Cres – ESI at Europe’s Futures symposium

As one of the current cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows, a joint initiative by the IWM Vienna and Erste Foundation, ESI’s Kristof Bender participated in the Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium.

Kristof presenting at this year's Europe’s Futures Symposion on Cres. Photo: Davor Konjikusic

In a session chaired by Srdjan Cvijic (OSF/BiEPAG), Kristof gave a presentation about “Bringing Back Meritocracy to the EU Accession Process”, with comments provided by Alida Vracic (Populari), Ioannis Armakolas (ELIAMEP) and Zoran Necev (Institute for Democracy Societas 'Civilis Skopje’).

Photo: Davor Konjikusic

• Vienna coffeehouse conversations with Ivan Vejvoda, New Approaches to EU Enlargement with Kristof Bender, 28 June 2023
• ESI Background Paper: Scoreboard. The true stat of accession - What the Commission assessments reveal, 17 March 2023
• Kristof Bender, The Western Balkans, Ukraine and the EU. Tipping Point, 16 March 2023
• Kristof Bender, Der Westbalkan, die Ukraine und die EU: Zwei Vorschläge. IWM Post (winter 2022)
• ESI proposal: Offer the four freedoms to the Balkans, Ukraine, and Moldova
• ESI proposal: End the turtle race
• Programme: Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium 2023