Trieste, Italy, 17. June 2016
Schedule:
8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.45 Opening and welcome addresses
9.45-10.30 Keynote speaker:
Mitja Žagar, Institute for Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana
Social and political participation of minorities
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
(11.00-13.00) Stream I, Chair: Sara Brezigar, Institute for Ethnic Studies, SLORI
11.00-11.30 Jovan Teokarević, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade Political participation of ethnic minorities in Serbia: current forms and alternative suggestions
11.30-12.00 Aleksandar Stojanovski, Faculty of Security, Skopje
National minorities in Macedonia. The means and mechanisms of participation in self-governance and decision-making
12.00-12.30 Marius Lupşa Matichescu, West University of Timisoara
Political representation of ethnic minorities in the Romanian Parliament
12.30-13.00 Drino Galičić, Delegation of the European Union/EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina
De jure vs. de facto minority protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina: what lies beneath Dayton?
13.00-14.30 Lunch break
(14.30-16.00) Stream II, Chair: Sonja Novak Lukanovič, Institute for Ethnic Studies
14.30-15.00 Zaira Vidau, Slovene Research Institute SLORI, Trieste/Trst
Instruments of political participation among the Slovene national minority in Italy
15.00-15.30 Andrea Bartole, Coastal self-governing community of the Italian nationality, Koper/Capodistria
Self-governance authorities for Italian minorities in Slovenia and Croatia
15.30-16.00 William Cisilino, Regional Agency for the Friulian language ARLEF, Udine/Udin
Political participation and representation of the Friulian minority in the Italian legal system
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
(16.30-18.30) Stream III, Chair: Zaira Vidau, SLORI
16.30-17.00 László Öllös, Forum Minority Research Institute, Šamorin/Somorja
Three questions regarding the national minorities’ representation in Slovakia
17.00-17.30 Daniel Wutti, Alps-Adria-University Klagenfurt, Slovenian Scientific Institute Klagenfurt/Celovec
Between self-governance and political participation. The Slovene minority in Kärnten/Koroška/Carinthia, Austria
17.30-18.30 Paulina M. Borowska, Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism, EURAC, Bolzano/Bozen
Political participation and self-governance of national / linguistic minorities in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen (Alto Adige/Südtirol) in Italy
18.30 Closing remarks