“Will the last person to leave, turn off the lights? Tackling demographic challenges in the Western Balkans”
On 4 March 2020, Jable castle hosted a group of some 40 experts, practitioners, state officials, diplomats, students and civil society representatives to discuss demographic challenges of the Western Balkan (WB) countries in the context of brain drain and possibility of turning it into brain circulation.
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Round table “Brexit and its consequences”
On Wednesday, 5 February 2020, special envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (Ambassador-at-large) and BSF Programme Director, Ambassador Iztok Mirošič, took part in the round table entitled “Brexit and its consequences” organized by the Club of former Slovenian Ambassadors. During his interventions, he highlighted the changed balances of power…
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Raisina Dialogue 2020 “21@20: Navigating the Alpha Century”
Between 14 and 16 January 2020, special envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (Ambassador-at-large) and BSF Programme director, Ambassador Iztok Mirošič, took part in Raisina Dialogue 2020 in New Delhi running under the title “21@20: Navigating the Alpha Century”. On 15 January, Ambassador Mirošič took part in the Live…
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Conference on Security Challenges for Europe
On 10 December, Special envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (Ambassador-at-Large) and BSF Programme director, Ambassador Iztok Mirošič, took part in a two-day “Conference on Security Challenges for Europe“. The event was organized by RACVIAC – Centre for Security Cooperation in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Office in…
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10th Festival della Diplomazia
Ambassador-at-Large Iztok Mirošič attended the 2019 edition of Rome’s Festival della Diplomazia, where he participated at the session on migrations, visas and new technologies. There, he presented the dilemmas connected to collecting large amounts of data, inter-operability of European databases, protection of privacy as well as efficiency of data processing at national and EU level…
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XV International Forum of the Aquileia Euroregion: “The Reawakening of Mitteleurope – Nostalgia for the Future”
On 18 October 2019, Ambassador-at-Large Iztok Mirošič attended the 15th Mitteleuropa Forum in Udine, titled 1989–2019: The Awakening of the Mitteleuropa. Nostalgia for the Future. In the panel ‘Mitteleuropa 1989–2019 between Past and Future’, he outlined the development and the social, political and economic transformation of Central Europe and Slovenia from the fall of the…
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State of Europe 2019: Vision Innovation for Europe
Ambassador-at-Large Iztok Mirošič attended the annual roundtable of the Friends of Europe think tank Vision Innovation for Europe held in Brussels. In the main panel, addressing the democratic participation of citizens in EU affairs, he discussed the pitfalls of the transformation of representative democracy into direct “online” voting, which might also be a topic of…
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29th Economic Forum, Krynica Zdrój, Poland
Between 3 and 5 September 2019, special envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (Ambassador-at-Large) and BSF Programme director, Ambassador Iztok Mirošič, participated at the 29th Economic Forum in Krynica Zdrój, Poland.
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Western Balkans Panel: It’s High Time for Region Join EU
The traditional high-profile panel on the Western Balkans at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) heard the participants note that it was high time for the countries of the region to join the EU as they were making serious progress, and that the EU should not forget about the region while dealing with internal issues. The…
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Climate Crisis Should Be Seen As a Business Opportunity
Climate change has become a reality, but rather than seeing climate crisis as a challenge it should be seen as an opportunity, heard participants of a debate on greentech at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). »We should not be driven by fear, but see [the climate crisis] as a motivation,« Mr Gregor Benčina, President of…
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