Publications on civil society, including independent media, in the Western Balkans and Türkiye.
Assessments against the DG NEAR Guidelines, including earlier editions, are also presented on the Guidelines assessments page.
3 results for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of North Macedonia
The 2025 assessment finds the legal environment for civil society in Republic of North Macedonia broadly adequate, with meaningful progress in cooperation between the government and civil society.
The 2025 assessment finds that constitutional safeguards for civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina worked in practice, but did not remove the chilling effect of restrictive initiatives…
The 2025 assessment finds civil society in Albania operating under tightening practical constraints within a largely sound legal framework.