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Open Society Foundations Western Balkans

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A regional team working to foster EU Integration and Regional Cooperation, Just Green Transition and Digital Transformation in the Western Balkans. #OSFWB

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"They don’t lack capacity, they need fine-tuning.” At #CyberPulse2025, OSF–WB’s Andi Dobrushi called for a bold shift: empower youth in #cybersecurity by aligning #digital skills with policy & real economic pathways. #Youth #OSFWB

"They don’t lack capacity, they need fine-tuning.” At #CyberPulse2025, OSF–WB’s <a href="/ADobrushi/">Andi Dobrushi</a> called for a bold shift: empower youth in #cybersecurity by aligning #digital skills with policy &amp; real economic pathways. #Youth #OSFWB
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♻♻️ Shtip Leads the Way: A Smarter, More Inclusive Solar Transition Through the #SunnySchools initiative, we supported photovoltaic systems in three public schools in Shtip 🇲🇰 laying the foundation for deeper, community-driven energy transition. ✅ Renewables. ✅ Resilience.

♻♻️ Shtip Leads the Way: A Smarter, More Inclusive Solar Transition

Through the #SunnySchools initiative, we supported photovoltaic systems in three public schools in Shtip 🇲🇰 laying the foundation for deeper, community-driven energy transition.

✅ Renewables. ✅ Resilience.
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♻️ CALL FOR PROPOSALS – Advancing Municipal Energy Transition 🌱 Deadline: July 25, 2025 💸 Funding: $390,000 🏫 Lot 1: Sunny Schools PV systems 🏘️ Lot 2: Energy Community Models 📩 How to apply: osfwb.org/call-for-propo… #JustGreenTransition #OSFWB #EnergyDemocracy

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📢 New Publication Alert! SCiDEV’s working paper shows how mobility-driven research & innovation supports the EU’s #NewGrowthPlan for the #WB, promoting socio-economic convergence, regional integration, & competitiveness. Read the full paper 🔗 tinyurl.com/yh3k9dn2 #IGNITA

📢 New Publication Alert!
SCiDEV’s working paper shows how mobility-driven research &amp; innovation supports the EU’s #NewGrowthPlan for the #WB, promoting socio-economic convergence, regional integration, &amp; competitiveness. 

Read the full paper 🔗 tinyurl.com/yh3k9dn2
#IGNITA
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Today, I pay respect to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide 🕯️ It is our duty to remember. It is our duty to stand up and never look away whenever human rights are questioned and the dignity of others is undermined. #Srebrenica30

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♻️ CALL FOR PROPOSALS – Advancing Municipal Energy Transition 🌱 Deadline: July 25, 2025 💸 Funding: $390,000 🏫 Lot 1: Sunny Schools PV systems 🏘️ Lot 2: Energy Community Models 📩 How to apply: osfwb.org/call-for-propo… #JustGreenTransition #OSFWB #EnergyDemocracy

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👉🏼Too Long To Read? That’s why CEP Belgrade made the TLTR #Enlargement Explainers. Short, smart videos breaking down why #EUEnlargement matters. ☕️Their latest episode shows that bringing the #WesternBalkans into the #EU would cost less than two cappuccinos per citizen per year

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Cyber threats cross borders: the #WB6 must join ENISA 🇪🇺🔐Dr. Igli Tafa of #AKSK & Mentor Vrajolli of KCSS/QKSS explain why phased integration is essential for European digital resilience. #Cybersecurity #ENISA #WesternBalkans #Ignita #EUIntegration #OSFWB

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♻️ CALL FOR PROPOSALS – Advancing Municipal Energy Transition 🌱 Deadline: July 25, 2025 💸 Funding: $390,000 🏫 Lot 1: Sunny Schools PV systems 🏘️ Lot 2: Energy Community Models 📩 How to apply: osfwb.org/call-for-propo… #JustGreenTransition #OSFWB #EnergyDemocracy

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🥇 Hasan Kikić Elementary in Gračanica is 🇧🇦 Bosnia’s 1st school to become an official ‘prosumer’ of electricity! ♻️ A 20kW solar plant powers the school & sends surplus energy to the grid. 🤝🏻 Powered by partnership: Local authorities + OSF-WB #JustGreenTransition #OSFWB

🥇 Hasan Kikić Elementary in Gračanica is 🇧🇦 Bosnia’s 1st school to become an official ‘prosumer’ of electricity!

