Twenty Years of Macedonian Independence, CRMP, Skopje, 8-10 September 2011

The Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) from Skopje, and the School of Public Policy "Mother Theresa" are organizing an international academic conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Macedonia titled 'Twenty Years of Macedonian Independence: economic, political and policy developments'. The conference will be held from 8 to 10th September 2011 and will include five panels covering various aspects of the political and social developments in Macedonia in the last twenty years. The
panels will focus around the following themes:

1) Twenty years of democratic development in Macedonia: politics and policies of democratization and consolidation
2) Nation-building / nation branding in Macedonia
3) Multicultural policies in Macedonia implications for the region and beyond
4) Macedonia and the EU: love at second sight
5) Twenty years of economic development in Macedonia: issues and challenges

We welcome paper proposals by academics, researchers, practitioners and doctoral students in the social and economic sciences and humanities. Applicants should submit a completed application package consisting of the following items:

a) 250-300 word abstract

b) short narrative biography [max 300 words] - please do not send long CVs

The abstract and the short narrative CV should be sent via email to
crpm@crpm.org.mk by 1 August 2011. The successful applicants will be notified by mid August. The organizers will provide travel and accommodation grants under special conditions for the international participants.