The aim of this project was to identify the problems and gaps in the policy making process in Serbia and provide recommendations on how to ensure better coordinated and more evidence-based policy making in Serbia, in light of the launch of accession negotiations between the EU and Serbia. Preliminary recommendations were presented and discussed with high-level stakeholders at the Conference in November 2013. Study Policy Making and EU Accession Negotiations – Getting Results for Serbia can be found in our Documentation Centre.

Our research was realised under the auspices of the bilateral project „Support to the EU integration process“ undertaken by GIZ and the Serbian European Integration Office (now Ministry of European Integration) in the period 2012-2015. The aim of the project was to improve the capacities of the Serbian government for the accession negotiation process on the selected chapters of the acquis.

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The Project implemented by EPC and CEP aimed at contributing to accountability and effective management of public funds in Serbia by strengthening the capacities of the State Audit Institution to enforce its legal implementation measures. More specifically, the Project’s objectives were:

• To improve the implementation record of the whole range of measures at disposal to the State Audit Institution of Serbia in the discharge of its function, as well as its ability to ensure continuous and credible monitoring of the implementation of its measures
• To improve the participation of the civil society sector in the monitoring and evaluation of implementation of SAI’s measures

One of the key outputs of the Project is a comprehensive assessment of the state of implementation of the SAI’s measures, including analysis of the obstacles posed in the existing relevant legislation. The results of this assessment was presented to the public and to the media in June 2012 at a Conference that gathered representatives of the SAI, other relevant state authorities and civil society organisations.

The Project also produced recommendations for continuous and credible monitoring and evaluation regarding the implementation of the SAI’s measures, especially from the aspect of integrating the civil society in that process. Such recommendations weree presented and debated at the Conference in June 2012.

The direct beneficiary of the Project is the State Audit Institution of the Republic of Serbia, which has endorsed the project approach and was closely involved in the implementation of the activities. The target group of the Project included public organisations which have so far been audited by the SAI, the judiciary, as well as the Committee on Finance in the Serbian National Assembly.

You can find out more about the USAID’s Judicial Reform and Government Accountability Project here.

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The main goal of the proposed research was to analyse the first results of the application and enforcement of the provisions of the new Law on Consumer Protection (LCP) in practice and to verify whether and in what manner the legal protection of a Serbian consumer has improved as the consequence of the new Law. LCP was passed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia on October 12, 2010 and its application commenced on January 1, 2011. Project placed strong emphasis on the role, capacities and obstacles in the work of the consumer organisations in Serbia in the light of the more significant role they should play in legal enforcement according to the new LCP.

The Think and Link – Regional Policy Programme seeks to foster inclusive and evidence-based policy making in the Western Balkans by initiating and supporting individual and collaborative research projects on the chosen annual programme topic, embedded in the regional seminar programme cycle. The eight month Programme ias composed of capacity building seminar, research phase, mentoring phase and a final seminar.

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