Yugosphere - Revision history

Pbacsich: /* Regional overview */

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Regional overview

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	# [[Serbia]]		# [[Serbia]]
	# [[Slovenia]], and		# [[Slovenia]], and
	# [[Kosovo]], ~~whgse~~ status is disputed even among EU nations		# [[Kosovo]], whose status is disputed even among EU nations

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	[[Image:Former Yugoslavia 2008.PNG\|left\|thumb\|350px]]		[[Image:Former Yugoslavia 2008.PNG\|left\|thumb\|350px]]

	The ''Yugosphere'' is a category used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of [[Yugoslavia]]. ~~For its~~ members ~~see [[~~:Category:Yugosphere]]. The territory of the former Yugoslavia is roughly coterminous with the geographical region of the Western Balkans; in the EU's definition of the term, the Western Balkans excludes Slovenia but includes Albania.		The ''Yugosphere'' is a category used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of [[Yugoslavia]]. Its members are:

	Slovenia is the only country of the former Yugoslavia in the EU. Croatia, Macedonia, and Montenegro are official candidates, while Serbia has submitted an application for membership and have been recognized as a "potential candidate". Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Kosovo have not submitted an application but are nevertheless recognized as "potential candidates" for a possible future enlargement of the European Union. All states of the former Yugoslavia, with the exception of the disputed Autonomous Province of Kosovo, have subscribed to the Stabilisation and Association Process with the EU.		# [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
			# [[Croatia]]
			# [[Macedonia]]
			# [[Montenegro]]
			# [[Serbia]]
			# [[Slovenia]], and
			# [[Kosovo]], whgse status is disputed even among EU nations


			The territory of the former Yugoslavia is roughly coterminous with the geographical region of the Western Balkans; in the EU's definition of the term, the Western Balkans excludes [[Slovenia]] but includes [[Albania]].

			[[Slovenia]] is the only country of the former Yugoslavia in the EU. [[Croatia]], [[Macedonia]], and [[Montenegro]] are official candidates, while [[Serbia]] has submitted an application for membership and have been recognized as a "potential candidate". [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and Republic of [[Kosovo]] have not submitted an application but are nevertheless recognized as "potential candidates" for a possible future enlargement of the European Union.

			All states of the former Yugoslavia, with the exception of the disputed Autonomous Province of Kosovo, have subscribed to the Stabilisation and Association Process with the EU.

	The CIA Factbook has estimates for the populations of Yugoslavia's successor states as of July 2011 which amount to a total population of 23.0 million. Net population growth over the three decades between 1981 and 2011 was thus practically zero (below 0.1% p.a. on average). Ethno-linguistically, the majority of the former Yugoslavia is South Slavic, speaking a dialect continuum clustered around the Serbo-Croatian, Slovene and Macedonian. Other larger ethnic groups include Albanians (mostly in Kosovo), Hungarians (mostly in Vojvodina), Roma and other minorities.		The CIA Factbook has estimates for the populations of Yugoslavia's successor states as of July 2011 which amount to a total population of 23.0 million. Net population growth over the three decades between 1981 and 2011 was thus practically zero (below 0.1% p.a. on average). Ethno-linguistically, the majority of the former Yugoslavia is South Slavic, speaking a dialect continuum clustered around the Serbo-Croatian, Slovene and Macedonian. Other larger ethnic groups include Albanians (mostly in Kosovo), Hungarians (mostly in Vojvodina), Roma and other minorities.

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	== Schools in ~~Region~~ ==		== Schools in Yugosphere ==

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Pbacsich: add cats V and supreregions and studies and tidy

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add cats V and supreregions and studies and tidy

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			''By [[Jüri Lõssenko]] of [[EITF]]''

			''For entities in Yugosphere see [[:Category:Yugosphere]]''


	== Experts situated in Yugosphere ==		== Experts situated in Yugosphere ==

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	[[Category:Yugosphere\| ]]		[[Category:Yugosphere\| Y]]
	[[Category:Western Balkans\| ]]		[[Category:Western Balkans\| Y]]
	[[Category:Europe\| Yugosphere]]		[[Category:Europe\| Yugosphere]]

