IPF	Simeon Evstatiev

Islam as a factor in the design of a European Neighbourhood Policy in the Balkans Context and background ▪  Soros network initiatives OSI initiatives in South Eastern Europe OSI Bulgaria Foundation OSI East-East Program: Subprogram for European Integration OSI Central Eurasia project OSI eurasianet.org OSI Bulgaria: European Integration and Regional Stability Proejct Policy Web Forum: EU and South-East Europe Related IPF research  ▪ Relevant initiatives worldwide Center for Intercultural Studies and Partnership (CISP) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient (DAVO) The European Association for Middle Eastern Studies Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG) International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM)  ▪ Annotated papers Bulgaria 2005 - Comprehensive Report Contribution of Islamic Civilisation to European Culture Mediterranean, World system and Wider Europe Europe and Islam Reforming Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Countres Transnational Islam in Western Europe Impact of Eu expansion on Bulgaria Protection of Religious Minorities in Eastern Europe Education of Moslem-minority Children in Eastern Europe Interim Plan for South-East Europe    Project objectives outline possible ways and the extent to which Islam should play a role as a factor in the design of a new neighborhood policy in the Balkans from the perspective of Bulgaria as EU member by identifying and proposing new secular mechanisms for working through religion in the process of policy design rather than bypassing religion as traditional secular approaches suggest analyze and compare EU mechanisms of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) with U.S. Middle East policies prepare policy recommendations for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria on Bulgaria's Middle East policy write a research paper and 20-page policy study in coordination with the group advisor.

Fellow Website ▪ www.policy.hu/evstatiev    Fellow activities & publications ▪ expected in April 2006      The fellow ▪ Curriculum vitae ▪ Research proposal ▪ e-mail:    2005 Working Groups ▪ 2005 Working Group Summary ▪ Democratic Governance ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Public Health and Roma ▪ Policy Making ▪ Combatting Organized Crime ▪ Higher Education Reform ▪ Open Society in Former SU ▪ Open Society and Muslims    2006 Working Groups ▪ 2006 Working Group Summary ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Open Muslim Societies ▪ Open Society Threats ▪ Resource Curse ▪ Roma Exclusion ▪ Open Information Policy

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January 2006