“Are Forced Migrants More Skilled? A Theoretical Model of Self-Selection in Forced Migration” is the title of an article that fills a gap in theories of forced migration. Our director, Nermin Oruc, coauthored this article with Ian Jackson and Geoffrey Pugh. The article is presenting a new model, motivated by specific features of forced migration…
Western Balkans Migration Network (further WB-MIGNET), coordinated by CREDI, organized the First Regional Winter School “Diaspora for Local Development”, held in Belgrade, Serbia in period of 10 – 11 December 2019 at ENVOY Conference Center. This innovative Winter School aims to involve experts and practitioners from the Western Balkans to establish connections, exchange knowledge and…
Members of the Western Balkan Regional Initiative “The Future of the Welfare State” formulate the Platform to define a common minimum as a Regional Social Protection Floor or to formulate a basket of essential services and benefits. Elements of the Future of the Welfare State Platform have been formulated based on the position paper The…
Our researcher, Nermin Oruc was one of the authors of the report “Maximising the development impact of labour migration in the Western Balkans”. The report was prepared within a project financed by the European Union and implemented by IBF International Consulting. The objectives of the project were: – to analyse innovative policies and practices in…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc as Coordinator of WB-MIGNET was a lecturer at the Second Uni Adrion Summer School in Ancona, 9-13 September 2019. UniAdrion Summer School on “Migration and mobility in the Balkans” intends to provide an intensive training course for Master and PhD students, young researchers and officers who are interested in the current…
CREDI as member of a consortium led by Centre for Economic and Social Studies – CESS from Tirana, Albania won funding for project proposal “Internships of young researchers to migration think tanks in Western Balkans”. The consortium includes two more members from WB-MIGNET: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography from Serbia and Institute for Strategic…
Our researchers Dzeneta Karabegovic, Jasmin Hasic and Nermin Oruc, participated in the World Bank project „Supporting the Effective Reintegration of Roma Returnees in the Western Balkans “. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG-NEAR) approached the World Bank to develop an evidence base and to deliver policy advice and technical assistance for…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc participated at the workshop titled ‘Migration in the Western Balkans’. The workshop was organized by the EC DG NEAR and ICMPD, and was held on 24 – 25 January at the Metropol Hotel, Belgrade. The workshop enabled participants to share experiences in the aftermath of the ‘migration crisis’ in the EU…
On Friday, 14.12.2018. in Sarajevo a workshop of ” Western Balkans Migration Network” was held, gather researchers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkans region. This event was organized with support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of the Sarajevo Canton. In addition to the researchers, participants at the workshop were also…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc participated at the workshop titled “The Future of the Western Balkans in Europe”. The workshop was held at the University of Warwick on 6-7 December 2018. Nermin presented recent labour market and social policy trends in the Western Balkans. The objective of this workshop was to bring together early career researchers,…
