Channelling South-East Europe 6 Civil Society contribution to the Common Regional Market

Project duration: January – December 2023

Supported by: German Federal Foreign Office

Goal: Bring in South Eastern Europe 6 CSOs into the monitoring and implementation phase of the Common Regional Market.

Specific objectives:

simplify and explain CRM components and how they impact the daily life of SEE6 citizen, and increase CRM visibility;
monitor and report progress on the three agreements signed by the SEE6 governments in the framework of CRM in November 2022 (i.e. on Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications; on Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Doctors of Medicine, Dentists and Architects, and; on Freedom of Movement with Identity Cards).
identify, explain and support CRM role in the Berlin Process 2.0 and on Enlargement; and;
propose constructive ways for the engagement of CSO in CRM policy-making.

The main results of the project are:

create critical mass of knowledge on the importance of CRM for SEE6 convergence with the EU, and on its tangible impact to the citizen;
contribute to the creation of societal consent and bottom-up pressure for advancement in relevant CRM key Areas;
increase the contribution of CSO to the implementation of CRM as based on the example of the SEE6 business community and therefore increasing CRM legitimacy towards SEE6 citizen
concretely support good governance, reforms and regional cooperation in the region.

Update

This initiative is being implemented with CDI partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina Adis Muhović – Center for Policy and Governance (CPU); in North Macedonia Sanja Furnadjiska-Adams – ESTIMA; in Montenegro Marko Sosic – Institute Alternativa; in Kosovo Burim Ejupi – Institute for Development Policy (INDEP) and in Serbia Emina Muminovic – Center for Contemporary Politics.