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The EU enlargement before regional cooperation in the Western Balkans?
Regional cooperation has always been one of the key conditions for Western Balkan countries to access the EU. Over the years, EU conditionality has led to a proliferation of initiatives aimed at promoting cooperation among candidate countries from the WB region. CeSPI and OBCT undertook a study, financed by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, to map and examine the regional cooperation efforts undertaken in the WB in the last years, with a specific analysis of the Berlin Process.
Your voice matters for us! Together with 12 European media partners we launched a quick survey to help us bring you the European news you care about most. Help us to shape the project PULSE. Europe beyond the beat , a European initiative that supports transnational journalistic collaborations on European affairs. Take our quick survey, share your thoughts on European affairs and let us know what you want to read!
As part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response project, OBCT organised on 17 October 2023 an international conference aimed at unpacking the nexus between rule of law, media and democracy. Here you can find all the materials and video recordings of the event
OBC Transeuropa has produced 6 datasets in the frame of the Work4Future project to support its journalistic production. The datasets refer to EU cohesion policy and funds, and can be consulted and downloaded from the following link
GLOSSARY A glossary to explain Bosnia and Herzegovina, its constitutional peculiarities, how its institutions work, and how to proceed along the path of European integration.
Chapter 22 deals with Regional Policy and expects candidate countries to align their national legislation with the European acquis regarding structural and cohesion funds, with the aim to foster economic, social, and territorial development of less developed regions. The implementation of the Regional Policy requires adequate administrative capacity for the proper use of financial instruments and the implementation of related projects.
Focusing on the planning phase of the Cohesion Policy, OBCT together with ISSiRFA CNR is carrying out two projects aimed at promoting training and exchange of know-how and expertise with the national authorities of four Balkan countries candidate to the European Union.
