ERSTE Stiftung

ERSTE Stiftung Edition

Within the series ERSTE Stiftung Edition, papers are published that have been produced during foundation projects or written on behalf of ERSTE Foundation. Such publications include essays, speeches and commentaries, but may also include works of fiction. They focus on the same subjects addressed in the three programmes of ERSTE Foundation: social and socio-political issues, contemporary culture, questions of European integration, and the development of civil society in Austria and Central and South Eastern Europe.

2 Publications in this category

  • The Balkans – A Future in Present Tense

    With this speech, the Serbian author Biljana Srbljanović opened the Balkan Case Challenge 2009 held in Vienna from 6 to 11 July 2009. This annual competition, supported by ERSTE Foundation, aims at opening up opportunities and new perspectives for excellent students from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia through strengthening links between higher education and employment and by the provision of concrete job opportunities. In addition, the Balkan Case Challenge contributes to an increased awareness about the potentials of South Eastern Europe – being an integrative part of a joint Europe.

  • The Balkans - From Noun to Verb (and back)

    “I must admit that I don’t like the name the Balkans.” With this statement in her speech, the Croatian author Slavenka Drakulic opened the two-day symposium "Return to Europe - Talking Balkans", held at ORF RadioKulturhaus in Vienna from 3 to 4 April 2008. The event organised by ERSTE Foundation kicked off the ten-part TV series "Balkan Express", which were broadcasted on ORF.

Featured Publication

The Balkans – A Future in Present Tense

With this speech, the Serbian author Biljana Srbljanović opened the Balkan Case Challenge 2009 held in Vienna from 6 to 11 July 2009. This annual competition, supported by ERSTE Foundation, aims at opening up opportunities and new perspectives