The Forgotten Fifth Element: Support of Entrepreneurship in the Eastern Partnership Region
The Forgotten Fifth Element: Support of Entrepreneurship in the Eastern Partnership Region

Author(s): Elżbieta Kaca
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Governance, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Economic development
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Eastern Partnership region; economic integration of the eastern partners with the Union; business environment reforms; economic policy; transformation process; support of entrepreneurship; private sector;
Summary/Abstract: The private sector is an important driving force of the transformation process in the Eastern Partnership region. Still, the sector’s development is not a top priority for the EU. In order to speed up the economic integration of the eastern partners with the Union, the Commission should work out a new policy to boost entrepreneurship, including increased pressure on EaP governments to pursue business environment reforms and comprehensive funding mechanisms. In order to facilitate this process, Poland might help by offering its pre-accession experience.

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