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The 2010 OFEI Program
The exchange lasts from April till December. This year’s exchange program will focus on ‘Dealing with the past and European integration’. OFEI 2010 will critically analyze how the attitude towards the past in Kosovo and Serbia is related to the European integration process. The exchange program consists of two study visits and an intensive course. Click here for more information about the OFEI program 2010.
Intensive Course Skopje
During OFEI 2010 there will be an intensive Course in Skopje on dealing with the past and the European Integration process. There will be lectures given by experts from the region, workshops and debates in order to give the participants an in dept introduction about EU integration in general, the status of Kosovo and Serbian in this process and the role of transitional justice in dealing with the past and EU integration. The tentative date of the Intensive course is 1 – 5 May 2010.
Study visits to Kosovo & The Netherlands
Study visits are at the core of OFEI. During these visits you get to know what is at stake in the Kosovo-Serbia conflict by seeing it for yourself. We visit and speak with first-hand actors: politicians, European institutions, historians and NGO activists. You will also learn a lot from engaging with your fellow participants during group discussions and reflection. The tentative dates of the study visits in 2010 are:
• Kosovo– 5-10th of May
• The Netherlands and Brussels– 10-16th of October
Definite dates are set depending on funding.
The OFEI exchange furthermore consists of
Preparatory meetings
Before study visits and the organization of lectures and activities preparatory meetings take place. Before each study visit you read articles and give a presentation about a certain topic to your fellow Dutch participants. For the cultural evening during the first study visit you will together prepare a short presentation on The Netherlands.
Activities/street actions during study visits
During each study visit you will together organize a public activity.
Media outreach
Participants set out to reach 2 media each, e.g. university papers and regional newspapers. In this fashion you spread your experiences and knowledge gained. Your ideas for reaching media will be detailed in your personal action plan.
Group activity and peer-to-peer lectures
After the study visits you give 3 lectures back in your home country, e.g. at your university. You also organize a cool activity in The Netherlands together with your fellow Dutch participants. Your ideas for peer-to-peer lectures and a group activity will be detailed in your personal action plan.
OFEI network meetings
In which participants and alumni of Our Future Network can meet. In The Netherlands OFEI network meetings are called the BalkanBorrel, which is also open to a wider Balkan-interested public. The BalkanBorrel combines a talk with a regional expert with a network café.
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