CALL FOR APPLICATIONS/ TRAIN PROGRAMME: FOSTERING POLICY DIALOGUE IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

Background

The TRAIN programme (Think Tanks providing Research and Advice through Interaction and Networking) seeks to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks and political actors in the Western Balkans (i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia). Especially with a view to the European integration process, the voice of regional think tanks and their impact upon national policy-making must be strengthened and their visibility and credibility vis-à-vis EU actors enhanced.

Target group

The TRAIN programme aims to support think tanks with a clear policy-oriented approach that focus on national, regional and/or international politics. Key aspects for the selection of participating institutes will be:
   - Centrality of EU integration and related issues to the work of the think tank
   - Research capacity and professionalism as demonstrated through regular publications containing specific policy recommendations to
     decision-makers
   - Experience in communicating results of their research to relevant actors such as national parliaments, national media, and political
     parties
   - The programme is open to teams of two researchers from either the same think tank or two different think tanks from the Western
     Balkans region

Deadline: 20 February 2013

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