Odessa – ESI at symposium on challenges in Europe and its neighbourhood

Adnan Cerimagic speaking at a panel discussion in Odessa. Photo: ESI

ESI analyst Adnan Cerimagic participated in the International Neighborhood Symposium titled "Addressing the Challenges in Europe and its Neighbourhoods" organised by the the Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism", the Centre for International and European Studies (CIES), the journal "UA: Ukraine Analytica" and the NGO Quadrivium.

The symposium took place from 18 to 23 June 2019 in Odessa. Adnan spoke at a panel on "Whither Southeastern Europe?" and presented ESI's research on the EU and the Western Balkans, in particular related to measuring and incentivizing reforms in the Western Balkans, Kosovo-Serbia dialogue and the Prespa agreement on the name dispute between North Macedonia and Greece.

• ESI, "HOW ARE THEY DOING? European Commission assessments of North Macedonia, Serbia and Albania (April 2018)", 29 April 2019.
• ESI Newsletter, "The Hypnotist – North Macedonia this summer – In Memoriam Dejan", 28 April 2019.
• ESI, "The Hypnotist – Aleksandar Vucic, John Bolton and the return of the past", 25 April 2019.
• ESI briefing paper: A West Balkan Agenda for 2019, 29 October 2018
• Politico, Adnan Ćerimagić, "Redrawing Balkan borders would be a fatal mistake", 28 August 2018
• ESI, "Alpbach appeal to Vucic, Thaci and European leaders – Adi Cerimagic", 26 August 2018.
• ESI, "Making history? Macedonia and Elysium", 4 April 2018.
• ESI, "Balkan crises, imagined and real: Bosnian elections – PISA gap", 31 January 2018.
• ESI, "Wine, dog food and Bosnian clichés – False ideas and why they matter", 5 November 2017.
• European Western Balkans, "[EWB Interview] Ćerimagić: We need EU accession to be beneficial for WB states today" (23 October 2017)
• ESI, "The Chapter Illusion – For Honesty and Clearity in EU-Turkey relations", 15 May 2017.
• ESI,  "Rankings that fail – Doing Business, Bosnia and Macedonia in 2015", 9 November 2015.
• ESI, "A reporting revolution? Towards a new generation of progress reports", 9 November 2015.
• ESI, "Measuring corruption – The case for deep analysis and a simple proposal", 19 March 2015.
• ESI, "Why Macedonia is not Finland – rankings and the PISA gap – Part I" , 26 May 2014
• ESI, "A simple idea: All Balkan countries take the OECD PISA test – and the Commission includes it in its Progress Report", 18 June 2014.