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In our latest podcast we talk with Nino Tsereteli, a research officer at Democracy Reporting International in their re:constitution program. We talked about the Judiciary Hub, a resource created by Democracy Reporting International to provide analysis on the rule of law and judicial independence in the European Union member states. You can check out the […]

Dive deep into the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in this episode of the EPI Podcast. Join us as we explore the essential roles and strategic engagements of civil society organizations and national human rights institutions within the UPR framework. Featuring an in-depth conversation with Mona M'Bikay, Executive Director of UPR Info, this episode sheds [...]

Check out our podcast with Dr Maria Skóra and York Albrecht from RESILIO, as we explore the backbone of European democracy: the rule of law. This episode brings to light the pivotal findings of the Resilio Resilience Observatory project, aimed at bolstering rule of law reforms within the European Union. Discover what resilience means in [...]

What is enlargement fatigue? Can it be transformed into EU scepticism? Can the opponents to the enlargement of the EU members change their perspective? We discussed these topics with Engjellushe Morina, a senior policy fellow with the Wider Europe program at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She works from ECFR's Berlin office. Her work [...]

Author: Cvetanka Aleksandroska, volonteer at EPI   The European Union’s (EU) Rule of Law Report is the basis of the European Rule of Law Mechanism, which is a preventive tool that aims to promote the rule of law and prevent challenges from emerging or deepening. The report, published for the first time in September 2020, […]

What are the key challenges in the human rights area? Are the Western Balkans’countries advancing in this area? What can be improved? We talked about these topics with Tobias Flessenkemper, head of the Council of Europe office in Belgrade. His previous postings include the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council […]

Author: Dr. Eng. Mohamed Sameh   Water services are essential services. They support the sustainable development of our societies and are fundamental for realising the ambition of the EU Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Every drop of water count and efficient integrated water management is a challenge all over the world. Over […]

In this podcast, we discuss deliberative democracy and the method of deliberative polling with Alice Siu, Associate Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy. Deliberative Democracy is a unique form of political consultation that combines techniques of public opinion research and public deliberation to reveal what public opinion would be on a particular issue if […]