Knowledge & Analysis

Analysis and evidence on the enabling environment for civil society, including independent media, across the Western Balkans and Türkiye: assessments against the DG NEAR Guidelines, CSO-led monitoring reports, tracking of the legal and financial environment in which civil society operates, and thematic analysis, including regional and national trends.

The TACSO Library, covering the earlier phases of EU support to civil society in the region, remains accessible here.

DG NEAR Guidelines assessments

An assessment against the Guidelines is produced every year, as seven beneficiary reports and one regional report. The series has a page of its own, with every edition and the languages each is published in.

Open the Guidelines assessments

2 results for Republic of North Macedonia, Türkiye

Cover of 2025 Assessment – Report for Türkiye

Guidelines assessment Türkiye

2025 Assessment – Report for Türkiye

The 2025 assessment finds that the environment for civil society in Türkiye continued to fall short of international human rights standards across most indicators, with isolated judicial safeguards…