The conference entitled “European Enlargement Process – Cross-border Co-operation as an Instrument for European Integration” was held in Orasje at the Navis Hotel from 25th to 27th of May 2018.
Delegation of the Montenegrin Pan-European Union was present at this international conference, led by the Vice-President of the MPEU and the President of the EU Integration Committee in the Parliament of Montenegro Adrijan Vuksanovic, who was one of the key speakers at the conference of the PEU Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Representatives of Pan-European organizations from several countries, led by the President of the International Pan-European Union Alain Terrenoire, participated at this international conference of the PEU of Bosnia and Herzegovina, such as representatives of European institutions and organizations, domestic socio-political, academic, cultural and other representatives, as well as ambassadors, . Key speakers at the conference were MEPs Tonino Picula and Norbert Lins, Head of the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina Lars – Gunnar Wigemark, Vice-President of the International Pan-European Union Mislav Jezic, Secretary General of the International Pan-European Union Pavo Barisic, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo Drahoslav Štefanek, President of the Committee on European Integration of the Parliament of Montenegro Adrijan Vuksanović, President of the Pan-European Union of Germany Bernd Posselt, professors at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo Jasmina Osmanković and Elmir Sadiković, Honorary President of the Pan-European Union BA Franjo Topić and many others.
At the end of the conference, as was the practice throughout years, a Pan-European Declaration was adopted, that will be addressed to the representatives of institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union. You can find the text of the declaration on the website of PEU BA on the following link: http://www.paneuropa.ba/tekst-deklaracije-panevropske-konferencije-orasje-2018/
The international conference was realized under the sponsorship of the Government of the Posavina Canton and the Municipality of Orasje, jointly with partners as Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Croatian Cultural Society “Napredak”, the Robert Schuman Foundation, the Joint Commission for European Integration of BA and the Cabinet of the President of the Federation of BA Marin Cavor.
This conference was also part of the international project “Joint Citizens Forces – Common European Future”, co-financed by the European Union from the the Europe for Citizens Program, under the auspices of European Parliament President Antonio Tajani.
