On Friday, 14.12.2018. in Sarajevo a workshop of ” Western Balkans Migration Network” was held, gather researchers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkans region. This event was organized with support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of the Sarajevo Canton. In addition to the researchers, participants at the workshop were also…
Read More“A search for that special place under the sun in modern Europe: migration in the twenty first century” Zagreb, May 25–26, 2018 The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, a member of WB-MIGNET, in cooperation with University College Effectus for Law and Finance and The Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, is organizing the third Western Balkans…
Read MoreMembers of the WB-MIGNET’s Executive Board, Nermin Oruc, Danica Santic and Merita Zulfiu, participated at a high level panel-discussion organized by IOM and OSCE on 18 December 2017 in Vienna, on the occasion of the International Migrants Day. The title of the panel discussion was “Perception is not reality – Towards a new narrative of…
Read MoreOn Thursday, November 16, in the Bosniak Institute was held the promotion of the project “Scientific portal of the Bosniak Institute-Foundation Adil Zulfikarpašić”, which aims to connect the Bosnian-Herzegovinian scientific research community with diaspora scientists. The Scientific Portal of the Bosniak Institute – Adil Zulfikarpašić Foundation is an institutional online research repository that combines…
Read MoreOn November 16, 2017, in the premises of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH, was officially presented the online platform Diasporainvest.ba, realized by USAID’s Project “Supporting Diaspora Investment in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. The Platform envisions a series of activities for linking and supporting the creation of new business opportunities for cooperation with the BiH Diaspora…
Read MoreNext RSA MICaRD research network event will be hosted jointly by Lincoln International Business School and Lincoln School of Geography. This symposium aims to foreground migrant perspectives and experiences, and situate these within contemporary debates on migration and the socio-political context of Brexit Britain as well as the broader debates on migration across Europe. Current…
Read MoreConference on “Migration, Diaspora and Development in Albania and in the Western Balkans” is supported by the CEI (Central European Initiative). The organiser of the conference is Center for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Tirana, which is part of the Western Balkans Migration Network (WB-MIGNET), in collaboration with Private Mediterranean University of Albania. The themes of…
Read MoreMembers of our executive board currently are working on various research projects in migration. Merita Zulfiu Alili is involved in project called “Inclusion of Roma and Migrants in Schools: Trainings, Open Discussions and Youth Volunteering Activities (RoMigSc)”. The project objectives are creating inclusive and democratic learning environments, encouraging youth participation, developing inclusion and outreach practices…
Read MoreMeđunarodna organizacija za migracije (IOM) BiH i Razvojni program Ujedinjenih nacija (UNDP) BiH u saradnji sa Ministarstvom za ljudska prava i izbjeglice Bosne i Hercegovine (MLJPI) i uz podršku Vlade Švajcarske trenutno sprovode projekat ‘’Dijaspora za razvoj’’. Jedna od aktivnosti ovog projekta je mapiranje dijaspore, istraživanje koje će se sprovesti u Austriji, Australiji, Danskoj, Njemačkoj, Italiji,…
Read MoreEmigration from Kosovo into western European countries has been a large-scale phenomenon in recent years. The money sent back to Kosovo by migrants working abroad is currently an important element of the country’s economy, but a recent study has found that the return of migrants to Kosovo could prove even more beneficial. Ardiana Gashi and Nick Adnett suggest that government policies should encourage…
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