SEER Journal Workshop: The consequences of the Dayton Peace Agreement

Online meeting on 2 July 2021, 16:00-17:30 CET

Recent issues of the SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe have focused on the Dayton Peace Agreement which put an end to the Bosnian War and set Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on a path towards European integration. The path is, however, ill-defined, rocky and meandering – and has yet to result in the actual accession of any of the states of former Yugoslavia other than Slovenia and Croatia.

Meanwhile the future of the region has again become a hot topic with Germany’s proposal for a new High Representative (an international institution, intended to be ad hoc, which is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the civilian aspects of Dayton); the publication of ‘non-papers’ proposing a re-drawing of borders, not least ahead of Slovenia’s upcoming Presidency of the EU; and talk, heightened during the Trump Presidency of the US, of ‘land swap’ arrangements between Kosovo and Serbia. All this, on top of the continuing political stalemate within BiH, raises major questions of contemporary relevance for the EU and provides the opportunity for a considered assessment of the current position.

This workshop – which will be held online via Zoom – will feature three authors who have contributed to recent issues of the SEER Journal and who are extremely well-placed to review and debate where we stand and the current lie of the road ahead. It will explore the Dayton Agreement both in its historical and its future perspective, examining what remains to be addressed to realise European integration and stability both in BiH itself and in the wider region.

The agenda is adapted to the format of this meeting. You will find it attached. There will be interpretation from and to English and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian.

To register, please click here. You will receive the Zoom link upon registration.

We are very much looking forward to meeting you.