COPING WITH EU DECISION-MAKING: HOW ARE THE BALKAN COUNTRIES PREPARING THEIR POLICYMAKING SYSTEMS FOR MEMBERSHIP?
COPING WITH EU DECISION-MAKING: HOW ARE THE BALKAN COUNTRIES PREPARING THEIR POLICYMAKING SYSTEMS FOR MEMBERSHIP?

Author(s): Milena Lazarević, Corina Stratulat
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration, Geopolitics
Published by: Centar za evropske politike CEP
Keywords: BALKAN ; POLICYMAKING
Summary/Abstract: Under the public administration reform (PAR) pillar of the European Union’s conditionality for the Balkans, the EU puts a strong emphasison the improvement of the aspirants’ policy development and coordination practices. Yet the governments of the region are not pullingtheir weight. Recent external monitoring eorts reveal very poor results in this reform area across the Balkans, with few positive countryexamples. To help improve the situation, the European Commission should ‘mainstream’ its requests for quality policymaking across thesectoral policies in which it monitors and supports the work of the region’s governments.

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