The Mid-term Evaluation on the Civil Society Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey by the European Commission highlights the Network 23 as a positive example in terms of its role in strengthening the rule of law in Macedonia. The evaluation report highlights that the projects “Network 23” and its successor, “Network 23+”, on which the […]
Soon after the introduction of visa-free travel, the number of asylum-seekers in the EU originating from Macedonia began to sharply increase. The unfavorable social and economic status of the Roma community in Macedonia and their insufficient inclusion in society are the key reasons why a large number of Roma people attempted to migrate to […]
The EC has recommended accession negotiations again. Unlike the last recommendation of 2014, which had a comforting tone, this recommendation holds perspective. The report gives wind in the government sails first, for the reforms and second, solving the name dispute. The recommendation is strengthened with a positive assessment of the fulfilment of the Przino Agreement and […]
The European Policy Institute (EPI) published the research on the effectiveness of the European Union benchmarking mechanism in Macedonia, which has been done within the BENCHER project. The research analyzes the effectiveness of EU benchmarks for Macedonia in eight areas from Chapters 23 and 24. See the comparative analysis for the Western Balkan countries: Reforming from the […]
The Think for Europe Network (TEN) has published the comparative analysis on the effectiveness of EC benchmarks to the Western Balkans, together with seperate country analyses and a policy brief. See our previous research on the topic: The Western Balkans’ bumpy quest for EU integration: 2016 Comparative overview. Introduction to the comparative analysis: Reforming from the bench […]
On April 4, a presentation of the basic research on the reintegration of Roma returnees in Macedonia was held at the Bushi Hotel. The results of the baseline analysis were presented on the event, based on qualitative research of policy documents and practices, as well as interviews with stakeholders. The identified stakeholders were Roma returnees, […]
The Shadow Report on Chapter 23 unifies all the findings, conclusions and recommendations that resulted from the monitoring of the areas structured in Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights into a single coherent entirety. In fact, this is the third Shadow Report published by “Network 23”. The previous two cover the periods of […]
The European Policy Institute (EPI) published the research on the effectiveness of the European Union benchmarking mechanism in Macedonia, which has been done within the BENCHER project. The research analyzes the effectiveness of EU benchmarks for Macedonia in eight areas from Chapters 23 and 24: Chapter 23: ● Merit-Based Career System for Judges ● Judicial Academy […]
The final conference of the BENCHER project is being held today in Belgrade, hosted by the European Policy Centre in Belgrade. Below, we share with you some interesting points made during the discussion. “We are facing shallow Europeanisation in the Western Balkans. The progress reports don’t catch the substance and the gravity of the situation. Thus, […]
A think tank forum between Macedonia and Poland was held today, as a part of the working visit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland H.E. Jacek Czaputowicz with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia, H.E. Nikola Dimitrov. The both ministries opened the forum of think tanks. The representatives from the think tanks […]
