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EUROPE 2020: TOWARDS
INNOVATIVE AND INCLUSIVE UNION
Thursday
17 May 2012
In the time of tremendous challenges ever more people on the continent are provoked to reconsider the viability of the pan-European project. The prime goal of the UACS 7th international conference on European integration will be to analyse the key threats to the political and institutional architecture of the Union offering sustainable solutions for Europe at the crossroad.
Researchers are invited for cross-sectional examinations of the key drivers behind the negative trends in the various areas from finance, economy, social cohesion and environment to education, media and culture. The basic point of departure is our belief that the nations of Europe possess the capabilities to reshape the Union by 2020 and reinvent the attractiveness of the EU model, which is so far considered the most successful instance of economic and political integration in the history of humankind.
Major issues to be addressed
include:
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Europe more deeply integrated in a political, economic and financial areas as a solution to the debt and Euro crises or revival of economic nationalisms on the continent;
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Improving higher educational policies and creation of a knowledge society in order to cope with the global competition;
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Re-shaping of supra-national European institutions, reducing their democratic deficit and consequently containing Euro-skepticism;
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Making multicultural practices an asset, not an obstacle towards building more inclusive communities;
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Western Balkan countries between domestic reform inertia and distracted EU.
The times of crisis have always presented a chance for the brightest to offer the vision and ideas for the better globe. Truly believing that the academic world should spearhead the overall efforts in building more prosperous Europe, we are looking forward to your participation in the one-day program of the conference in Skopje on 17 May 2012.
Join us in thinking ahead for the future!
Sincerely Yours,
Prof. Marjan Bojadziev, PhD
UACS Rector
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