Re-Integrated: Slovenia and Croatia in Joint Framework of EU Values and Supranational Identity

The overall aim of the project is to create platform for cooperation of value based institutions involved in research, education and activism in area of promotion of peace-building, human rights and human security through reflection on different aspects of identities in Europe, their significance and change in context of emerging supranational identity. The specific aim of the project is to raise public debate and dialogue between Croatia and Slovenia regarding their common future in EU. Slovenia and Croatia already had 50 years of experience of joint supranational identity during Yugoslavia which was based on values imposed by communist government; this fact causes distance and caution towards new supranational identities, especially because during last 20 years process of value identification and building new national identities has been going on. Values of the EU are formally included in constitutions of both countries and mainstreamed through national legislation (due to process of implementation of Acquits) but citizens are still not perceiving EU identity and values on which is based as their own. Contribution to the specific objective will be achieved through project activities by which we will for the first time open broad space of interaction and common debate on EU values and EU identity with focus on values related to: Peace building, Human rights and Human security.