Sarajevo – ESI takes part in a round table on EU policy towards the Western Balkans

Adnan Cerimagic talking at the round table in Sarajevo. Photo: ESI

ESI's analyst Adnan Cerimagic took part in a round table organised by the EUISS and the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The round table took place in Sarajevo on 20 October 2017.   

Adnan presented ESI's latest reports and ideas on future of EU enlargement to the Western Balkans and socio-economic reforms in Bosnia. Other speakers at the round table included Zoran Nechev and Marko Ceperkovic, EUISS, Vedran Dzihic, Austrian Institute for Foreign Policy and The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), and Denisa Sarajlic, Foreign Policy Initiative BH. The event was attended by representatives of diplomatic representations and the civic sector in Bosnia.

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