EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) Facilitating the Enlargement Process of Western Balkans

This paper examines the complementarities between the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian macro-region (EUSAIR) and the enlargement process to the Western Balkan countries participating in the EUSAIR. It analyses the EUSAIR and the relevant EU documents, and explores the potential contribution of the EUSAIR to the WB integration process with a series of 37 in-depth interviews. Finally, it makes a number of policy recommendations in this field.

Source: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/publications/studies/2021/eu-strategy-for-the-adriatic-and-ionian-region-eusair-facilitating-the-enlargement-process-of-western-balkans