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CSOs can contribute to the prevention of costly errors in the negotiations on Chapter 24
BCSP research team has perfected the knowledge necessary to monitor the fulfilment of measures and transitional provisions under Chapter 24 of the accession negotiations on Serbia’s membership in the European Union.
Practical analysis of the European Commission’s Progress Report on Serbia in the process of European integration and the attempt to define criteria for the transition of Chapter 24, were the focus of the workshop held by Filip Dragovic to BCSP research team and members of partner organizations, on April 20th, 2016 in the BCSP library.
If there is no progress in Chapter 24, then there is no progress in European integration, Dragovic, a former Croatian negotiator for Chapter 24, who is now a consultant in the Ministry of Interior of Serbia involved in police reform, stated in the introduction of the workshop.
After the presentation of a detailed history of the development of the content in Chapter 24 from the TREVI Group, through the Schengen area to the Maastricht and Amsterdam, all the way to the Treaty of Lisbon which shaped a unique package that now makes the chapter, Dragovic explained, through practical situations, how did the process of negotiations look from experience Croatian.
During the workshop, there was a discussion on how the criteria of progress were created and what needs to be done to fulfill them, why transitional measures are introduced in the case of Serbia and Montenegro, how to monitor the implementation of the Action Plan for Chapter 24 and how to demonstrate progress. On the basis of the Progress Report from 2015, the participants of the training with the help of the facilitator did an analysis of parts of the political criteria and Chapter 24. During the work, qualitative and descriptive assessments from the European Commission’s opinion were accurately identified.
The workshop is a part of a project implemented by BCSP with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain
Report was translated by BCSP Intern Marija Ignjatijevic.
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