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 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...
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...
The President of the European Commission has announced 2025 as the target year for the next EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans. The EU would need to carefully balance...
According to the authors of the policy brief, not declaring in full or partially economic activities in SEE remains widespread in virtually all areas of government – permissions and...
The current policy brief presents SELDI's key findings on the manifestations, causes and impacts of the hidden economy and undeclared labour in SEE in 2016. According to the research,...
The policy brief analyses the energy sector governance deficits and related corruption risks. Weak democratic traditions, networks of political protectionism, economic oligarchy, and opaque business practices nurtured by corruption...
The national and regional energy security of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries has become a hot topic of discussion in the EU recently, focusing the attention of experts,...
Anticorruption policies have been designed and implemented exclusively at the national level with little consideration of their actual enforcement and effect in individual public organisations. Such a general approach...
The continuing debate about Bulgaria’s and Romania’s joining the Schengen Area, the accession of Croatia, and the enlargement negotiations with all of the rest of the region of Southeastern...
