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Release of ENC Summary – “Building Peace when Solution to Conflict is Not in Sight”

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Release of ENC Summary – “Building Peace when Solution to Conflict is Not in Sight”

The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) is publishing a summary of the policy dialogue “Building Peace when Solution to Conflict is Not in Sight: Development Cooperation in the Areas of Protracted Conflicts in the Eastern Neighborhood” which was jointly organised by the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ENC.

The summary  includes information from the event as well as input from the ENC Academic Council Members and ENC research staff.

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The full summary is available in PDF format below.

pdf Building Peace when Solution to Conflict is Not in Sight

 

Release of ENC Report – A Modernized EU-Turkey Customs Union – Expert Interviews and Analysis

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Release of ENC Report – A Modernized EU-Turkey Customs Union – Expert Interviews and Analysis

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The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) published its ENC Report entitled A Modernized EU-Turkey Customs Union – Expert Interviews and Analysis with in-depth interviews from relevant government policy makers inside the EU and Turkey, including also academics and private sector opinion-shapers on the topic of Customs Union reform.

A Modernized EU-Turkey Customs Union – Expert Interviews and Analysis contains 9 structured interviews with business, government and academic experts from the following institutions: Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), The Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSIAD), Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK), European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME, European Development Foundation (IKV), Ifo Center for International Economics, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the Turkish Ministry of Economy, as well as academic and economic experts.

Expert views and analysis

On the 25th of January 2017, ENC held a preliminary Roundtable Policy Discussion in the European Parliament with the relevant stakeholders from business associations, industry sectors, think tanks and government. The objective was to discuss EU-Turkey economic relations, while preparing for the ENC Report on Customs Union reform.

The current Report highlights the need for reform and indicates a list of recommendations for policy adjustments which will both help boost growth and employment in Europe and Turkey, while providing an increasingly important foreign policy anchor for the EU and Turkey.

The full report can be downloaded free of charge on this page.

pdf A Modernized EU-Turkey Customs Union