Preliminary Results of the Research within the Free Movement of People and Goods between Kosovo and Serbia in the Context of Regional Cooperation Project
Preliminary Results of the Research within the Free Movement of People and Goods between Kosovo and Serbia in the Context of Regional Cooperation Project

Contributor(s): Tatjana Tucić (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centar za regionalizam
Keywords: international relations; Serbia; Kosovo; regional cooperation; free movement; trade
Summary/Abstract: Draft version of the project focused on freedom of movement of people and commodities between Serbia and Kosovo in the light of regional cooperation was made back in November 2010. At that time, there were no indications that there was going to be a dialog between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels, or when this dialog was going to be held. First subject on the agenda of these negotiations was also unforeseeable ‐ freedom of movement of people and commodities, an issue that later on in summer 2011 caused dramatic events in North Kosovo. In early February, draft version of this project was presented to certain EU officials in Brussels, who then suggested the Center for Regionalism as the proponent of the project to approach the EU Delegation in Belgrade which was at that time publishing a call for proposals with fitting propositions for given project's subject. Project was approved by the EU Delegation in late June and activities began in early July, when Belgrade‐Pristina negotiations in Brussels were well on their way, where issues targeted by this project were addressed at the very beginning. In early stages of project realization, expert team was formed, with following members from Serbia: ‐ Predrag Bjelić, Ph.D., Associate Professor University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics expert in the field of movement of goods ‐ Bisera Seceragic, economist, expert in the field of grey economy ‐ Vladimir Petronijevic, project consultant, segment on the freedom of movement of people Following experts from Kosovo were engaged in this project: ‐ Doruntina Vinca, BA Anthropology and Political Science, segment on the freedom of movement of people ‐ Hajrulla Çeku, MA, lecturer of Local Government and Politics, segment on the freedom of goods They jointly worked on data collection and processing in regard of freedom of movement of people and commodities. Main goal of expert team's work was to create a report which includes recommendations for Governments in Belgrade and Pristina, and for EU as a mediator in these negotiations.

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