Bledar Feta is a Research Associate at the South East Europe Program of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). He has earned an advanced degree in International and European Studies from the School of Economics, Business, and International Relations of the University of Piraeus and obtained his Master Degree from the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens. He has extended experience in working with inter-governmental and civil society organizations. In the course of his career, Bledar has engaged in different projects, many of which EU and UN-funded, having a key role in research, policy analysis, management, monitoring, and evaluation. Many of these projects had regional character and have produced original research and policy recommendations on key issues including human rights, security, and migration. In 2016, SolidarityNow entrusted him the position of the Project Assistant at the Hosting Scheme Refugee Project “Home for Hope”, a program funded by the European Union and the UNHCR. Under this project, he worked very closely with refugees, migrant representatives, local authorities, state institutions, and other NGOs operating in the field. Bledar has also involved in a number of community-based projects in the field of migration, education, and free movement with European Alternatives and Humanity in Action. During his career, he has evaluated different projects offering consultancy services to a number of organizations such as the Moonshot CVE, the Oxford Analytica, the University of Cambridge, and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. Bledar has published a number of analyses for top Western European and Balkan media such as EurActive, BalkanInsight, TransConflict, and Tirana Times.

MIGRATION-RELATED PUBLICATIONS

MIGRATION RELATED TRAININGS/CONFERENCES

  • Act4FreeMovement Training –  A series of 3 trainings, happening is Warsaw (Sep. 2017), Madrid (Oct. 2017) and London (Jan. 2018), aimed at empowering civil society actors in the field of freedom of movement for EU citizens and their third country family members within the EU. 
  • Citizen Rights – Create/React (a transnational training programme for the defence and extension of fundamental and citizenship rights), Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest, Hungary. 16 October 2015 – 18 October 2015 – Legal Protection of Human Rights, Experiences from Europe’s Refugee Crisis.
  • Citizen Rights – Create/React (a transnational training programme for the defence and extension of fundamental and citizenship rights), Academia Cidada, Lisbon, Portugal. 10 July 2015 – 12 July 2015 – Network Building, Collective Decision Making and Planning with Migrant Communities.
  • Humanity in Action (HiA) – Study Trip on Populism Nationalism and Extremist Movements in Europe, Berlin, Germany. 05 October 2014 – 12 October 2014 – Populism, Nationalism and Extremist Movements in Europe and their impact on vulnerable groups such as immigrants and minorities.