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On Defense, France Bites the Bullet, But Avoids Strategic Insolvency May 7, 2013
Iceland’s Recovery Saga Presents Opportunities for Brussels, Washington—and Beijing May 6, 2013
Which Way Forward for Europe’s Hybrid Regimes? May 2, 2013
The Arab Revolts and the Liberal Order May 2, 2013
Events
GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DCGMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.
In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Anchor Elaine Reyes speaks with Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow of the Asia Program for the German Marshall Fund, about Beijing's potential role in brokering peace between Israel and Palestine
Report on Effectiveness of Use of EU Structural Funds in Romania and Bulgaria
January 30, 2013
The Institute for Public Policy (Romania) and its partner, Green Policy Institute (Bulgaria), have published a comparative report on the transparency and effectiveness of the use of EU Structural Funds in Romania and Bulgaria, available here. Despite large allocations from EU Structural Funds for the period 2007-2013 (Romania, with a population of approximately 21 million, has a total financial allocation of €19.8 billion, while Bulgaria, with a population of approximately 7.6 million, has a total financial allocation of approximately €8 billion), the rate of absorption of the EU money into local economies is below 20% in both countries. The report makes a set of recommendations to increase the effectiveness of funds’ management during the current programming period, and for future steps to be taken in the next programming period. The report results from a BTD-supported project aiming to provide an accurate and objective overview of the structural funds’ management; to advocate for increased government accountability to citizens and the European Commission regarding the management of EU funds; and to support increased civil society participation and a results-oriented focus in the next programming cycle.
