enlargement should depend on institutional convergence between the EU and potential accession candidates. Therefore, the paper … looks at institutional quality in the EU, in the EU’s neighboring Balkan and Black Sea regions, and especially in Bulgaria …, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, and Ukraine, i.e. the next countries in the queue for entry or likely to lobby for entry into the EU …

the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA). Building on the previous engagement, the current … funding sources, particularly infrastructure programs financed from the state budget and from EU structural funds. The …