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This is a report on situation in West Balkan countries and EC assistance to help them. It is stated that the EC is the largest single donor in the Balkans, spending over 839 million euro in the region in 2001 alone on top of 956 million euro in 2000 through the CARDS programme. EU assistance is focused on helping the countries to implement the Stabilisation and Association Process – namely, stabilising their internal economies and political relations, promoting regional co-operation between the ...
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Western Balkans 2004 - Assistance, cohesion and the new boundaries of Europe
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29. May. 2007
... more promising place than it was five years ago. However, these instruments do not engage effectively with the underlying causes of instability. The danger is no longer ethnic hatred, nationalist extremism or military conflict, but a new crisis of economic and social dislocation. Effective government in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, political stability and interethnic peace in FYR Macedonia, economic and political reforms and the strengthening of the rule of law across the Western Balkans are stated as the main interests. European Stability Initiative (2004): Western Balkans 2004 - Assistance, cohesion and the new boundaries of Europe. European Stability Initiative ...
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 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 ...
... to become more efficient. This is a challenging task that requires strenuous efforts from all either directly engaged in higher education or interested in its development. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2004): Strategy for Development of Higher Education in Kosova (2005-2015). Available from: http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/bridges/kosovo/6/22.pdf, accessed 15.3.2006. MEST, ESI http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/bridges/kosovo/6/22.pdf
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Strategy for Development of Higher Education in Kosova (2005-2015) - FINAL VERSION
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28. May. 2007
This is a strategy conducted by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The 10-year strategy of the Higher Education in Kosova is the document that articulates a vision about the type of higher education that is aimed and envisions the direction of fulfilling the strategic objectives. This strategy reflects the consensus amongst political factors, academic and scientific community, students, civil society, other stakeholders and the wide public community. The document of the strategy ...
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CARDS Assistance Programm to the Western Balkans - Regional Strategy Paper 2002-2006
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28. May. 2007
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 ...
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 ...
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Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
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28. May. 2007
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 ...
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Waste of talents: turning private struggles into a public issue Women and Science in the Enwise countries
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28. May. 2007
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 ...
