North Macedonia and Albania: Two Balkan Paths Toward the West
For nearly two decades, North Macedonia and Albania have walked parallel, though not identical, roads toward EU integration. Their foreign policy priorities are shaped by shared goals, EU accession, NATO cooperation, and alignment with democratic norms, but their individual strategies reflect different historical burdens, domestic politics, and geopolitical calculations.[1] The Brussels Horizon The European Union [...] What makes the rule of law resilient to threats and crises? A three-day event by the Institute for Democracy in Skopje
What are the factors that make the rule of law resilient to threats and crises? Can countries with fragile institutions emerge stronger from serious political and democratic challenges? Does the European Union accession process truly promote resilient institutions, or does it merely encourage short-term performativity? These questions were the focus of the three-day conference organized [...] Мonitoring report: Аction plans Common Regional Market (CRM) – Regional digital area and Green Agenda – Decarbonisation reference in Reform Agenda
The Institute for Democracy's latest report offers a focused overview of North Macedonia’s progress in implementing its commitments under the Action Plan for the Common Regional Market (CRM) and the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, specifically in the areas of digitalisation and decarbonisation. Key findings from the report: Digitalisation 99.48% of the population has [...] EU Integration in 2024: From European dream to Macedonian reality
Since 2016, the Institute for Democracy (IDSCS) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) have been conducting a national survey with a representative sample of issues relevant to the integration process of North Macedonia into the European Union (EU). The survey includes questions that are repeated every year in order to identify questions and trends over […]
Analysis of public opinion on North Macedonia’s accession to the European Union (2014-2024)
This public opinion analysis on the Macedonian process of accession to the European Union conducted in 2024 is a continuation of the research done in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023. It applies the same theoretical and analytical model of the determinants of support for North Macedonia’s EU membership, and at the […]
Intersecting Paths: Strategic Autonomy, Enlargement
The paper “Intersecting Paths: Strategic Autonomy, Enlargement“, explores the evolution of a more strategic European Union (EU), with a particular focus on how this shift is understood and perceived both within key EU member states and in the Western Balkan countries. The objective is to help to better understand the differing national perspectives on what […]
Interparliamentary conference “A decade of the Berlin Process: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead”
On December 12, the Institute for Democracy (IDSCS) in collaboration with the Network for Progressive Initiatives (NPI) from Bosnia and Herzegovina organized the interparliamentary conference “A Decade of the Berlin Process: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead” in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The welcoming remarks were delivered by the host representative Anida Šabanović, Program Manager [...] Parliamentary Dimension of the Berlin Process hosted by IDSCS at the Bundestag
The Parliamentary Dimension of the Berlin Process event, organized by the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje (IDSCS) and hosted by the German Bundestag took place on 9 October, at the Bundestag. The event was supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. The event gathered Western Balkan (WB) and Bundestag Members of Parliaments, parliamentary administration, […]
Harmonization of national legislation with EU legislation: Comparative overview of North Macedonia with Albania and Serbia
The process of harmonization between the European Union acquis (hereinafter: EU) and the legislation of the candidate country, which aspires for EU membership, is one of the basic requirements for acceptance of the candidate countries as EU members. When a draft law has the purpose of aligning the domestic legislation with the EU acquis, the […]