The growth of Chinese economic and political influence has locked a number of Central and East European countries into long-term, large-scale and costly infrastructure projects that have contributed to...
SELDI’s Regional Anti-corruption Report presents the civil society’s assessment of the regulatory and institutional factors enabling corruption in the Western Balkans region and emphasises some of the priority policy...
Although judicial reforms have been ongoing for more than a decade in the countries of the Western Balkans, no significant progress has been observed, in particular as it relates...
The hidden economy is a widespread phenomenon throughout the Western Balkans and manifests itself in various sectors, among which the agricultural, services, real estate and construction industries. Country-specific sectors...
The negative effects of the hidden economy are numerous – low funding and quality of public services, no healthcare and pension coverage, maternity or annual leave. Informal practices also...
The Public Procurement Barometer (X-index), developed by SELDI's partner RIINVEST, measures and evaluates the performance of municipalities in public procurement and compares it with best practices. The index is...
The European Commission has repeatedly noted the existence of state capture risks in the Western Balkans, “including links with organised crime and corruption at all levels of government and...
SELDI’s State Capture Assessment Diagnostics (SCAD) results reveal that multiple economic sectors in the region show symptoms which can potentially be attributed to state capture. Albania and Serbia rank...
The European Commission’s proposal for a revised approach to Enlargement takes on board key proposals for SELDI’s Regional Anticorruption Reports and Policy briefs, including: • a stronger focus on political...
The promise of enlargement to the Western Balkans has suffered another delay, as the start of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia has been put off until at...
The current policy brief assesses the work of the anti-corruption agencies across the Western Balkans. The authors conclude that there has been a gradual progress towards the institutional strengthening...
In 2018 the EU and NATO and the countries from the Western Balkans have a unique chance to reinvigorate the Euro Atlantic perspective of the region. There are many...
