Lessons Learned and Best Practices from the Western Balkans

These are the conference proceedings for the International Conference on Conflict Management and Conflict Prevention: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from the Western Balkans which was held in Stockholm 8– 9 October 2003. The conference was organized by the Folke Bernadotte Academy in co-operation with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Italian EU Presidency.The specific purpose was to identify lessons from three phases in the management of the conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia- (1) the pre-agreement, shuttle-diplomacy phase, (2) the initial peace-implementation phase and (3) the present, mature implementation phase. The main focus was on those models, lessons and practices that could be universally applicable. The conference brought together key individuals with experience from negotiating and implementing the agreements that ended these violent conflicts, as well as government representatives from the region and renowned academics. The conference was attended by representatives of EU and OSCE member states, international organizations, research institutions and non-governmental organizations active in the region. These conference proceedings make the presentations and insights available to a larger audience