The MIRICO project (Human and Minority Rights in the Life Cycle of Ethnic Conflict) seeks examples of best practices of inter-ethnic cooperation in the Western Balkans countries for a manual on diversity management. The overall objective of the MIRICO is to analyse the status of human and minority rights in all phases of ethnic conflicts, as well as in the phase of reconstruction and reconciliation. As a parallel process, the project will examine the development of EU foreign policy and its shift from reactive crisis management to regional stabilisation and association with the prospect of full EU-membership.

If you or your organization are aware of successfully completed or on-going projects that have improved inter-ethnic relations on the ground, please send short descriptions of project results to antonija.petricusic@uni-graz.at by 15 August 2008.

The manual will provide a medium for disseminating your project results and reaching students, academics, and decision makers interested in human and minority rights in the Western Balkans. For more information about MIRICO, see www.eurac.edu/mirico.