Why it Really Matters? And For Who? The Schengen Visa Liberealization in the Western Balkans

The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, regularly analyses events in the Middle East and the Balkans. Tanja Hafner Ademi, Coordinator of the Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) presents her view of the Schengen Visa Liberalization in the Western Balkans. Her article entitled "Why it Really Matters? And For Who? The Schengen Visa Liberalization in the Western Balkans" is here published in its entirety.

Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN)

Here is the link to its website (www.balkancsd.net), to which I devoted quite a lot of my time, so be careful with you comments. One of the most time- and effort-consuming jobs, but also something I am proud of are the databases (training, trainers, donors), Weekly e-mail alerts (a bi-weekly newsletter distributed to almost 400 addresses of CSOs and still counting) and the Balkan Civic Practices series of publication, which I copy-edited. Do enjoy your browsing and let me know if there are any ideas for improvement.

Guide to EU Community Programmes promoted

On 25th February, Guide for EU Community Programmes has been promoted by the Secretariat for European Affairs (SEA) of the Government of Macedonia. The 37-paged publication for the first time brings together information on available funding under the EU Community Programmes for Macedonia. The Guide includes short information about 13 EU programmes which gives the reader the basic information on which he/she can decied if it is potentially interesting for him/her and where to get more in-depth information. I provided the expertise for the Guide as a consultant in 2008. The publication is only available in Macedonia at the following link:
http://www.sep.gov.mk/Content/Publications/Documents/programi_zaednica.pdf

A short article (in Macedonian only) about the promotion:
http://www.sep.gov.mk/Default.aspx?ControlID=NovostiDetali.ascx&NewsID=1300