The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (abbreviation: BiEPAG) is an
expert group founded in 2013 by
European Fund for the Balkans and
Centre for Southeast European Studies of the
University of Graz
The University of Graz (, formerly: ''Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz'') is a public university, public research university located in Graz, Austria. It is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-old ...
.
It is composed of the policy analysts, scholars, researchers from the
Balkans
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and wider
Europe
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who are researching
political
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,
economic
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and
social
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Etymology
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trends in the Balkans. The goal of the Group is to support European integration of the region, and to contribute to the consolidation of the vibrant democracies, through the facilitation of evidence based policy dialogue.
Notable members
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Florian Bieber
Florian Bieber (born 4 October 1973) is a Luxembourgish political scientist, historian and professor working on inter-ethnic relations, ethnic conflict and nationalism, focusing primarily on the Balkans.
Education
In 1991–1992, Bieber stud ...
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Srđan Cvijić
Srđan Cvijić is a Serbian political scientist who is a senior policy analyst on European Union external relations. Cvijić is the Senior Policy Analyst at the Open Society Foundations in Brussels
Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capita ...
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Srđan Majstorović
Srđan Majstorović (Serbian: Срђан Мајсторовић; (13 June 1972) was born in Pula, SFR Yugoslavia, He is a Serbian political scientist who is an expert in the European integration of Serbia and the Western Balkans. He is the curre ...
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Donika Emini
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Dejan Jović
Dejan Jović (; born 12 April 1968) is a political scientist from Croatia. He is a List of academic ranks, full-time professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb. Fr ...
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Nikola Dimitrov
Nikola Dimitrov (born 30 September 1972) is a Macedonian politician and diplomat, who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for North Macedonia from 31 May 2017 to 30 August 2020. He also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 20 ...
(former member)
References
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External links
Official website of the group
Political and economic think tanks based in Europe
Think tanks established in 2013
European integration think tanks