Horizons Holds Promotional Event at Belgrade University
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) promoted its English-language quarterly publication Horizons at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Belgrade on November 27th. The event was attended by a large number of the university’s students, professor…
Jeremić Meets With the President of South Africa
CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić paid a visit today to the Republic of South Africa, where he met with President Jacob Zuma , Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe , and Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane . During the meeting with President Zuma, Jeremić discussed a number of pressing international…
CIRSD Board Meeting Takes Place in Spain
T he Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) held its latest board meeting on Sunday, November 23rd in the Spanish city of Cuenca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the outskirts of Madrid. The main subjects of the meeting included selecting topics for the upcomi…
The Conference Climate Change and the Green Economy Held in Belgrade
The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network ( SDSN ) and the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) jointly organized an international conference entitled Climate Change and the Green Economy , in Belgrade, Serbia on November 20th 2014. The event took…
Opening Remarks by Vuk Jeremić at the Conference “Climate Change and the Green Economy”
Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, allow me to warmly welcome you to this conference, entitled “Climate Change and the Green Econom…
World Premier of The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey Sachs
I n a capacity crowd at Belgrade’s Allure Caramel Hotel, professor Jeffrey Sachs presented his latest book entitled The Age of Sustainable Development . The book presented in Belgrade on November 19th is the Serbian-language edition, co-published by the Center for International Relations and Sustain…
CIRSD Publishes the Serbian Edition of The Age of Sustainable Development
A Serbian-language edition of the latest book by professor Jeffrey Sachs—one of the world’s leading developmental economists—entitled The Age of Sustainable Development , has just been published by the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) and Serbia’s most respected…
International Conference on Climate Change and the Green Economy
T he United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) are jointly organizing an international conference in Belgrade, Serbia on 20th November 2014, focusing on the nexus between climate change and the green…
The Role of Monetary Policy in Sustainable Development
C an monetary policy substantially support development—especially when it comes to Southeast Europe? This is the key question in Dejan Šoškić’s article entitled “Monetary Policy and Development.” Serbia’s former National Bank Governor (2010-2012) argues in the CIRSD VIP Blog that “adequate liquidity…
Energy Efficiency and its Impact on Living Standards
Aleksandar Kovačević , a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, discusses the effects of energy efficiency on living standards in his essay entitled “How Would Greater Energy Efficiency Affect Our Daily Lives?”, written exclusively for the VIP Blog on Sustainable…