Restoring Common Ground

In cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation participated in the organization of the 13th Young Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia from August 30th to September 1st, 2024. The focus of the 13th Young Bled Strategic Forum was the discussion on how best to address social challenges, despite the existing consensus on economic and political issues at the European level. This consensus was intended to serve as a foundation for social actions, even as our realities increasingly diverge today, while pressing challenges can only be overcome through coordinated collective measures. The starting point for the Young Bled Strategic Forum 2024 was the question: “Why are our realities drifting apart?” The forum brought together young experts from around the world to deconstruct the macro and micro forces driving this trend and develop crowdsourced solutions that could help our currently isolated and parallel realities to overlap again. The program focused on participant-driven activities, including workshops, brainstorming sessions, and one-on-one Q&A conversations with experts. Following the conclusion, participants also had the opportunity to attend the Bled Strategic Forum, the main event that has established itself in recent years as the leading high-level conference in Central and Southeastern Europe.