Garcevic Speaks at “Dialog for the Future”
Ambassador Vesko Garcevic, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, joined the Balkans’ regional UN program, Dialogue for the Future (DFF), along with other experts from the regional UN Development program (UNDP) and colleagues from John Hopkins University, on March 11 and March 12, 2020. The event was held in Montenegro, and Amb. Garcevic participated virtually.
The program aims to create more space for constructive dialogue between various communities, between citizens and their highest elected leaders, thus promoting peaceful coexistence, increased trust, and genuine respect for diversity. Its goals include dialogue and collaborative action around jointly identified priorities, the emancipation of adolescents and youth for constructive engagement and leadership, nurturing inter-cultural dialogue; strengthening objective media reporting, empowering young girls and women for greater social activism. This peacebuilding initiative was launched in 2014 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The program is implemented jointly by the UN Development Program (UNDP), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in partnership with Presidency Offices and government institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia, funded by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund.
During his diplomatic career, Amb. Vesko Garcevic dealt with issues pertinent to European security and NATO for almost 14 years. In 2004, he was posted in Vienna to serve as Ambassador to Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He had been a Montenegro’s Ambassador to NATO from 2010 until 2014 and served as a Montenegro’s National Coordinator for NATO from 2015 until he joined the faculty at the Pardee School.