ECMI Events
Every year the ECMI organizes a number of events both in Flensburg and in the regions of our Regional offices. Conferences, seminars, workshops, lectures and other types of events are usually announced ahead of time on our main homepage or on the pages of the Regional offices.
Recurrent events include
The annual Advisory Council Conference
The annual Minority Roundtable
For all events that the Centre has participated in month for month, see below.
Events 2002
Conferences, Seminars, Lectures and Events
Additional events are in preparation and will be announced as soon as possible.
January 2002
25 January
ECMI Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity Building Project, second workshop "Freedom of Movement in the Serbia-Montenegrin Border Region", Budva, Montenegro.
29 January
Presentation of ECMI and of the Council of Europe's Charter for Minority or Regional Languages to a group of students from Duborg Skolen, Flensburg.
30 January
ECMI Seminar on the "Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities".
February 2002
06 February
Presentation of ECMI to a group of international students from the Open University in Loegumkloster.
March 2002
02 March
ECMI Kosovo/a Civil Society Project: First meeting in 2002 of the Standing Technical Working Group: "The Establishment of Expert Committees", Pristina, Kosovo/a.
07 March
ECMI Seminar on "Effective Participation of Minorities", Carmen Kettley, Flensburg.
22 March
ECMI Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity Building Project, third workshop, "Economic development in the Serbian-Montenegrin Border Region", Podgorica, Montenegro.
April 2002
11 April - 13 April
7th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) in New York, Columbia University: "Rethinking Institutional Design Approaches to Self-Determination Conflicts". Participants: Marc Weller (Chair); Stefan Wolff; Wolfgang Danspeckgruber; Florian Bieber; Graham Holliday; Brendan O'Leary (Discussant)
12 April
ECMI Project Power-Sharing in Bosnia Herzegovina, second meeting: "Annex 8", Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
May 2002
04 May
ECMI Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity Building Project, working table I: "Education", Podgorica, Montenegro.
06 May
Europawoche 2002, ECMI lecture and panel discussion by Dr Walter Kemp, Senior Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on "Minority Governance and Conflict Prevention in Europe".
13 May
Presentation of ECMI to a group of communication experts from the German Naval School, Wes McKinney
18 May
ECMI Kosovo/a Civil Society Project, workshop of the Standing Technical Working Group: Education, Pristina, Kosovo/a.
24 May - 25 May
Meeting of the Coordinating Body of the "ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia" to review the 2002 Action Plan for the National Network and the ECMI Regional NGO Centres, Skopje, Macedonia.
June 2002
04 June - 09 June
ASN Special Convention, ECMI Panel: "Political Participation and the Internationalisation of Ethnic Minority Politics: the Case of the Roma in Europe" in Forlí, Italy. Participants: Chair, Graham Holliday; Ilona Klimova; Peter Vermeersch; Martin Kovats; Discussant, David Crowe (tbc).
06 June - 08 June
ECMI project "Accession to the EU and National Integration in Estonia and Latvia", workshop "Legal Aspects of National Integration in Estonia and Latvia", Jurmala, Latvia.
12 June
Presentation of ECMI to minority representatives from Romania and Ukraine
14 June - 16 June
Meeting of the Coordinating Body of the "ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia", Skopje, Macedonia.
21 June
ECMI Project Power-Sharing in Bosnia-Herzegovina, third working group meeting: "Annex 8", Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
27 June
Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity-Building Project workshop: "Minority Education", Podgorica, Montenegro.
28 June
Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity-Building Project workshop: "Administration of Justice", Podgorica, Montenegro.
July 2002
06 July
ECMI Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity Building Project, working table II: "Freedom of Movement", Podgorica, Montenegro.
06 July
ECMI Kosovo/a Civil Society Project: workshop of the Standing Technical Working Group on "Health", Pristina, Kosovo/a.
18 July
Presentation of ECMI to participants of the Summer Academy from SCHIFF, Kiel and to a journalist from the WDR.
September 2002
04 September
European Consultation on Ombudspeople on National Minority Issues.
05 September
Consultative Meeting of Organizations engaged in Minority Issues in Europe, organized by the European Centre for Minority Issues in consultation with the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. The meeting will be combined with the first meeting of European Ombudsmen in Flensburg (tbc).
11 September
Presentation of ECMI to participants of the Landesjugendring Schleswig-Holstein.
20 September - 21 September
Annual Meeting of the "ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia", Ohrid, Macedonia.
24 September
Presentation on the development and interaction of the various international legal standards and implementation mechanisms in effect in Europe to a delegation of government executives and directors of public offices on national minorities of the Peoples' Republic of China.
29 September
Visit of Consul Romanov, Renate Schnack, Schleswig-Holstein Commissioner of the Minister-President for Minority Affairs and Gaby Kötschau, Member of Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
October 2002
04 October
Taking Ownership of Dayton: ECMI Civil Society Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Implementation Workshop I - Development of a Professional Experts Association in Support of "Annex 8" - Implementation and Cultural Heritage Protection and Promotion in BiH, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
12 October
ECMI Kosovo/a Civil Society Project, workshop of the Standing Technical Working Group on "Judical Systems and Human Rights", Pristina, Kosovo/a.
18 October
ECMI Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity Building Project, working table III: "Regional Economic Development", Montenegro (tbc).
November 2002
11 November
Revolving Seminar at the Danish Institute of Border Regions Studies, Aabenraa (tbc).
22 November
Taking Ownership of Dayton: ECMI Civil Society Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Workshop: "National Minorities and the Educational Reform Process in Bosnia and Herzegovina." Sarajevo, BiH.
25 November
Presentation of ECMI and of European standards of minority protection to Youth Associations of the German minority in Poland, Kompagnietor, Flensburg, Germany.
29 November - 30 November
ECMI international conference "The Role of Interethnic Factors in the Development of the Kaliningrad Oblast", in cooperation with the Schleswig-Holstein Institute of Peace (SHIP) and the Council of Europe, Kaliningrad.
December 2002
05 December - 06 December
ECMI Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity Building Project: Training event on EU Accession and minority rights in Serbia, Montenegro, and Sandzak. Kotor, Montenegro.
06 December - 08 December
ECMI seminar "National Integration in Estonia and Latvia: 2000-2002", concluding workshop as part of the project "Accession to the EU and National Integration in Estonia and Latvia", Flensburg.
07 December
ECMI Kosovo/a Civil Society Project, workshop of the Standing Technical Working Group on "Economics and Development", Pristina, Kosovo/a.
07 December - 08 December
ECMI Montenegro Negotiation and Capacity Building Project: Training event on Sandzak as part of a Euroregion. Kotor, Montenegro.
08 December - 09 December
ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia: Annual General Assembly Meeting, Skopje, Macedonia.
10 December
ECMI - Konrad Adenauer Foundation Round Table "Minorities in Democracies", South East European University, Tetevo.
14 December
Taking Ownership of Dayton: ECMI Civil Society Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina - "Annex 8 Implementation Efforts: A Progress Report on the Cultural Heritage Association and Civil Society Efforts". The meeting will be followed by a children's art exhibition, media event, and reception. Sarajevo, BiH.
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