ECPD UPEACE International Council - Agenda 2025

 

 AGENDA (.pdf)

 

Dear Members of the ECPD International Council,

Pursuant to Articles 7 and 8 of the Statute of the European Centre for Peace and Development of University for Peace est. by the United Nations, I hereby convene the 77^th Session of the ECPD International Council to be held on May 17^th, 2025 at 11 AM (CET) at the ECPD Headquarters in Belgrade, with the following Agenda:

1)              Approval of the Agenda of the 77^th Session of the ECPD International Council
(to be reported by: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Bradley);

2)             The Legacy of a World Luminary: Remembering Federico Mayor
(to be reported by: Prof. Dr. Roberto Savio);

3)             Summary of the ECPD Activities (June 2024-June 2025):

§     Recent and new educational initiatives, including the preparations for organizing the International Conference „Beyond the Euro-Mediterranean Migration Crisis – Issues, Challenges and Opportunities“ and seminars on „Marketing and Communications“ (to be reported by: Academician Prof. Dr Paskal Milo/Prof. Dr Christo Kaftandjiev);

§     ECPD traditional international summer schools, training courses, and seminars in the field of Health, Medical and Biomedical Studies

(to be reported by: Dr Melita Vujnović);

§     Recent cooperative activities with respective Italian, Finnish, French, UK, and other institutions
(to be reported by: Prof. Dr Paolo Sabbatini/Prof. Dr Tauno Kekale/Prof. Ding Ning);

§     Cooperation with the EUPeace Network (to be reported by: Prof. Dr Jonathan Bradley);

§     Continuation of the preparation of the EU-Western Balkans projects

(to be reported by: Prof. Dr Reinhard Priebe/Prof. Dr Boris Cizelj);

§     Cooperation with respective USA institutions, including the Kentucky University and Emporia State University (to be reported by: Prof. Dr Brian Beckham/Prof. Dr Andrew Smith), Canadian institutions, including the PAX Research Center of the Americas (to be reported by: Prof. Dr Laurence Hewick); institutions from Turkish World (including Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbeijian and Georgia) (to be reported by: Prof. Dr Hakan Yalap); institutions from the Middle East (to be reported by: Prof. Dr Gideon Greif);

§     Information on the progress of the Euro-Asian Bridges for Peace Project:

§     Cooperation with respective Malaysian institutions, including a dual degree MBA program with Perdana University (Belgrade/Kuala Lumpur) and Gual Periok Foundation

(to be reported by: Prof. Dr Miodrag Ivanović / Prof. Dr Jeffrey Levett);

§     Establishment of the International Chair of Buddhist Studies
(to be reported by: Master Fon Lim);

§     Cooperation with respective Chinese institutions on the joint programs to be conducted in Europe, including the Shanghai Institute of Applied Technology, Nanjing University, etc.

(to be reported by: Prof. Dr Linjie Zanadu/Prof. Dr Ding Ning);

§     Information on ECPD’s activities in the domain of Integrative/East-West Medicine
(to be reported by: Dr Melita Vujnović / Prof. Dr Ding Ning);

§     Information on the progress of the Silk Road Project
(to be reported by: Prof. Dr Ljiljana Marković);

§     Information on ECPD International Centers on Language and Foreign Studies
(to be reported by: Prof. Dr Nebojša Radić).

4)            Election of the Acting President of the ECPD International Council, and co-opting new members into the ECPD International Council, ECPD Academic Council, and ECPD Executive Board

(to be reported by: Prof. Dr Jonathan Bradley/Prof. Dr. Roberto Savio);

5)             Any Other Business.