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.
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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.
The New Economic Governance prescriptions in the field of healthcare systems(Online 1st March 2024) The webinar examines aspects that are crucial for the prospects of European democracy, namely labour politics and the role of labour movements in the advancement of democracy and social welfare at EU level.
Organized by the University of Belgrade together with OBC Transeuropa, TraPoCo Jean Monnet Network and Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale, and with the participation of researchers, policy makers and representatives of civil society, the regional policy event focused on European integration process of Serbia and the Western Balkan region, with a focus on the role of civil society actors (NGOs, grassroots organizations, social movements, etc.) and their claims in various policy areas, in particular in the environmental field.
The event, aimed at an audience of experts, activists, and the general public, helped to promote the research results of the TraPoCo project, focusing in particular on the Balkan route to discuss the capacity of European civil society to propose alternative narratives on migration and to build a political space of solidarity. Organised by OBCT in collaboration with the Institute of International Relations (IRMO) and Agitate!
Final conference of the TraPoCo project that over the course of three years explored the role of mobilisation, solidarity and transnational collective action in strengthening democracy and the space of rights in the EU, Member states and Candidate countries through some case studies (environment, migration, social and trade union rights, civic space). The event was an opportunity to share the results of the Network with European civil society representatives and policy makers.
