European Report on Development 2009: Policy Recommendations to Overcome Fragility in Africa

January 16, 2010 by Leave a comment

The findings of the first European Development Report were presented here in Prague in a parallel session of the GDN 2010 Annual Conference. The report deals with the issue of fragility, its causes and possible solutions, with a special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, where most countries are experiencing it.

But what does fragility means? And why focusing on fragility?

Giorgia Giovannetti from the European University Institute addressed these issues, and provided a set of policy recommendations for the EU, and donors in general.

In a broad sense, fragility can be defined as “the incapacity of the state to perform its core tasks of ensuring security, upholding the rule of law and providing services to its citizens.” Read more of this post

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Are European Neighbourhood Policies an effective inducement for integration?

January 16, 2010 by Leave a comment

The “Accession, Neighborhood or unity? The EU Experience” session gave a cross regional examination on the relationship between the EU and neighboring countries. The session looked at the economic performance of countries in Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and Middle East and North Africa.

When dealing with countries within these regions the EU offers association and neighborhood but not accession. The result is European Neighbourhood Policies (ENP). According to EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldnerthe “The ENP offers every neighbor country the chance to choose its own path. Those who want to advance relations through the ENP are already seeing their commitment matched with new opportunities.” Read more of this post

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