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 […]
Today was the first meeting of the working group for Chapter 23, within the framework of the National Convention on the European Union. The event was opened by Ms. Mileva Gjurovska, President of the European Movement in the Republic of Macedonia and project implementer, Mr. Talat Xhaferi, President of the Assembly of the Republic of […]
The Coalition “All For Fair Trials” during its annual session decided to accept the European Policy Institute – EPI as its new member. Besides EPI, the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association also joined the Coalition. The Coallition is a network of civil society organisations, with goals to: ● to increase compliance with the standards for fair trial before […]
The research “Merit or Partisan Led Police?” covers the problem of selection, recruitment and employment of police officers and the failure to provide a career development system based on merit and qualifications at all levels (strategic, tactical and operational) in the Macedonian Ministry of Interior and the Police. This analysis particularly focuses on the link […]
The European Policy Institute (EPI) and Institute for Human Rights (IHR) on 13 February 2018, sent joint letter with comments to the Ministry of Justice regarding the proposed amendments to the Law on the Judicial Council of the Republic of Macedonia and the Law on the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors. Find the text on the […]
At today’s press conference, the European Policy Institute – Skopje presented data from citizens’ views gathered from the Deliberative Poll® “Citizens Ask: How and why in the EU”, which focused on the benefits and challenges of Macedonia’s accession to the EU. Some of the topics covered include the general views on the EU, the democratic and economic benefits and challenges, as well as citizens’ views on […]
Key elements The strategy entitled ” A Credible Enlargement Perspective for and Enhanced EU Engagement with the Western Balkans“, adopted today by the European Commission, has three key points: 1) sending a political message that enlargement is still on the EU agenda; 2) an attempt to increase the credibility of the region’s prospects for membership in the […]
