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This is a paper prepared by the European Stability Initiative. It states that the Western Balkans are facing a looming crisis of social and economic dislocation which puts at risk some of the European Union’s most important interests in this strategic region. It is stressed that The European Union should send a strong signal to the countries of the Western Balkans that the promise of Europeanisation is not an illusion. The present policy instruments have been built around the goal of ...

This is a paper produced by the European Stability Initiative in the year 2003. It states that there is a growing fear among the countries of the Western Balkans that they will be left on the margins of the new and integrated Europe. It recognises that the Western Balkan countries today face very different threats and opportunities from those which existed only three years ago. It notes that European policy instruments have not yet adapted sufficiently to meet these new challenges. There is a ...

This is a strategy made by the Government of Albania. The goal of the Information and Communication Technologies Strategy project - co-financed by the Open Society Institute, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs , and UNDP Albania - is to facilitate efforts by the Government of Albania, in cooperation with other national and international stakeholders, to develop a National ICT Strategy that identifies mechanisms and legal and fiscal frameworks needed to implement e-government, ...

This report on education in Albania has been prepared within the framework of the Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members of the OECD as a part of its programme of co-operation with the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. The themes covered are teachers, curriculum, governance, and early childhood education and care. Each section provides an overview of the education systems, issues and barriers to reform, and recommendations. The recommendations are designed to be of use for natonal ...

This is a report to the European Commission from the Enwise Expert Group on women scientists in the Central and Eastern European countries and in the Baltic States. This report investigates the situation of women scientists in the Enwise countries, providing an insight into the situation from a historical, as well as a contemporary perspective - including South East European countries. It makes recommendations to a series of stakeholders: the Commission, the European Parliament, the Enwise ...

The purpose of this Regional Strategy Paper (2002-2006) is to provide a strategic framework for programming the regional envelope of the European Community’s CARDS assistance programme. This Regional Strategy Paper focuses on promoting closer relations and regional cooperation. The Strategy Paper first outlines the overall framework of the EC’s cooperation objectives in the region and the regional policy agenda agreed by the EU and the five countries concerned. Next it examines the coherence ...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the harmonisation (as far as possible) of the Community’s external aid instruments from 2004. The draft Regulation constitutes a framework regulation, establishing a unified instrument for pre-accession assistance. One of the main characteristics of the Regulation is that, for recognised Candidate Countries, it aims at progressively adopting the rules and principles of Structural Funds/Rural Development Funds management, by making available assistance for ...

This publication summarizes UNESCO’s experience and role in South-East Europe and outlines a proposal for future action in the region. It comprises extracts from the Director-General’s speeches on South East Europe and the main documents of the High-level Conference on Strengthening Cooperation in South-East Europe(held at UNESCO Headquarters on 4 and 5 April 2002), including a strategy paper for UNESCO’s future action in the region and the Chairman’s Conclusions. UNESCO’s strategy paper aims ...

This is a paper written by dr. Nikolce Acevski from the Ministry of Education and Science in the year 2001. He first presents present situation in Higher Education in FYRoM: legislative framework, financing of HE and institutional financing management, the structure of the system, curricula, teaching and learning, norms and standards for establishment of HEI, regulations concerning financing and the budget, quality assurance and study programs development, Macedonian National Informative ...

This is a report from the EC about the Stabilisation and Association process for South East Europe. The Annual Report on the Stabilisation and Association process for South East Europe (SAP) provides an assessment of the progress of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro, including Kosovo as defined by UN Security Council Resolution 1244, within this process over the past year. It is therefore the key indicator of their readiness to move closer to the European Union. EC (2004): Report from the Commission - The Stabilisation and Association process for South East Europe ...

This is a country report on Croatia conducted by Frances Tsakonas. This study aims to analyze the current role of private sector activity in theeducation sector and to project the outlook for private sector investment in education in Croatia. It starts with a description of Croatia background. Then education sectro and private educatio sector are presened. Last but not hte least the author focuses on investment climate. Tsakonas, Frances (2002): Private Sector Development in Education in South ...

... discusses the establishment of modern higher education system in accordance with the Bologna process. She names the main objectives within the system and gives analysis of the Serbian higher education system. Ministry of Education and Sports – Department of Higher Education is also presented. She also introduces the academyic system in Serbia - background, faculty ad the staff and some proposed solutions (defining teaching ranks and titles, establishing the rank-conferring procedure and criteria etc). Turajlic, Srbijanka (2003): Higher Education in Serbia - Reform Strategy. Srbijanka Turajlic ...

This is a preliminary draft of The Law on Higher Education in Serbia. First principal provisions are suggested and the Institutions in the higher education system are presented. The proposal also regulates studies and curriculums, higher education activity, scientific-research work and artistic activity, the higher education institution bodies, funding of the independent higher education institutions founded by the Republic or the Autonomous Province ...

This is a Strategy Paper presented to the Conference "Southeast Europe on the Way into the European Union" held by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. First strategic dimensions of Southeastern enlargement are presented. The authors write about Europe’s responsibility for the Balkans and European states’ common substantive interests. Then the paper deals with the conditions for accession. It states that Balkan countries should settle their statehood conflicts and establish stable democracies under the ...

This is a report written by Pavel Zgaga from CEPS - Centre for Educational Policy Studies, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The author gives first an overview on the historical background and presents the main findings of the study - participation of the SEE countries in education and enrolment patterns and number of institutions. The report also deals with cost and financing issues. In the end some recommendations are presented. Zgaga, Pavel: The Situation of Education in the SEE region - ...

... making bridges to other European countries and global world. SEE ECN recognized the importance of the Bologna Process from the beginning and this issue has been always high on its agenda. The participants of the meeting welcome four new countries from the region applied for “Bologna” membership (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia, Albania). South-East European Educational Cooperation Network (2003): The European Higher Education Area and South East Europe - Statement from teh Meeting of South-East European Educational Cooperation Network. Available from:http://www.bologna-berlin2003.de/pdf/SEE_ECN.pdf, accessed 25.5.2007. South-East European Educational Cooperation Network http ...

This is a report of European University Association site visit in December 2002. UNMIK invited EUA to undertake this visit within the context of its efforts to reform higher education in Kosovo. Public higher education has long been a source of actual and potential conflict in Kosovo, making the issue of institutional provision highly sensitive. The purpose of this preliminary visit was to find out as much as possible about the conditions under which the University of Mitrovica is operating, ...

The present document gathers the conclusions/reports and the recommendations of the Bologna seminars held so far in 2003. The seminar focused on three main issues and the challenges they pose for the construction of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). These three issues are: the social dimension of the EHEA, higher education as a public good and higher education in the GATS negotiations. Each of these tree issues were dealt with in the answers to the questionnaire that was sent out by ...

This is an article written by Radovan Vukadinovic. The author describes the situation in Croatia and states that after Slovenia, Croatia is at this moment the most stable country in the region. Then he deals with different issues like: - the political situation in Croatia, - constitutional reforms, - legislative reforms, - minority rights in Croatia, - human rights protection, - foreign and security policy. Last but not the least he stresses European orientation of Croatia. Vukadinovic, Radovan ...

This is a study published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. First it presents the origin and characteristics of Albania’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. Then it presents poverty monitoring in Albania and monitoring poverty reduction policies. It also describes the role of donors in supporting monitoring. Last but not the least it gives evaluation of the monitoring system in Albania. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (2004): National ...

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