Bulletin n. 1/2017 | ||
June 2017 | ||
Stefan Roch |
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Between arbitrary outcomes and impeded process: the performance of EU Twinning projects in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood | ||
in East European Politics , Volume 33, Issue 1 , 2017 , 72-87 | ||
This article examines to what extent EU Twinning projects perform well enough to have a lasting impact on administrative reform in the Eastern neighbourhood. Through tracing the development of the Twinning instrument and analysing the implementation of a sample of Twinning projects in Moldova, the analysis concludes that Twinning has considerable deficits, in terms of both process, as well as outcome performance. To address the latter, the article suggests that Twinning needs to be better adapted to the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy, as well as the specific demands of the Eastern neighbourhood countries. | ||