ISLAM, THE
BALKANS
AND
THE EUROPEAN "NEIGHBOURHOOD"
PROJECT
RESEARCH
TIMETABLE
IPF 2005–2006
April – August 2005
Initial Research in Bulgaria and the European Union
- Studying documents and collecting relevant
materials at the National Library and the archives in Sofia
- Fellows Seminar in Budapest
- Preparation of the questionnaire for the
non-standardized interviews by the IPF Fellow in cooperation with
relevant experts
- Consultations and interviews with officials and
policymakers from the relevant ministries of the Bulgarian government,
particularly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Meetings and interviews with representatives of
the Islamic leadership from the Grand Mufti’s administration, the
Higher Islamic Institute and other Islamic official and
non-governmental organizations
- Study trip to Belgium (coinciding with the first workgroup meeting)
and Germany
- Survey in the South of Bulgaria – field research
in the Rodopi region
- Technical processing of the data and the
materials collected during the surveys and the study trips
- Preparation of the activity report and outline
research to the group and individual advisors
- Submitting the Interim report to the IPF Program
September – December 2005
Regional Case Studies: Research in
South-East Europe and the Middle East
- Study trip to Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia to carry out expert interviews with Muslim
leaders, academics and NGO-activists
- Field research in Lebanon and Egypt to collect materials and carry out expert
interviews with representatives of the Muslim leadership, academics and
public intellectuals
- Field research in Turkey (possibly coinciding with the December IPF
training seminar) to collect materials and carry out expert interviews
with representatives of the Muslim leadership, academics and public
intellectuals
- Processing of the data collected during the
research activities
December 2005 – January 2006
Writing the Paper
- Finalizing the research paper
- Working on the policy paper and the policy
recommendations
February – April 2006
Advocacy Stage of the Project
- Short publications around the project in the
print media
and/or on the
web summarizing the findings of the paper
and drawing
wider public attention to the policy paper
- Fellows seminar in Budapest –
working group discussion of the draft final
research papers, individual and group outcomes
- Summarizing of all data and
materials collected during the
fellowship
- Submitting final activity
report and draft final research
paper
