Reconciliation>Introduction

22.12.2003 Although the prevailing reality - which is that each of the countries of the SEE is a too small market for its own needs and they are not prepared for serious competition with the West – again connected and 'forced' those countries to primarily economic and then cultural, non-cultural (pop and mass culture) and social exchange, a better look at the countries that just went through a war, or managed to escape from it, will show that each of these countries is, to a lesser or greater extent, society of isolation, disinformation, lack of communication and fear.

Although the return or refugees and IDPs started, and the transit and exchange of people and goods is not disputed or problematic (in majority of cases), there is the prevailing feeling that the full normalization of life is still unreachable, and that the process itself lacks the true will and preparedness to act. The climate of mistrust is present in all social layers and activities, the mutual accusations (although whispered rather than said loudly) are a part of the everyday life in the villages and in the cities, in each of the states and in the region in general.

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