Promoting Democratic Values Among Youth – Student Debates 2017
Promoting Democratic Values Among Youth – Student Debates 2017

Contributor(s): Jelena Milić (Editor)
Subject(s): Civil Society, Security and defense, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Centar za evroatlantske studije CEAS
Summary/Abstract: Collection of Essays of University Students and Professors from Slovakia, Serbia, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.In 2017 MESA 10 organization from Bratislava, Slovakia in partnership with Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies (CEAS) from Belgrade, Serbia implemented fourth round of Student debates, aproject implemented with the support of National Endowment for democracy from USA.The project aims at promoting democratic values, strengthening debating skills and ncouraging independent and critical thinking among university students from Slovakia, Serbia, Moldova,Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Activities of this project included: two rounds ofthe debates among 35 students from participated universities, one in December 2016 heldin Slovakia and one in April 2017 held in Belgrade; tailor made online lectures by expertsin various fields aiming to help students to prepare for the debates; survey collected at theparticipating universities on the topics of NATO and EU integration, Russia and its efforts toinfluence Balkan countries; Current security threats; political situation in the EU, etc. andpublishing of the results of the surveys in a form of online and printed handout at the twopresentation events one to be held in Podgorica (Montenegro) and other in Chișinău (Moldova);and presentation of publication with the essays on the debate topics, composed by universitystudents and professors.

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