After a year of research, compiling Croatia’s accession experience and advice, Populari has published a policy paper geared at Bosnia’s policy makers. This policy paper takes into account what Populari has learned from Croatia throughout its accession process and Bosnia’s current situation regarding EU accession, formulating recommendations. Using concrete stories from Croatia, one of the main conclusions of the paper is that it is not necessary to wait for grand sweeping political change to occur before tackling technical aspects of the accession process and therefore not halting momentum regarding EU accession. Report: The Race is On – Bosnia’s Place in the Balkan Regatta (.pdf) >>>

This document addresses the basic principles of chapter 12 of the acquis communautaire – Food Safety. It serves as a contribution to understanding the complexities of the process BiH will face in its future path towards the EU. It contains a number of practical and useful examples for anyone in the public sector working within this process. We are confident that the recent experience of Croatian EU accession is extremely important for all countries in the region especially Bosnia and Herzegovina. This report deals with the basic principles of the environment and is a contribution to understanding the complexity of the process, which Bosnia could take over on its way…

This document addresses the basic principles of chapter 27 of the acquis communautaire – Environment. It serves as a contribution to understanding the complexities of the process Bosnia will face in its future path towards the EU. It contains a number of practical and useful examples for anyone in the public sector working within this process. Throughout the Good neighbors project, Populari developed two sets of guidelines in two chapters of the acquis, 12 and 27, food security and the environment. These guides are intended for policy-makers and analysts who want to better understand the process of accession to the EU, which Croatia successfully completed. Recent Croatian experience is highly relevant to…