Rethinking Enlargement? The impact of Turkey’s EU integration process on the Western Balkans

The aim of the event is to discuss how the different modes of EU integration have affected the enlargement process and what is the impact of the Turkish process on the EU Enlargement towards Western Balkans.

The main discussant will be our extinguished guest, Prof. Dr Meltem Müftüler-Bac from Sabanci University, Istanbul and EPI’s Director – Dr. Malinka Ristevska Jordanova.

The debate is part of the project “Maximizing the Integration Capacity of the European Union” implemented by a nine-partner consortium of academic, policy, and management excellence that aims to strengthen existing links between the academic and policy world on matters relating to the current and future enlargement of the EU.

We hope you will find the event interesting and with your presence you will contribute to а more fruitful and interesting debate.

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AGENDA

10.30 – 11.00
WELCOME NOTE and INTRODUCTION OF MAXCAP PROJECT

– Ms. Tanja Hafner Ademi, Executive Director, Balkan Civil Society Development Network
– Mr. Robert Liddell, Minister Counsellor, Head of Political and Justice and Home Affairs, Information and Communication at the Delegation of the European Union

11.00 -11.45
DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO ENLARGEMENT: THE TURKISH ROLE IN THE EU ENLARGEMENT PROCESS

– Prof. Meltem Müftüler-Bac, Sabanci University, Istanbul
– Dr. Malinka Ristevska Jordanova, European Policy Institute – Skopje

11.45 – 12.30
DISCUSSION

12.30 – 13.00
COFFEE