This brief summarises the key developments in relation to rule of law in view of EU accession in North Macedonia for the period January – March 2022. It includes the monitoring of the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform and…
This brief provides an insight of Regulation 2020/2092, which introduced “the conditionality mechanism” as a tool for protection of the rule of law principle in EU Member States, through Hungary’s example. DOWNLOAD PDF
A new group of current and future mediation trainers, as well as licenced mediators, got methods and skills training from Dutch experts last week. This second skills and techniques training for mediation was organized by experienced experts and mediators, Gea van Klompenburg and Marjon Kuipers from the International mediation register and…
Mediation is more than just courts and lawyers, it is a culture. The public should accept it, because it is imperative for mediation to spread further than the legal aspect. This was one of the main conclusions from the promotional event “Improving the quality of mediation” organized by EPI, as…
The key points of the policy briefs “Publishing Information on the Public Service in North Macedonia: Why is Transparency and Accountability Important?” And “Public Engagement in Developing Key Strategic Public Administration Reform (PAR) Documents” were presented at the seventh meeting of the National Working Group (NWG) for public administration reform…
Consultation is structured public engagement, which involves seeking, receiving, analysing, and responding to feedback from stakeholders, by defining the purpose and subject of the consultation whether it is a policy initiative, regulatory change, or legislative proposal. The use of public consultation has different implications for the improvement of the regulatory…
As an economic, social and political right, the main aim of the right to education is to promote the personal growth and development of an individual, as well as the ability for that individual to adapt to society. While a global conceptual framework on the right to education as a…
Institutions are transparent when they enable stakeholders to understand and recognise that they operate honestly. With a view to achieving transparency, an institution must provide information about its activities to stakeholders that are accurate, complete, and made available in a timely fashion. Transparency ensures accountability. The 2019 OECD Recommendation of…
Within the sub-granting programme “Supporting Grass-root Civil Society Actors in Transitional Justice Initiatives and Confidence-building in the Western Balkans – RECOM Reconciliation Network”, five initiatives have been selected as a result of the first Call for proposals: Forgotten Children of War Association (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and project: “Symbols of the…
In spring 2021, the European Union launched the multilingual platform of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). This initiative is part of a wide deliberation process for sharing reflections on the future of our continent that will run until spring 2022, including EU and non-EU countries. Unfortunately, the…
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