First COMPASS Methodological Workshop on 13 December 2021

On 14 October 2021, the Institute of International Politics and Economics (IIPE) organized in cooperation with the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) an international roundtable dedicated to the application of the EU’s revised enlargement methodology in the Western Balkans.

Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg, co-director of the Europa-Institut, receives funding of around 450.000,00 Euro by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the joint research project „Promoting Mechanism for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation in North Macedonia – INVESTinADR“ together with the Iustinianus Primus Faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, a long-standing partner of the Europa-Institut, in the field of Investment Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. The aim of the INVESTinADR project is to analyse, together with the Macedonian partner, the current legal situation in the field of alternative dispute resolution, in particular international arbitration and mediation in Northern Macedonia, to assess its practical implementation, to identify any need for action and to utilise the results in the context of a training course.   

Final conference of the SEE|EU Cluster of Excellence took place on 17 December 2021