The Successes and Failures of EU Pre-accession Policy in the Balkans: Support to Civil Society
Publisher: Balkan Civil Society Development Network Volume: 20 pages, pdf Description: Support to civil society as part of the EU enlargement process and policy is not a novelty. Through support to the establishment of civil society foundations in 1990s in most Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, we have seen support to civil society development as part of the EU enlargement process. In the Balkans, support to civil society was already part of the stabilization and reconstruction process underpinned by the CARDS programme. However, in the Balkans, it was the first time that civil society development would become one of the key reform priorities of EU enlargement policy.