From 5 to 8 June 2013, the President of the YATA Macedonia, Mr.  Ilija Djugumanov , Secretary General of YATA Macedonia, Mr.  Jordan Tasev, and the member of YATA Presidency Mr. Hristijan Despotovski attended the third 2BS Forum in Budva, Montenegro. The 2BS Forum was organized by the Atlantic Council of Montenegro.  

With topics ranging from “How to end the Syrian Civil Conflict and Shape a New Middle-East” to “Regional Cooperation and Common Security Challenges” on 6th June started the Youth seminar. This was an insightful Forum, filled with well-spoken experts that provided useful in-depth analysis of the issues at hand.

The first session of 2013 2BS FORUM, held under auspices of the Youth Atlantic Seminar, attested the constructive discussion on the ongoing civil war in Syria brought by the extensive remarks by High Excellency Mr. Jean-Daniel Ruch, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Serbia, Mr. Jason Wiseman, Program Manager of the Atlantic Treaty Association, Mr. Alexander Corbeil, Senior Middle East Security Analyst from the Atlantic Council of Canada and Mr. Emiliano Stornelli, Senior Researcher from the Italian Atlantic Committee. The Moderator of this session was Mr. Vidak Latkovic, Executive Director, Political Capital South East Europe.

The second panel of the Youth Atlantic Seminar at the 2BS Forum 2013 titled Regional cooperation and common security challenges hosted Ms. Barbora Moronkova, Information Officer for Western Balkans, Public Diplomacy Division at NATO Headquarters, Mr. Konstantin Samofalov, MP of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Dan Petre, General Director of Romanian Diplomatic Institute and Mr. Ilija Djugumanov, the President of YATA Macedonia.



All of the panelists agreed that prioritization of the security challenges means great deal for the way forward. Furthermore, discussion was based on the current SEE initiatives and their assessment as well as on enrooted problems like the lack of trust, solidarity and prioritization. This session was moderated by Dr. Tanja Miscevic, Professor, Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade and former State Secretary for Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia.

After the closure of the Youth seminar, participants joined the night owl session “Cooperation and partnership between civilian and military intelligence services” with which was officially opened third “to be Secure” Forum.