On the second panel, " Western Balkans: Development aid – aid for countries and/or economy?", which was organized by the Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mitja Štrukelj, Director General for International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Franci But from the office of Minister for foreign Affairs, Gašper Jež, Director of the Centre for International Cooperation and Development and dr. Boštjan Udovič from the Faculty of Social Sciences, participated. The panel was moderated by dr. Gorazd Justinek, Executive Director of the Centre for European Perspective.

On the panel Slovenian interests in the Western Balkans and official development aid provided by Slovenia for the region and the economic aspects of development cooperation were discussed. Participants also touched upon the common understanding of the concept of development aid and activities within the EYD 2015. Practical examples what development aid actually means and what is its purpose were presented to the students.

Včeraj, 28. 5. 2015 ob 11:30, je na Fakulteti za družbene vede, v okviru 26. Slovenskih politoloških dni potekal panel »Zahodni Balkan: Razvojna pomoč – pomoč državam in/ali gospodarstvu?«

Na drugem panelu "Zahodni Balkan: Razvojna pomoč – pomoč državam in/ali gospodarstvu?", ki ga je Center za evropsko prihodnost organiziral v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za zunanje zadeve, so sodelovali veleposlanik Mitja Štrukelj, generalni direktor direktorata za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje in humanitarno pomoč, Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve, veleposlanik mag. Franci But iz kabineta ministra za zunanje zadeve, Gašper Jež, direktor Centra za mednarodno sodelovanje in razvoj ter dr. Boštjan Udovič s Fakultete za družbene vede. Panel je moderiral dr. Gorazd Justinek, izvršni direktor Centra za evropsko prihodnost.

Na panelu je razprava tekla o interesih Slovenije na Zahodnem Balkanu in uradni razvojni pomoči, ki jo Slovenija namenja v to regijo ter gospodarskem vidiku razvojnega sodelovanja. Hkrati pa so se sodelujoči dotaknili tudi splošnega razumevanja koncepta razvojne pomoči ter aktivnosti v okviru ELR 2015. Študentom so na praktičnih primerih predstavili kaj pomeni razvojna pomoč in kakšen je namen le-te.