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First Pan-European Conference in Montenegro

The Montenegrin Pan-European Union organised its first international conference “For Europe: Communicating European Integration between EU Member States and enlargement countries” in Podgorica from 17 to 19 November 2017.

The organisation of the first international conference of the Montenegrin Pan-European Union was supported by the European Commission through the Jean Monnet action project titled “Communicating Europe in Pan-European Societies” 2017-2019 (CEPES project).

The priority of the conference was the strengthening of the cooperation between the Pan-European Member Organisations, as well as the promotion and support of the European Integration process in the Region.

The main objectives of the conferences are the following:

  • better communication on EU related topic within Pan-European societies, with special focus on enlargement policy and debate about the future of EU
  • promote policy debate in the South-Eastern Europe (i.e. Western Balkan region), and
  • promote regional cooperation in the context of European integration.

Participant at the conference were representatives from the Pan-European Union network (both, from the EU Member States and from Western Balkan), representatives of the State Authorities of Montenegro (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of European Affairs, Ministry of Culture), members of the Montenegrin Parliament – Committee for European Integration, partner institutions from the University of Montenegro (Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences), representatives of local self-governments – MPEU partners (Podgorica, Cetinje, Tivat, Danilovgrad and Berane) and colleagues from CSOs.

The Conference was closed by adoption of conclusions about regional commitment to European Integration and support of the IPEU Member Organisations in promoting regional cooperation between countries of the EU enlargement.

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