{"id":16520,"date":"2017-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/projekat\/preugovor-policy-watch-monitoring-reforms-in-chapters-23-and-24\/"},"modified":"2020-07-19T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T10:23:06","slug":"preugovor-policy-watch-monitoring-reforms-in-chapters-23-and-24","status":"publish","type":"projekat","link":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/project\/preugovor-policy-watch-monitoring-reforms-in-chapters-23-and-24\/","title":{"rendered":"prEUgovor Policy Watch: Monitoring Reforms in Chapters 23 and 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tIn the EU accession process Serbia committed to a number of comprehensive reforms, among which those falling under Chapters 23\u00a0&#8211; Judiciary and Fundamental Rights, and Chapter 24 &#8211; Freedom, Security and Justice\u00a0are particularly important and demanding.<\/p>\n<p>\tIn the wake of opening of negotiations on these two chapters in July 2016, Serbia started implementing Action Plans that envisage concrete measures to enhance the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>\tUnder the assumption of their successful implementation, the year 2019 was set by the Government as the date when Serbia will be ready to take on obligations and responsibilities stemming from the full EU membership.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe role of civil society in the EU integrations is to enhance the transparency of the process and accountability of institutions, with the view to contributing to positive changes in the everyday lives of the Serbian citizens. The coalition <a href=\"http:\/\/preugovor.org\/prEUgovor\/1121\/About-us.shtml\">prEUgovor<\/a>\u00a0took the responsibility to contribute to this goal through conducting independent monitoring and impact assessment of planned policy reforms under Chapters 23 and 24, engaging stakeholders in an evidence-based policy dialogue and raising awareness on the rule of law issues among the citizens.<\/p>\n<h4>\tIn order to fulfil this task, coalition prEUgovor will implement the following activities:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\t\tConducting \u00a0independent, regular monitoring and impact assessment of Chapters 23 and 24 reforms on democratic functioning, effectiveness and transparency of the relevant institutions targeted by these reforms;<\/li>\n<li>\t\tEngaging decision makers at the national, local and the level of EU institutions in an evidence-based policy dialogue regarding said reforms;<\/li>\n<li>\t\tInforming the public about the content, dynamics and results of Chapters 23 and 24 related reforms, through producing and publishing relevant content through diverse communication channels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\tCoalition prEUgovor is comprised of seven civil society organisations from Serbia, each with expertise in specific areas covered by Chapters 23 and 24 during accession negotiations. BCSP is the project coordinator and other coalition members are project partners: ASTRA, AWC, CINS, CPES, Group 484, TS.<\/p>\n<p>\tThis three-year long project aims to support the role of civil society in the accession process of Serbia to the EU, focusing on fulfilling the conditions for full membership through implementation of key reforms in the rule of law area.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe project is financed by the European Union, through Civil Society Facility Programme 2015, within the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) EuropeAid\/152728\/DD\/ACT\/RS. 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