The new EU enlargement methodology aimed to reinvigorate the accession process and make it more effective. In practice, the process is somewhat slower than expected. There are growing concerns that the new enlargement methodology is not alone sufficient to deliver the hoped-for gains in democratisation and structural reforms towards the goal of EU membership. This […]
Clients: Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands’ Ministry of Defence Implementers: the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ in collaboration with the Think for Europe network. Starting from August 2021, the Think for Europe Network (TEN) commenced its work on the research project “the EU as a promoter of democracy or ‘stabilitocracy’ in the Western Balkans?”. […]
The objective of the initiative is to use track-two diplomacy deliberations to explore how to intensify economic, political and societal cooperation between France and the Western Balkans. The project will contribute to the reflection about the implementation of the French Strategy on the Western Balkans through recommendations from the region. EPI will organise one of […]
The project “Make Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective” directly contributes to inclusive and participatory policy making at the EU level by allowing WB and EU citizens citizens to share their views on how to address transnational issues of common interest. The project is consisted of several interconnected activities. Eight […]
In December 2019, the EU granted support for the continuation of WeBER – the Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform, a three-year project that was implemented from 2015 to 2018, funded by the European Union and co-funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Guided by the SIGMA Principles, WeBER has […]
This project aims to assess the impact of 2019 events, (Brexit, EU elections) over integration perspective of the WB countries and contribute to the process positively. The project will gather three organizations with experience in EU integration research and produce 3 policy briefs that will carefully and concisely asses the current situation in light of […]
Accession monitoring and advocacy: Performance Audit and Policy Evaluation: On the same or parallel tracks? In the framework of Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP), European Policy Centre, together with European Policy Institute (EPI)from Skopje and Institute Alternativa from Podgorica, conducted a research on policy evaluation and performance audit, which lasted for 12 months. The Project aimed […]
Accession monitoring and advocacy: Benchmarking for EU reform – how effective? BENCHER The European Policy Institute, together with regional partners, on 1th January 2017 started implementing the project “Benchmarking for EU reform – how effective? BENCHER“. The aim of the project is to explore the effectiveness of the EU benchmarking mechanism for the Western Balkans and […]
Accession monitoring and advocacy: National EU Debate The European Policy Institute – EPI (Skopje) in July 2016 started implementing the project “National EU Debate”. This project is financed from a Civica Mobilitas program, and will be implemented in a duration of 18 months. In an absence of a national debate for the European Union, the project […]
Accession monitoring and advocacy: Dialogues for Vision The project aims to enhance the dialogue on key issues facing Macedonian society by creating policies based on evidence. This project provides added value to the already implemented projects in British Macedonia such as: RIA, PAR, Policy Framework Initiative for Open Government, etc. The project will bring liveliness to […]
