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04170aam a2200469 a 4500 001 3D0F248036A511E18647CC926AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120104010447 008 110104s2010 enk b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1907919031 020 $a 9781907919039 035 $a (OCoLC)694851977 040 $a AWC $c AWC $d SILO $d NLGGC $d U5D $d YDXCP $d SILO 100 1 $a Ferrari, Heidrun. 245 1 $a EU financial assistance to the western Balkans : $b a minority-focused review of CARDS and IPA / $c by Heidrun Ferrari and Samia Liaquat Ali Khan. 246 3 $a European Union financial assistance to the western Balkans 246 3 $a Minority-focused review of Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation and Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance 260 $a London : $b Minority Rights Group International, $c 2010. 300 $a 36 p. ; $c 28 cm. 490 1 $a Report / Minority Rights Group International 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-36). 520 $a Since the early 1990s, the European Union (EU) has been the largest donor to the countries of the Western Balkans -- Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo. Since the late 1990s, the main focus of this engagement has been ensuring political and economic stabilization and the consolidation of democracy and civil society in the region. The need to address the needs and priorities of minority groups was early on identified as a key component in the process of ensuring long-term democratic stabilization. But as this study shows, despite this commitment, neither the CARDS nor the IPA development programme have succeeded in consistently addressing minority issues and supporting civil society organizations (CSOs) representing minority issues, or in having a profound, positive impact on the lives of marginalized minority groups in the region. This study provides a minority-rights focused assessment of the EU's principal development programmes for engagement in the region -- the Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (CARDS) programme (which ran from 2002 until 2006) and the current Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) programme. Drawing on policy and programme documents, as well as material collected by partner organizations in the region during workshops and interviews with minority CSOs, the report assesses the extent to which minority inclusion and protection forms a part of the current IPA strategy and programming, looking particularly at minority participation in public life, access to education and access to employment. 505 0 $a Methodology -- The role of CARDS in supporting minority rights -- Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) -- IPA relevance and effectiveness in relation to minority rights : participation -- IPA relevance and effectiveness in relation to minority rights : education -- IPA relevance and effectiveness in relation to minority rights : employment -- Inclusion of minorities into the IPA programming cycle. 610 20 $a Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance. 650 0 $a Economic assistance, European $z Balkan Peninsula. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Political activity $z Balkan Peninsula. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Education $z Balkan Peninsula. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Employment $z Balkan Peninsula. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Civil rights $z Balkan Peninsula. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z Balkan Peninsula. 650 17 $a Europese Unie $2 gtt 650 17 $a FinancieÌle hulpverlening $2 gtt 650 17 $a Minderheden $2 gtt 610 24 $a Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation Programme. 610 24 $a Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance Programme. 700 1 $a Khan, Samia Liaquat Ali. 710 2 $a Minority Rights Group International. 830 0 $a Report (Minority Rights Group International) 856 41 $z CLICK HERE TO VIEW: $u http://www.minorityrights.org/download.php?id=914 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171226055841.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3D0F248036A511E18647CC926AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search