Qualitative researches have been conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania and Turkey under the project “Divided Past – Joint Future“. Subject of research involved attitudes and opinions of citizens, representatives of public, private and civil sector on peace building and the process of reconciliation as well as the role of civil sector in those processes in the men oned countries. In line with general objectives of the project, the empirical research goal is to determine opinions and posi ons of representatives of all four sectors on peace building and the process of reconciliation in seven countries whereat the intention was to get responses to specific research questions such as:
1. What is the nature of the relationship between research participants and the process of reconciliation and its progress in a specific country and region; and
2. How do research participants assess and perceive the role of civil society in the process of reconciliation and peacebuilding in a specific country and region.
Considering that one of the main objectives of the project is the establishment of the Regional Social Lab for Peace and Reconciliation, the research was partly focused on the reception of the idea of establishing cross-sectoral cooperation.
This report contains the main findings of the carried out research and it is structured as follows: the first part of the report provides a theoretical framework that contains relevant theoretical approaches to peacebuilding, in particular the concept of reconciliation; the second part describes a research methodology; the third part contains the main research findings by countries; the last, fourth part of the report contains the conclusions and recommendations related to the improvement of the process of reconciliation and strengthening of the role of civil society in the area of the Western Balkans and Turkey.
Full report: Process-of-Reconciliation-Qualitative-study