Balkans and Turkey” report.