Spa-ce.net Conference "21st year of 21st century - Western Balkans’ Challenge of Common Future"
Members of Spectra Centra (prof. M.Finka, Assoc.prof. M.Jaššo, dr.M.Husár) took part in international Spa-ce.net Conference "21st year of 21st century - Western Balkans’ Challenge of Common Future" which was organized in Belgrade (21-22 September 2021) by University of Belgrade and Wetern Balkan Network.
Conference was very successful, the number and origin of participants, quality of presentations and active discussion were at the high level. A number of actual issues have been raised. The discussion tackled some important topics from referent European and global documents adapting them to regional specificities and the situation over West Balkan’s countries, with serious problem of their implementation. Issues of utmost importance presented at the Conference were: transnational networking of cities, climate change perspectives, demographic change and migrations, urban identity and other urban issues. The presentations with discussion pursued new opportunities for the future of spa-ce.net, its activities and enhancing the mode of organization together with widening membership. The selected presentations will be further analyzed and elaborated via books or articles, and some key messages could be passed to relevant European or national institutions. Proposal for next year meeting made by Slovak delegation to organize SPA-CE.net meeting 2022 in Bratislava with the headline „NEW NORMAL“ has been welcomed and will be discussed online within the SPA-CE.net community.
