With our analytical approach, we aim to identify the problems and challenges to pinpoint development opportunities and coordinate expertise.
In the scope of the integration into the European Union, we foster paths of countries in the EU’s neighbourhood willing to join the EU.
Through our work, we map the actors of malign influence in-depth and raise awareness of disinformation campaigns.
Our work focuses on mitigating challenges that remain in societies after conflicts.
Activities
Project Monitoring Mission in the ABL Communities in Georgia
From August 6 - 13, 2024, the Project Monitoring Mission in the ABL Communities in Georgia took place, focusing on planning and assessing the next steps of the project. During this mission, our team visited the capital city of Tbilisi, areas near the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL), and future project activity sites, including the mountain resort of Gudauri, where the summer school will take place.
The POINT Conference
From June 24 to 25, 2024, the POINT Conference was held in Sarajevo, where our Executive Director, Alexandra Tóthová, was one of the panelists in the discussion panel titled "EU Elections – What Happened and Why."
Digital Security for Journalists
Digital Security: Handbook for Journalists Free, independent journalism is important [...]
Analysis & Articles
The Balkan Brief
Second half of September 2024
Gender-based violence against women politicians – A threat to democracy in the Balkans?
Is violence against female politicians in the Balkans hindering true equality in politics?
Projects
Building economic resiliency of communities adjacent to the occupation line along Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia in Georgia
The project will strengthen the economic resilience of the ABL area by increasing local production, building accommodation capacities, and optimizing the area's tourist potential. Also, the project aims to build capacities for young people by providing them with the soft skills necessary for their realization within the community and to motivate them to stay in the target districts and participate more actively in public life instead.
Analysis of political dynamics in the Western Balkans in the light of current geopolitical challenges – a new strategy for the Slovak Republic
The aim of the project is to prepare an expert analytical study that will serve as a political baseline for a new approach of the Slovak Republic to the region of Western Balkans and (selected countries of) the Eastern Partnership in the context of the new geopolitical challenges and EU enlargement.
Analysis of hybrid threats in the Western Balkans: Challenges and actors with potential impact on the security of the Slovak Republic
The aim of the project is to better understand the challenge of hybrid threats in the Western Balkans region for representatives of the foreign policy and security expert community in Slovakia by analyzing the current situation, conditions, instruments, actors and relationships directly in the target region through a whole-of-society approach.
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