♻️ A 20kW solar plant powers the school &amp; sends surplus energy to the grid.

🤝🏻 Powered by partnership: Local authorities + OSF-WB

#JustGreenTransition #OSFWB
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Follow today's #EUEnlargement Forum: 1⃣ Opening Oliver Röpke Maida Gorčević Orhan Murtezani 2⃣ Institutionalising civil society and strengthening social dialogue in EU candidate countries 3⃣ Creating opportunities for youth LIVE at 9.00 #EESCPlenary 📺europa.eu/!Vcqtrx

Follow today's #EUEnlargement Forum:
1⃣ Opening <a href="/EESC_President/">Oliver Röpke</a> <a href="/maidagorcevic/">Maida Gorčević</a> <a href="/OMurtezani/">Orhan Murtezani</a>
2⃣ Institutionalising civil society and strengthening social dialogue in EU candidate countries
3⃣ Creating opportunities for youth

LIVE at 9.00 #EESCPlenary 📺europa.eu/!Vcqtrx
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📖 Your #longread is here 👇🏻 🇪🇺 EU enlargement is stuck, could Qualified Majority Voting be the fix? 55% of states + 65% of population ✅No more single-country vetoes ❌ The German-Slovenian non-paper is sparking fresh debate in #Brussels. Should the EU make this bold shift?

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♻️ Solar Schools in Elbasan are powering the #GreenTransition 🌱 📍 Municipal leaders, teachers, parents & students met to discuss progress and next steps. Together, they’re building energy-efficient, future-ready schools. ✅ €7,000 saved on electricity ✅ Extra energy fed into

♻️ Solar Schools in Elbasan are powering the #GreenTransition 🌱
📍 Municipal leaders, teachers, parents &amp; students met to discuss progress and next steps. Together, they’re building energy-efficient, future-ready schools.

✅ €7,000 saved on electricity
✅ Extra energy fed into
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📅SAVE THE DATE The Centre Must Hold: Geopolitics and the Fracturing of EU Democracy 🗓️Monday, 25 August 2025 🕥10:30 – 12:00 (90 minutes) 📍Congress Centrum Alpbach – Schrödinger‑Saal, Alpbach, Austria Featuring leading experts, including Wolfgang Ischinger, President of

📅SAVE THE DATE

The Centre Must Hold: Geopolitics and the Fracturing of EU Democracy
🗓️Monday, 25 August 2025
🕥10:30 – 12:00 (90 minutes)
📍Congress Centrum Alpbach – Schrödinger‑Saal, Alpbach, Austria

Featuring leading experts, including Wolfgang Ischinger, President of
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#𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭. In Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, over 40% of 🏠 household income is spent on housing, while informal rentals, property

#𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, over 40% of 🏠 household income is spent on housing, while informal rentals, property
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? You gain knowledge🧠 , creativity💡 , and real impact 🎯 that is multiplied across five countries in the #WesternBalkans. With support from the #SunnySchools☀️

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

You gain knowledge🧠 , creativity💡 , and real impact 🎯 that is multiplied across five countries in the #WesternBalkans.

With support from the #SunnySchools☀️
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📊 New independent analysis (2003–2024) confirms the tangible benefits of the EU integration path for the Western Balkans, but also the distance left to cover. 1️⃣ Income is catching up, but only halfway. Montenegro and Serbia have reached around 50% of the EU average GDP per