			[[Category:Supraregions]]

			[[Category:Supraregion studies]]

			[[Category:VISCED]]

Jyri: /* ICT in education initiatives */

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ICT in education initiatives

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-=== Virtual initiatives in schools ===
+[http://itpilotproject.eu “EU IT Pilot Project in the Field of Education”]
 ==  Lessons learnt ==

Jyri: /* References */

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References

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	*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Yugoslavia		*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Yugoslavia
	*http://www.stabilitypact.org/education/030628-actionplan.pdf		*http://www.stabilitypact.org/education/030628-actionplan.pdf
			*http://csconf.org/Volume3/page881.pdf

Jyri: /* Information society */

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Information society

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	== Information society ==		== Information society ==

			Regional cooperation in the field of ICT development has taken place in the context of the Electronic South East Europe (eSEE) initiative, which promotes the creation of adequate institutional mechanisms for the development of information society, and facilitates the introduction of ICT technologies in various sectors. By now, all countries in the region have acknowledged the importance of ICT infrastructure, and have increasingly invested in its development, which has resulted in overall growth of the sector of electronic communication, and all countries have higher than 95% digitization of the fixed network. It is promising that the broadband usage has grown at very high speed in the last few years, whereas DSL technology is the dominating technology, followed by Cable TV. Nevertheless, the broadband remains still very limited in most countries which could limit the usage of the full range of digital content and services. The levels of Internet access are low - averaging at about 20 users per 100 inhabitants for the entire region, with Croatia being the best performer with 45%. It is promising, that the Internet users have reached very high percentage of growth in the last few years.

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	== ICT in education initiatives ==		== ICT in education initiatives ==

Jyri: /* References */

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References

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	*''The Yugo-sphere'', blog posting of 28 September 2009, http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ecclblog/blogentry.aspx?blogentryref=7915		*''The Yugo-sphere'', blog posting of 28 September 2009, http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ecclblog/blogentry.aspx?blogentryref=7915
	*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Yugoslavia		*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Yugoslavia
			*http://www.stabilitypact.org/education/030628-actionplan.pdf

Jyri: /* Education reform */

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Education reform

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	*Decentralisation of education management and administration, with a focus on quality enhancement and accountability		*Decentralisation of education management and administration, with a focus on quality enhancement and accountability
	*Development of education management information systems and quality assurance mechanisms		*Development of education management information systems and quality assurance mechanisms
	Curriculum reform in line with European trends and developments		*Curriculum reform in line with European trends and developments
	*Widening access to quality education and ensuring equal opportunities - taking account of gender equality - for national minorities, especially Roma communities, and other disadvantaged groups including members of low income groups, people with disabilities, citizens from isolated rural communities, etc.		*Widening access to quality education and ensuring equal opportunities - taking account of gender equality - for national minorities, especially Roma communities, and other disadvantaged groups including members of low income groups, people with disabilities, citizens from isolated rural communities, etc.
	*Promotion of education for democratic citizenship in both formal and non-formal education programmes		*Promotion of education for democratic citizenship in both formal and non-formal education programmes

Jyri: /* Education reform */

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Education reform

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	~~=== Schools ===~~		Considering the entire region, reforms in education have concentrated mainly on the following areas:

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			*Adjustment and review of existing national legal frameworks in line with ongoing European developments and national reform priorities
			*Decentralisation of education management and administration, with a focus on quality enhancement and accountability
			*Development of education management information systems and quality assurance mechanisms
			Curriculum reform in line with European trends and developments
			*Widening access to quality education and ensuring equal opportunities - taking account of gender equality - for national minorities, especially Roma communities, and other disadvantaged groups including members of low income groups, people with disabilities, citizens from isolated rural communities, etc.
			*Promotion of education for democratic citizenship in both formal and non-formal education programmes
			*Ensuring access to, and effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
			*Development of opportunities for lifelong learning as a key means to stimulate economic regeneration in the region
			*Vocational education and training, especially establishing links between education and labour market

	=== ~~Post-secondary~~ ===		=== Schools ===

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	== Administration and finance ==		== Administration and finance ==