This report has been requested by the European Commission from the OMAS Consortium (OMAS). It is based on a detailed analysis of (Monitoring and Assessment) documentation produced by OMAS from 1996 to 2001, in particular, summaries from the Country Assessment Reviews (CARs) in relation to the...

This report is one of a series of six Ad Hoc and Thematic Reports which the OMAS Consortium is preparing. Its objectives are, firstly, “to assist the Candidate Countries in meeting the short and medium term challenges for accession, through analysis of OMAS experience of Monitoring and...

This thematic report examines the extent to which Phare Programmes have achieved their Civil Society objectives. The purpose of the report is to providing a tool to support those responsible, in the Commission Services as well as in the 10 Candidate Countries (CC), for the design and...

This is one of six Thematic Reports which the OMAS Consortium is preparing. Its purpose is to identify issues where improvement appears desirable in relation to the Twinning Instrument, and to stimulate debate on constructive approaches to the operation of Twinning for the future. The report, as...

Mit dem Beitritt der zehn mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder am 1. Mai 2004 ist es den Staaten der bisherigen Europäischen Union möglich, die Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit für Bürger aus den neuen Mitgliedsländern einzuschränken. Über einen Zeitraum von insgesamt sieben Jahren können...

Der Artikel beschäftigt sich hauptsächlich mit der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung in Polen, Tschechien und Ungarn. Fast zehn Jahre nach dem Ende der Planwirtschaft scheint für einige der mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder nunmehr die erste Phase der Transformation abgeschlossen zu sein....

"This article explores the process of labour market integration in the border region of Saxony, Poland and the Czech Republic. The underlying understanding of integration is combining institutional factors and the behaviour of market players. The sources of this conceptual framework stem from...