The next few months are the last opportunity for Turkey to take steps that could influence the european Commissionu0092s recommendation in October on whether the Copenhagen political criteria have been met, and therefore whether to open accession negotiations, with the European Council due to...

The Civil Society Facility (CSF) was established in 2008 under the Instrument for Pre-accession, with the purpose of supporting the development of an active civil society capable of participating in public debate on democracy, human rights, social inclusion and the rule of law. The CSF aims to...

The Mapping of sector strategies in Western Balkan countries (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo2, Serbia, Albania) and Turkey is a study and an evaluation on the sectors’ readiness (maturity) for a Sector Approach. Based on qualitative and...

This meta evaluation of IPA assistance has been prepared from seven Country Programme Interim Evaluations and two thematic evaluations in the Rule of Law and Civil Society. This analysis has been complemented by the study of a series of additional reports by the European Commission (EC) and...