EU conditionality policy towards the candidate countries has usually been identified as successful, given its demonstrated power to induce positive and transformative effects on EU’s aspirants. However, despite its proven…

Europe welcomed 2019 with a growing political polarisation, persistent populist tendencies, threats to media freedom and shrinking space for civil society. Non-transparent policy processes and rule of law deterioration in…

The Austrian Presidency of the Council continued a period of increased attention on the enlargement to the Western Balkans, ushered in by the Juncker Commission and the preceding Bulgarian Presidency.…

The fourth meeting of the National Working Group for Monitoring Public Administration Reform (PAR) in Serbia within the WeBER Project will be held on November 19, 2018, in Belgrade. The…

Within the Project “Strengthening capacities of Serbian institutions and organisations for the proper enforcement of human rights and anti-discrimination legislation”, implemented through the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund (GGF), whose beneficiary is…

Western Balkans Reflection Forum Series – the Berlin Process and EU Enlargement Strategy After years out of the radar, the Western Balkans now seem to be back on the agenda…

For the past three years, six Western Balkan think tanks have been exploring public administration reforms (PAR) across the region, providing a civil society perspective. How to demand better administration…

What are the results of the Bulgarian Presidency and should we be satisfied with what has been achieved in the past six months? What are the key messages of the…