Sustainable Forest Management and Climate Change Risks
Milan Medarević, a professor at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, discusses issues of sustainable forest management in the latest edition of the VIP Blog on Sustainable Development of Southeast Europe. In his article, he points to the problem of deteriorating conditions in forest ecos…
CIRSD Co-organized the Assilah Forum
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) had an exclusive privilege to co-organize this year’s prestigious Assilah International Forum, held annually in the Moroccan town of Assilah. The Assilah Forum has been held for more than 35 years, and has so far assembled di…
Sustainable Spatial Planning
Đorđe Milić, Deputy Director of the Serbian National Agency for Spatial Planning, in his contribution to the CIRSD VIP Blog on Sustainable Development devotes attention to the problem of uncontrolled spatial development in Serbia. He underscores the importance of the country’s existing legal framewo…
How to Make the Metal Industry Sustainable?
The metal industry in Serbia currently covers more than 10% of the country’s GDP, and due to inherited tradition and infrastructure, metallurgy is one of the few truly competitive, industrial resources we have”, says Professor of Technology and Metallurgy Faculty at the Belgrade University, Željko K…
Northeastern University Students Visiting CIRSD
The President of the Center for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), Vuk Jeremić, spoke to a visiting student delegation from the U.S.-based Northeastern University, who visited CIRSD as part of their study tour program of institutions and organizations in the Balkans. Jere…
Economic Recovery Cannot Rely Solely on the Market
Jeffrey Sachs, a professor at Columbia University, in an interview for a Serbian weekly magazine NIN evaluates the monetary policies of the EU, discusses the future of the Eurozone, analyzes what is the share of responsibility of the neoliberal approach to financial markets in the outbreak of the 20…
Serbia Facing the Challenges of Sustainable Growth
Biljana Jovanović Gavrilović, a professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, assesses reforms conducted in Serbia before and after the commencement of the global economic crisis in 2008. In this week’s contribution to the VIP Blog on Sustainable Development , she points out the nec…
Jeremic: The UN Has a Unique Opportunity to Renew Itself
CIRSD President Vuk Jeremic, in a wide-ranging feature-length interview for the renowned Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik, speaks about Serbia’s foreign policy, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, increasingly frequent local crises threatening to escalate into large scale conflicts, the role of China in…
Sustainable Development Depends on Structural Reforms
Edvard Jakopin, the director of the Serbian National Institute for Development from 2001 to 2011, discusses issues of sustainable development in Southeast Europe, the latest growth trends, structural reforms as an indispensable prerequisite for achieving sustainable development in the region, and th…
Flood Prevention: What Steps To Take?
Nada Dragović, a Professor at the Facutly of Forestry (University of Belgrade) examines the current state of infrastructure in Serbia and the Balkans, and how it responds to natural disasters such as the recent floods that have befallen the region. She proceeds to suggest what steps are to be taken …