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Gerald Knaus was invited to co-chair a workshop on best practices for think tanks with Daniela Schwarzer (member of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board) at the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in the Western Balkans Youth Forum under the title “Skills for Peace.”

Adnan Cerimagic took part in the first edition of the Sarajevo Security Conference under the title “The Balkans – a soft-spot for European Security?”

Adnan Cerimagic took part in the 2023 Tirana Civil Society and Think Tank Forum (CSF) under the title “Unlocking Progress: The European Future of the Western Balkans.”

Adnan Cerimagic took part in the second edition of the Belgrade Security Conference “Reconstructing the Global (Dis)order.”

Gerald Knaus spoke at a side event at the Council of Europe on “The arrest of Gubad Ibadoghlu and the situation of political prisoners in Azerbaijan”.

Adnan Cerimagic took part in international conference on security challenges and NATO organised by the Atlantic Initiative from Sarajevo in cooperation with Norwegian Embassy in Sarajevo.

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on “Europe's deadly borders and the failure of the EU” at the Königsteiner Forum.

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a briefing on migration policy to a group of EU diplomats at the Swiss Embassy in Athens.

Gerald Knaus was invited to chair a panel on migration at a workshop on “Security Dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean: Exploring Challenges in the Greece-Turkey-Cyprus Conflict Triangle and Beyond” organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in a debate on Azerbaijan’s “Caviar Connection” organised by the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo. The event started with a screening of the documentary “The Caviar Connection” by French film maker Benoît Bringer.

Adnan Cerimagic participated in an online panel discussion on political and security issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo organized by the Austrian Institute for International Affairs.

Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the annual Visby Conference, this year under the title “Will peace and order ever be possible?”.

Adnan Cerimagic spoke at a seminar organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Belgrade on security challenges facing Europe and the Western Balkans in 2023.

Adnan Cerimagic met with a delegation of civil society organisations to discuss the integration of women's rights and civil society benchmarks in the Western Balkans' EU accession strategy.

ESI organised, together with the IWM and Erste Stiftung, its forth Hittisau Seminar, gathering a small group of Europeans in the Austrian mountains to discuss how to confront autocratic movements.

Adnan Cerimagic spoke at a panel discussion on the Western Balkans' deeper economic integration with the EU.

Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation on migration policy at the German Central Real Estate Committee ZIA Deutschland.

Adnan Cerimagic spoke on a panel about Western Balkans' regional cooperation, presenting ESI's research to an audience of Kosovo's civil society, policymakers, and diplomats.

Adnan Cerimagic discussed the influence of domestic politics on the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue with policymakers and think tanks from Berlin, Kosovo, and Serbia.