CIRSD Delegation Completes Tour of Asian Capitals
CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić, accompanied by CIRSD Senior Fellow Damjan Krnjevic Miskovic, completed a tour of several Asian capitals, visiting Ulaan Baator, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to meet with leading political figures and senior think-tank representatives. In Ulaan Baator, Jeremić met …
Energy Efficiency as the Largest Economic Potential
Goran Jankes is a Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – University of Belgrade, the Founder and the Director of the Serbian Industrial Energy Efficiency Network (SIEEN). In his piece for the VIP BLOG he discusses prospective impacts of energy efficiency on development and competitiven…
Achieving Sustainable Energy in the Region
Professor at Belgrade University’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering Nikola Rajaković writes about energy sector of Southeast Europe, the significance of renewable energy sources for the region, and the link between energy and environmental policies. „As far as energy is concerned, Southeast Europe …
Transforming the United Nations From Raison d’Etat to Raison de Planète
The article by Vuk Jeremić, published on The Hufftington Post >The World Post T his month marks the centenary of the start of the First World War. Notwithstanding the vast transformations that we have undergone since, this great conflict remains what Winston Churchill called “a drama never…
Jeremić Meets Qatari Foreign Minister
CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić met with H.E. Dr. Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, Minister of foreign Affairs of Qatar, at the conclusion of the international conference ” Beyond Borders: Euro-Mediterranean Partnerships by Those Who Create Them”, in Paris. Jeremić and Al Attiyah exchanged views on the s…
Jeremić at the Conference on Cooperation in the Mediterranean
CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić today participated in an international conference in Paris on strengthening cooperation between states and international organizations in the Mediterranean region, held under the patronage of the President of France, Francois Hollande. The conference, entitled “Beyond Bor…
VIP BLOG on Sustainable Development of Southeast Europe
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) will launch on 16 June a VIP BLOG on Sustainable Development of Southeast Europe on its web page , a section about the new development opportunities for Serbia and the region within the framework of the sustainable deve…
CIRSD Joins New Earth Institute SDSN Advisory Group
To strengthen the collaboration between the Center of International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) and the Earth Institute at Columbia University (EI) and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the Earth Institute and SDSN have established the Earth Institute-Sustain…
CIRSD Conference on the Great War
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) organized a two-day international conference in Belgrade on 30-31 May 2014 entitled “The European Tragedy of 1914 and the Multipolar World of 2014: Lessons Learned.” An average of 350 people attended each session, held at the…
Leading Hong Kong Think-tank Donates $100,000 to Serbian Flood Relief
The former Secretary for Home Affairs of the Hong Kong SAR Government and Deputy Chairman and Secretary General of the China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC), Dr. Patrick HO Chi Ping, announced in Belgrade a donation of $100,000 to help rebuild Serbia in the wake of the devastating floods that struck th…