The current publication covers Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99, the FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and provides an overview of the agricultural situation in the European Union (EU) candidate and potential candidate countries of the Western Balkans (WBs)....

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...

The assignment for IPA II Monitoring, Reporting and Performance Framework (MRPF) has lasted over roughly one year, from December 2014 to December 2015, and its three successive Specific Objectives or components have been the following: Specific Objective 1: Help design and streamline the...

The European Commission is committed to providing factual information on past and future enlargements and to cooperating with strategic partners and multipliers to communicate with the public on enlargement. Broad public support is essential in order to sustain the enlargement process. The...

Der Westbalkan solle "so schnell wie möglich" in die EU, erklärte der Bundeskanzler auf dem Gipfel des Berliner Prozesses Anfang November 2022. Der Berliner Prozess besteht aus einer Reihe von Veranstaltungen und Treffen, die seit 2014 jährlich zwischen einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten und den...

Schon jetzt sind die sechs Westbalkanländer (WB6) politisch eng mit der EU verbunden. Doch seit Beginn des russischen Angriffskriegs auf die Ukraine rückt nun auch die Frage einer Annäherung der WB6 an die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP) stärker in den Fokus. Die EU sollte...