Student Institute for International & Global Affairs

welcome to siiga, the student institute for international & global affairs! siiga is an international, non-partisan, not-for-profit student think tank devoted to bringing young people’s policy ideas to the policy process. the driving force of siiga are students from diverse academic backgrounds at universities in the balkans who are interested in current global issues of political, economic and humanitarian character. working to advance youth empowerment, siiga is a medium for young people from the balkans and beyond to voice and share their views on foreign policy matters, to engage in provocative debates with peers, and to make their ideas known to policy makers in the region. inspired by students, siiga works for students. it is founded in 2008 by a modest team of undergraduates from bulgaria and serbia, who are grantees of the open society institute's undergraduate exchange program. the student institute for international & global affairs thanks you for your interest in world issue