Agenda

International Conference on Serbian Diaspora and Homeland Development

The Ministry for Diaspora of the Republic of Serbia, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme – UNDP – is organizing the International Conference on Serbian Diaspora and Homeland Development scheduled for 18-20 November 2008 in Belgrade.

Serbian Institute's director Borka Tomic will participate at Session II: Transnational Identity & communication networks 19 November, the facilitator is Vukman Krivokuca Deputy Minister , Department of Culture, Education, Science and Sport Cooperation , Ministry of Diaspora

The other participants include:

• Mirjana Bobic, Presentation of Background Paper
• Irena Sumi, Researcher , Institute for Ethnic Studies,  Slovenia,  Identity Issues – Connection to Homeland
• Mirjana Morokvasic, Professor, Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense,  Mobiliy as a Resource. Stepping out of the ’Brain Drain’
• Ortodox Church / Ministry of Religion, The Role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Networking Between Members of the Diaspora, and Between Serbia and Diaspora Communities
• Diaspora Representative from Europe, The Diaspora Association as a Tool for Networking and Information Outreach to Diaspora Communities