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Online Conference - Reloading the EFB Community 25/09/2020
The EFB Community from the Western Balkans and EU will gather for the online conference "Reloading the EFB Community" that is scheduled for September
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Balkans exposed to challenges due to the pandemic
The French daily newspaper Le Monde wrote an article about the Western Balkans facing the pandemic and its implications on the countries’
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New call for the Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament
The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) announced the call for applications for the Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament. The fellowship programme funded by the Austrian Parliament is designed for civil servants working in the administrations of the National Parliaments in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
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Apply for : Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament
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
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Contribution by FES SOE to the Social Dimension Initiative: Social Rights are Fundamental Rights
The countries of the Western Balkans (WB) are facing enormous social challenges, including poverty and inequality, widespread joblessness, and precarious employment...
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18.05.2020 All News
EFB’s Director Aleksandra Tomanic in an interview for Albanian Daily News: Enlargement Process doesn’t Prevent State Capture
The entire continent has surprisingly been unprepared for responding to the corona crisis,” has said the Executive Director of the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB), Aleksandra Tomanic in an exclusive interview with Albanian Daily News during which she explained that EFB is trying to keep up its work, although this is difficult at these times of the pandemic.
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BiEPAG with a policy response and key recommendations to tackling the COVID-19 crisis in the Western Balkans
The global COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by governments around the world constitute a major rupture to the “business as usual”, and this includes the Western Balkans, too. The pandemic has been overshadowing other developments while also accelerating existing trends, and it will continue to do so.
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15.04.2020 All News
Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) welcomed 3 new members
Due to the outbreak of the Covid19 virus, the first annual meeting of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group in 2020 was held as a zoom conference among its members coming both from Western Balkans and EU.
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[EWB Interview] Tomanić: Consequences of state capture in WB are now clearer than ever
Author: Nikola Burazer
Source: EWB
EU integration of the Western Balkans, the new enlargement methodology and whether it can strengthen the EU
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EFB in support of the live debate “Environmental Movements in the Balkans” at the first Balkan Trafik Digital edition
The global outbreak of the #Covid19 has postponed the Balkan Trafik Festival to autumn 2020, but the European Fund for the Balkans is still on board and pleased to support the organizers in hosting the first Balkan Trafik 360° Digital edition.
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BiEPAG Experts at the Western Balkans Think Tank Forum in Skopje, 8-10 of March, 2020
The Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis“ Skopje (IDSCS) together with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Sofia will
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“Building Societal Resilience in the European Neighborhood” panel at MSC2020
The Executive Director of the European Fund for the Balkans, Aleksandra Tomanic was one of the participants in the panel “Building Societal
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Promotion of the book
The promotion of the book "When the Serbs and the Albanians Loved Each Other" was held on Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Media Center in Belgrade.
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Signed MoU for close cooperation on the Social Dimension Initiative - EFB, FES and ASB
On January 15th 2020, the European Fund for the Balkans signed a Cooperation Agreement with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Dialogue Southeast Europe and
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Interview with the Executive Director Aleksandra Tomanic for EurActiv Serbia
Interview with the Executive Director Aleksandra Tomanic for EurActiv Serbia
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Flatter, faster, fairer – How to revive the political will necessary to make enlargement a success for the WB and the EU
Authors: Milica Delevic and Tena Prelec At present, both EU MS and WB leaders are treating EU enlargement as a purely technical process, which hides
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Policy Dialogue:Towards a new strategy for the Balkans: Another paper exercise?, January 10th, Brussels, EPC
The European Fund for the Balkans, IAI and EPC joined forces in organizing the policy dialogue "Towards a new strategy for the Balkans:
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Blog: Early Parliamentary Elections in North Macedonia – Another Brick in the Cracked Wall of Europeanization
This text has been prepared by Ivan Stefanovski within the project “Rule of Law Reform in the Western Balkans: Reinventing the Rules of the
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Think and Link Regional Policy Programme: Promotion of the newest policy paper “Regional cooperation in the Western Balkans – is there a civil society pillar?” in the frames of the SEE Think Net project
A promotion of the newest policy paper “Regional cooperation in the Western Balkans – is there a civil society pillar?” written by
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Regional panel discussions in the frames of the Think and Link Regional Policy Programme - Rule of Law in the Western Balkans: Reinventing the Rules of the Game, project by Politikon, CRTA and Tim Institute
A panel discussion Debate on the rule (out) of law was organized in Belgrade on November 19 in Belgrade in organization of CRTA (Serbia) and
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