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Pro-DAYTON 10 Program November 2005 International Conference DAYTON - TEN YEARS AFTER. CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND CO-OPERATION PERSPECTIVES. Sarajevo, 29. 11. – 01. 12. 2005 Program Abstracts Excursion 1 International Conference DAYTON - TEN YEARS AFTER. CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND CO-OPERATION PERSPECTIVES Mednarodna konferenca: DAYTON – 10 LET KASNEJE. REŠEVANJE KONFLIKTOV IN MOŽNOSTI SODELOVANJA. Me ñunarodna konferencija: DAYTON – 10 GODINA KASNIJE. RJEŠAVANJE KONFLIKATA I MOGU ĆNOSTI SARADNJE. SUPPORT FOR THE CONFERENCE COOPERATING INSTITUTIONS PODPORA KONFERENCI: IZVAJALCI IN SPONZORJI. PODUPRLI: IZVO ðAČI I SPONZORI • University of Primorska. Faculty of Humanities. Koper/Capodistria, Slovenia. • University of Primorska. Science and Research Centre. Koper/Capodistria, Slovenia. • University of Sarajevo. Faculty of Science: Department of Geography. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. • International Geographical Union, Commission on Political Geography. Paris, France. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Slovenian Chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). • OSCE – Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. • CEI – Central European Initiative. Trieste, Italy. • ARRS – The Slovenian Research Agency; Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia. THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ORGANIZACIJSKI ODBOR / ORGANIZACIONI ODBOR Prof. Dr. Milan Bufon (Head of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Vice-Rector, University of Primorska); Prof. dr. Safet Nurkovi ć (Head of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Sarajevo); Prof. Dr. Anton Gosar (Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia); Dr. Filip Tunji ć (Institute of Mediterranean Studies, Science and Research Center, University of Primorska); Ms. Tatjana Pirc (Member of the OSCE Task Force, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia) and Nina Bakši ć (Personal Assistant to the Head of Mission, OSCE Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina), Ms. Valentina Bertok, (Assistant to the Head of the Department of Geography, University of Primorska), and Simon Kerma (Assistant to the Head of the Department of Geography, University of Primorska). THE SCIENTIFIC BOARD STROKOVNI ODBOR / STRU ČNI ODBOR Andree-Louis Sanguin (University of Paris IV - Sorbonne, Chair of the Commission on Political Geography of the IGU - International Geographical Union), Anton Gosar (University of Primorska, Vice- Chair of the Commission on Political Geography of the IGU- International Geographical Union), Safet Nurkovi ć (Head of the Department of Geography, University of Sarajevo), Milan Bufon (Head of the Department of Geography, University of Primorska), Carl Dahlman (Past-Chair of the Specialty Group on Political Geography of the AAG - Association of American Geographers, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.), Maria Paola Pagnini (Past-Head of the College of International Relations of the University of Trieste). 2 Contents VSEBINA / SADRŽAJ THE CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PRE- AND AFTER 1995: A EUROPEAN CHALLENGE THE CONFERENCE OUTLINE THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM EXCURSION ABSTRACTS ACADEMIC PARTICIPANTS (Name, Institution, E-mail) GENERAL INFORMATION FOR THE VISITORS THE CONFERENCE SITE SARAJEVO – MAP TRAVEL, HOSPITALITY, CURRENCY, WEATHER, OTHER, … SARAJEVO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – MAP AKNOWLEDGMENTS 3 THE CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS ∗∗∗ THE UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO The University of Sarajevo descends from a century long tradition of higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The institutional beginnings of higher education are identical to the university tradition of Western Europe. In 1531 Gazi Husrev-beg established the Hanikah, a higher school of Souphey philosophy to which an institution for the study of Islamic Sciences was added in 1537. Here the three disciplines of Classical Catholic Universities were nurtured: theology, law and philosophy. The university had a respectable library. By the end of the 19th century, this institution was the largest institution of learning in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From the beginning on it was on the same level as the Medresa (Islamic institution of higher education) of Sultan Bajazit in Istanbul, the institution upon which the old Istanbul University is based. In the Austro-Hungarian period or more precisely in 1887, the Sharia Law School began to operate as a five-year-long higher school. The modern history of the Sarajevo University began with the establishment of the first secular institutions of higher education prior to World War II as well as during the war (the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in 1940, the Medical Faculty in 1944). The Medical Faculty was re-established in 1946, the Faculty of Law, the Teacher Training College were opened and in 1948 the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry was re-established. In 1949 the Engineering Faculty was opened. On the 2nd December that same year with the appointment of the first rector, the University of Sarajevo was established. With the opening of the Faculty of Philosophy (1950) and the Economics Faculty (1952) the first, initial phase of establishment of the Sarajevo University was completed. The second phase of development (1955 - 1969) is characterized by the affirmation of the University, the opening of new institutions of higher education and the relative satisfaction of the needs for highly educated personnel in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Another significant achievement is the organization and initiation of postgraduate studies at the University. The third phase (1970 - 1982) is defined by more institutions of higher education being opened at the University, a scientific promotion of the University and its intensified involvement and promotion on the international academic plane. The University contributed directly and indirectly to the establishment of new universities in Banja Luka, Mostar and Tuzla. The fourth phase (1982 - 1992) is characterized by the separation of scientific activities from the University and the formation of favourized scientific institutes outside the University. This brought considerable damage to the University of Sarajevo, because the coherence of university education and scientific research was jeopardized. This resulted in a lower quality of education and a technological stagnation of the University. The uncontrolled enrolment of an enormous number of students resulted in a significantly lower efficiency of studies and a hyper-production of personnel in certain educational areas. The fifth phase (1992 - 1995) is a phase of barbaric devastation of the facilities and equipment of the University as well as a decrease of university personnel and an enormous decrease in the number of students. All this was caused by the war and aggression against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Despite all the difficulties of life and work during the three-and-a-half-year-long siege of Sarajevo and thanks to the enthusiasm, professional attitude, patriotism and perseverance of university teachers and associates as well as the students, the University of Sarajevo managed to retain its continuity of work and life. This was a specific aspect of intellectual, academic resistance towards everything that is barbaric and against civilization, the University's contribution to the affirmation of freedom and democracy, the defense against aggression and fascism and the affirmation of the statehood of Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the beginning of 1996 , the University of Sarajevo entered the phase of post-war physical and academic renewal and reconstruction. The physical renewal is aimed at the reconstruction of devastated and the rebuilding of destroyed facilities (through the realization of the New University Campus Project), the replacement of destroyed educational and scientific equipment and the reconstruction of student dormitories. Significant results have been achieved on this plane and the conditions for higher quality studies have been formed. The undergoing academic renewal comprises the realization of a new concept of organization and function of the University in accordance with contemporary standards, the modernization of curricula and the education of the necessary teaching personnel. The process of renewal and reconstruction of the University is supported by the activities of the European University ∗ http://www.unsa.ba/eng/ouni.php/ 4 Association, the European Council, the European Union as well as a whole line of international organizations and institutions involved in the field of higher education. Current conditions . The University of Sarajevo has partner relations with over 40 Universities in Europe, USA, Canada and the Arab countries. The main objective of all our current activities is to raise the quality of studies and to create a contemporary university of European provenance which will be a respectable representative of Bosnia-Herzegovina on an international level and a promoter of traditional, historical, cultural, scientific and artistic values of this part of Europe. University of Sarajevo is a large educational system taking into account number of employees (1.640 teachers and assistants and 893 non academic staff) as well as number of students (total 47000). According to current organizational structure it is loose association with many higher
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