Creating Territorial Cooperation: The Impact of the Intercultural Dialogue and Migration Flows in South-East Europe

The program is implemented under the aegis of the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna, Uniadrion (the Association of the Universities of the Adriatic-Ionian Macroregion), and the Legislative Assembly of the Emilia-Romagna Region. The program is carried out with the sponsorship of the Executive Board of the Government of the Region of Emilia-Romagna and the Municipality of Cesenatico.

The Winter School will take place in the delightful seaside city of Cesenatico, in a four stars hotel, with conference hall, from the 12th to the 19th of December 2018.
The Winter School will offer:

At the end of the activities, all participants will be awarded a certificate of attendance issued by the Consortium and including 2 ECTS, recognized by the University of Dubrovnik.

The International Winter School will address and discuss the challenges faced by the European and Nation-State governance in relation to security issues and sociopolitical developments through a twofold research focus: migration management and security issues on the one side (involving both the internal migration related to the war in Eastern Ukraine and the external migration faced by Western Balkans in the recent years) and the relationships between minority and majority groups on the other side (through the lenses of the recent ‘encounter’ between local and migrant communities).
Several case studies will be analyzed, and specifically those of Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia and Ukraine. In addition, the School will focus on new conceptualizations emerged in academic debates (such as métissages, cultural nomadism, interculturality, diversity management and deliberation), on gender relations, and on the existing legal, social and cultural instruments for the protection of minorities in the broader sense.
The International Winter School will provide frontal lessons, class discussions, collective presentations and round tables with a strong interdisciplinary approach. In addition, a one-day cultural visit will be organized during the School. The School is organized during the second semester of the first year of the project and will last seven days. It will take place in Cesenatico, Italy.

We are absolutely sure that our program will be an excellent opportunity for students to learn, discuss and reflect on timely questions. The selected topics are:

Students in social sciences and humanities; CSO activists; professionals with an academic and/or executive interest in the topics of the program. Participants from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Serbia, and other Uniadrion member-state partners as Greece, Montenegro, and Slovenia are particularly encouraged to apply. Participants from Macedonia and Ukraine are also welcome. The maximum number of accepted participants to the Winter School is 30.

The fee for participation in the School is € 60,00.
It will be applied to selected applicants and should be paid by 8 December 2018 at the following IECOB IBAN bank account: IT89U0335901600100000064897, SWIFT/BIC code: BCITITMX.
There is no reimbursement in case of withdrawing from the program.

Selected applicants will receive a travel reimbursement up to € 200,00 at the end of the program. Accommodation in double rooms and meals are also provided by the organization, as well as the transport for the study trip. Please note that in order to be eligible for travel reimbursement and free accommodation at the hotel, participants have to reside at least 50 Kms away from the School venue. Proof of distance will be the residence address reported in the ID or in other official documents to be included to the application.

Please, submit your application form here attached, filled in and signed, including your CV, and a motivation letter to the following email: unibo.eurobalk@unibo.it.

The deadline for receiving applications is: 25 November 2018 at midnight.
All applicants will be informed via email about the results of the selection by 28 November 2018.