7th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum - Related Opinions

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Women in the Western Balkans (own-initiative opinion)

Εγκριθείσα on 23/01/2019
Έγγραφα αναφοράς: 
REX/502-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Dilyana SLAVOVA (Bulgaria)

The Western Balkan countries have some of the lowest female labour force participation and employment rates across Europe. Almost two-thirds of working age women in the region are either inactive or unemployed. The gender gap starts early and persists across all age groups.

The report will try to find out the correlation between education, employment opportunities, family responsibilities and the nowadays status of the women in the region and to propose adequate measures for improving the situation of women in the region.

Γνωμοδότηση της ΕΟΚΕ: Women in the Western Balkans (own-initiative opinion)

Instrument for Pre-accession (IPA III)

Εγκριθείσα on 12/12/2018
Έγγραφα αναφοράς: 
REX/507-EESC-2018
Referral: 
COM(2018) 465 final 2018/0247 CODCOM(2018) 465 final 2018/0247 COD
Rapporteur: 
Dimitris DIMITRIADIS (Employers - GR I / Greece)

The Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) aims to prepare candidates and potential candidates for the rights and obligations of EU membership. First established for the 2007-2013 programming period, under the 2014–2020 MFF it is called IPA II. Its beneficiaries include the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and Turkey. The proposed financial envelope for IPA III for the period 2021-2027 accounts for a 13 % increase compared to current IPA II funding, or €14.5 billion in current prices. The general objective of the IPA is to support EU aspirants to adopt and implement all reforms (political, institutional, legal, administrative, social and economic) required to comply with EU’s values and to progressively align to EU rules, standards policies and practices on their path towards EU membership.

Γνωμοδότηση της ΕΟΚΕ: Instrument for Pre-accession (IPA III)

Economic and social cohesion and European integration of the Western Balkans – challenges and priorities (exploratory opinion at the request of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council)

Εγκριθείσα on 18/04/2018
Έγγραφα αναφοράς: 
REX/497-EESC-2017
Rapporteur: 
Andrej ZORKO (Workers - GR II / Slovenia)
Co-rapporteur: 
Dimitris DIMITRIADIS (Employers - GR I/Greece)

At the request of the future Bulgarian presidency of the Council of the EU (January-June 2018), the EESC was asked to prepare an exploratory opinion on the challenges and priorities countries of the Western Balkans are facing in the European integration process, as well as in the area of economic and social cohesion. Western Balkans will be one of the policy priorities of the Bulgarian presidency and a Western Balkans Summit is scheduled to take place in May 2018 in Sofia.

Γνωμοδότηση της ΕΟΚΕ: Economic and social cohesion and European integration of the Western Balkans – challenges and priorities (exploratory opinion at the request of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council)

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