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The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) is our unique initiative of researchers and analysts from the Western Balkans and

The second joint seminar in the frames of the Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament which is funded by the Austrian

The policy discussion “How to win the fight for democracy in the Western Balkan? The impact of the super-election year 2024” organised as

September 27th in Belgrade was all about the EFB 15. The European Fund for the Balkans gathered its friends, partners, alumni, beneficiaries and

The European Fund for the Balkans wants to condemn the undertaken action of the Serbian authorities towards our Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory

The policy forum organised by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group and IDM Albania on June 9th in Tirana, was an opportunity to present the

The premiere of the first podcast episode of the BiEPAG podcast series was hosted by Florian Bieber (BiEPAG's Coordinator, Director of Centre

We are looking for the 6 best applicants from the WB6 National Parliaments, who want to shape the regional and European collaboration by using their knowledge and enthusiasm in applying the best practices in the process of administrative reform

The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB), Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), Clingendael Institute and d|part are organizing the event Do the Dutch support EU enlargement with the Western Balkans? on Friday 25 November 2022 at Huys Clingendael. The event will also be livestreamed on You Tube.

The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), the European Fund for the Balkans, and the Southeast Europe Association (SOG) are organising the online discussion on different proposals to reinvigorate EU enlargement, which are currently being discussed in the public. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine strongly altered the geostrategic positioning and relevance of the European Union, and evoked a new sense of urgency and importance of EU enlargement among member states. With the recent granting of candidate status to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, it is high time to discuss the effectiveness of the enlargement process and of different proposals to reform it. Our panelists will present and discuss different proposal, ranging from ESI’s proposal to the “Staged Accession” proposal, developed by a group of think tankers, to the most recent mentioning of the French President Emmanuel Macron of a so-called “European Political Community”. What is in there, how feasible are these models, how do the different models relate to each other, and who would support/oppose them and why are some of the questions we will focus on in this debate.

The discussion "Implications of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine for the Western Balkans: Challenges and options for the Czech Presidency” was organised by the the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and the Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM on May 11, 2022 in Prague.

On the initiative of the Secretary General Mr. Harald Dossi, the Austrian Parliament is organizing a discussion in cooperation with the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group. The event "The Western Balkans in Focus: Hopes, Setbacks, New Perspectives and the Effects of the Ukraine War on the Region" is scheduled for Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.  

The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) organized a closed media event and a briefing with the journalists in order to present the main takeaways

Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group and the CEU Democracy Institute and the will jointly organize the online launch of the new BiEPAG policy

6 December, 2021 15:00-16:30 London / 16:00-17:30 Brussels Zoom Webinar Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) in partnership with the

Citizens of countries in the Western Balkans are still, overall, positive about the prospects of their countries joining the European Union. However, the path to EU membership is a long one and at the moment the people in the Balkans are caught between a rock and a hard place.

The EFB/BiEPAG retreat, which was organised in Thessaloniki, Greece on October 7-9, 2021 was held as a closed event under the Chatham House Rule.

The European Fund for the Balkans in cooperation with the Foreign Policy Forum from Zagreb will organize the presentation of the latest Balkans in

New BiEPAG’s policy brief – Why the Balkans’ collective action problem might be easier to break than we think by Tena Prelec and Jovana Marovic

The European Fund for the Balkans together with its Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) and Engaged Democracy Initiative (EDI) is