We are honored to have as our partner in this project
Prof. Blerim Reka and his (and some of my former) law students at
SEEU Skopje (Macedonia) campus.
Here is a brief summary of Prof. Reka's achievements:
Ambassador Professor Dr. Blerim
Reka is Pro-Rector for International Relations, (South East European
University, SEEU), and was Pro-Rector for Research SEEU, (second mandate:
2010-2014 and first mandate: 2005- 2006); and the Dean of the Faculty of Public
Administration at SEEU (2003- 2005).
He was Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to
the European Union in Brussels (2006-2010), and also held diplomatic and legal
advisory positions such as Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kosovo
for EU Integration, (February-March 2011); Member of the Expert Committee for
Foreign Relations of the Parliament of Republic of Kosovo, (2011-2013); Member
of the Legal Council of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia,
(2003-2006); and Member of the Expert Team of the Government of the Republic of
Macedonia for National Strategy for Integration to the EU, (2004).
He was involved in constitutional and legal
drafting in Macedonia and Kosovo, as a member of the Constitutional Committee
of Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, drafting constitutional amendments
to the constitution in accordance with the Ohrid Framework Agreement 2001, and
a member of the constitutional experts team of the UN SRSG which drafted the Constitutional
Framework for Kosovo, (2001). He was also the founder and chairman of the
Constitutional Forum of Kosovo (2000-2001); and co-chair of the Joint Advisory
Council for Legislative Matters of UNMIK established by UN SRSG Dr. Bernard
Kouchner (1999-2004).
He is the editor of the political and law section
of the Encyclopedia Dictionary of Kosovo, (Kosovo Academy of Science
and Arts, Pristina); editor-in-chief of SEE University Review,
(2010-2014 and 2005-2006); founder and editor-in-chief of Euro-Atlantic
Review (2001-2005); founder and editor-in-chief of Kosovo Law Review,
an Albanian-English legal quarterly (1996-2004); founder and president of the
Kosovo Institute for Euro-Atlantic Integration KIEAI (1999-2005); co-founder of
the Kosovo Law Centre (KLC), a legal NGO established by the OSCE mission in
Kosovo in 2000; and author of the Project for Regional Integration: Balkans
Area of Free Trade Agreements (BAFTA), as a model of regional sub-integration
and the creation of free trade zone (1998).
Mr. Reka also has experience in the media as vice
chairman of the board of directors of Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK),
appointed by UN SRSGs Hans Hakerup, Hary Holkeri and Soren Jessen-Petersen
(2001-2006); founder and director of Radio Rilindja (1999-2000); director of
the daily newspaper Rilindja (1999-2000), the oldest Albanian language
daily in former Yuogoslavia, first published in 1945; and a correspondent for
the BBC World Service’s Albanian section from Pristina (1993).
He has been professor of International Law,
International Relations and EU Law at SEEU since 2002; University of Tetovo
(1998-2005); University of Pristina (2002-2006); and a member of the PhD
commission at: University Catolique de Louven (2011-2012); European Unviersity
of Tirana (2011-2012); Institute for European Studies, University of Tirana
(2011-2012).
He holds a doctorate in International Public Law,
(University of Pristina - University of GRAZ, 2002); MLL, Civil and Economic
Law, (University of Pristina, 1994) and a BA LAW (1982).
He was Fulbright senior fellow in international
law at Law School in the University of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles,
International Governance with Post-Conflict Societies, Spring Semester 2003 and
at the Harvard Executive Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ash
Institute, Innovations in Governance (2005).
Mr. Reka is the author of 18 books in these
fields.
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| Prof. Judithanne McLauchlan with Prof. Blerim Reka at SEEU Skopje campus |
