Transforming the Balkans

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17/12/2024

On November 27, 2024, the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS) hosted the third webinar in the SMIDGE Project series, “Extremist Narratives in Play: Ga...

02/08/2024

📚 New publication ‼️

📌 Eda Gemi and Bledar Feta produced the annual report for the OECD Network of International Migration Experts. It maps out and analyses the 2022 – 2023 development in migration movements and policies in 🇬🇷 while providing insights into emerging trends. It also examines the latest statistical information on immigrant stocks and flows, including their size and socio-demographic features, labour market participation, and migration policies in the country.

➡️ You can read the working paper here: https://bit.ly/4fC3qEi

31/07/2024

🌐Gaming Ecosystem as a Multilayered Security Threat updates ‼️

📌 The 2nd GEMS Consortium Meeting brought together partners from across Europe to discuss the progress and future directions of the project.

📌 Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) (lead WP6) team, was represented in this meeting by Ioannis Armakolas and Bledar Feta, implemented a exercise between January-May 2024 with the aim to map the activities of five categories of : state-level stakeholders, non-state stakeholders, academic institutions, European and regional organisations, and gaming world stakeholders.

➡️ Read more here: https://bit.ly/4fycvxZ

17/07/2024

The GEMS project was present at the yearly Projects to Policy Seminar event organised by the European Research Executive Agency (REA), the European Commission (DG Home) and the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS) in Brussels, on June 25-26, 2024. This annual event inv

21/06/2024

📺 Media: ABC News Albania

📌 Bledar Feta appeared on “Ballkan”, a current affairs show broadcast by ABC News Albania, where he discussed the current challenges and domestic issues that are acting as barriers to and in the Western Balkans with the journalist Linda Karadaku.

➡️ You can watch the interview in Albanian by clicking on the link in the comments.

07/06/2024

We are pleased to announce the release of the initial two comprehensive reports under the auspices of the GEMS project: the "Gaming Stakeholders Mapping Report," authored by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) pursuant to Work Package 6 (WP6), and "Extremism across the....

07/05/2024

On April 24, 2024, the GEMS project was featured at the EU-HYBNET consortium's 4th Annual Workshop in Valencia, Spain. Bledar Feta from South-East Europe Programme/ ELIAMEP delivered a presentation on GEMS' latest research findings. The event, organized by the Policía Local Valencia (Valencia Local Police), aimed to enhance collaboration among European security stakeholders.

The workshop facilitated vital discussions on hybrid threats and provided a platform for networking, contributing to potential future collaborations. The outcomes and insights from this event are available on the EU-HYBNET website and its social media channels.

GEMS website news update: https://www.projectgems.eu/post/gems-eu-hybnet-valencia-spain
EU Hybnet website: https://euhybnet.eu/upcoming-events/eu-hybnet-4th-annual-workshop-aw-453-352/?occurrence=2024-04-24
EU Hybnet X: https://twitter.com/EuHybnet

13/02/2024

📌 You can visit the social media accounts of Gaming Ecosystem as a Multilayered Security Threat and its website in order to watch Bledar Feta's presentation of the project on the TV show Σύνορα of the Greek Public Television.
ℹ️ The video is provided with encoded English subtitles.

The GEMS project was presented for the first time on the TV show “SYNORA” of the Greek Public Television in the context of project’s communication strategy which aims to communicate its goals and objectives to wider audiences. In his discussion with journalist Kalli Zarali, Bledar Feta, P/CVE ...