Presentation of research: Sitting on the bench and marking – How effective?
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 Reforms – Setting up the body
- ● Merit-based Career for Civil Servants
- ● Track record for addressing media intimidation; attacks on journalists; media independence
- ● Implementation of the Law on Protection Against Discrimination
Chapter 24:
- ● Law on Asylum aligned with EU acquis
- ● Specific anticorruption plans; providing adequate follow up of detected cases
- ● The role of intelligence services and the oversight mechanisms that are introduced; established initial track
- record of investigations
The research will be presented today, at the Hotel Duvet, starting from 12:00. After the brief presentation, guests will be invited to discuss the results of the research.
You can find the research on the link: [Benchmarking in Macedonia] Sitting on the bench and marking – How effective?
The project BENCHER is coordinated by EPI and implemented by the Think for Europe Network (TEN). The project is financed by the European Fund for the Balkans.
