Publications

W stronę europejskiego demos? Polskie wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego w 2009 roku w perspektywie porównawczej

(in English and in Polish)

A study by the Institute of Public Affairs (ISP), Poland

An analysis of the implementation of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (Country-Based Support Schemes) in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine

ICPS Newsletter, No. 8 (471), 19 April 2010
(in English and in Ukrainian)

An analysis of the implementation of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (Country-Based Support Schemes) in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine

This report is based on the surveys of public opinion carried out by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in the year 2007 and 2008.

IDIS Viitorul - Moldova's Foreign Policy Statewatch,
Issue 2, April 2010

Institute of Public Affairs (ISP), Warsaw - Analyses & Opinions,

No. 12/106, April 2010

IDIS Viitorul - Moldova's Foreign Policy Statewatch,

Issue 1, March 2010

An ICPS Policy Brief

(in English and Ukrainian)

ICPS Newsletter, No.5 (468), 9 March 2010

(in English and in Ukrainian)

(attached in English, Romanian, and Russian)

The Moldova 2009: State of the Country Report is the second state of the country report published by the Expert-Grup think-tank. The current political and economic situation in Moldova is of a critical nature, setting perspectives for long-term development trends in society. The process of strengthening civil society involvement in policy development reached a reasonable level of maturity, with a strong potential to produce a number of adequate analyses and diagnoses of various processes in the country.

ICPS Newsletter, No.7 (470), 6 April 2010
(in English and in Ukrainian)

ICPS Newsletter, No. 6 (469), 22 March 2010

(in English and Ukrainian)

A policy paper by the Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD), Azerbaijan

ICPS Newsletter, #4 (467), 22 February 2010

(in English and in Ukrainian)

ICPS European Focus newsletter, No. 7, 2010

{in English and Ukrainian)

ICPS Policy Studies No. 1, 2010

(in English and Ukrainian)

A policy study, conducted byt the Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD), Azerbaijan. The book was published with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

(attached in English and in Georgian)

A range of reforms to Georgia’s general education system are underway. Alongside measures to improve access to education and increase the level of transparency and democratisation within the system, one of the main aims of the reforms is the improvement of the quality of education provided.

There are a number of problems associated with quality assurance in education. Firstly, no consensus exists within society on key issues. For example, what constitutes “quality” in education? Who is responsible for ensuring the quality of education? What effects does quality education have? There is also a lack of a specific strategy on how to go about improving educational standards. The supporting infrastructure needed to improve standards in schools is inadequate. Neither the state nor schools are working in tandem to achieve agreed outcomes.

This research paper was written by an expert group of the Economic Research Center, Azerbaijan, with funding support from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

ICHD Policy Brief

European Democracy Assistance after EU Enlargement

Editors: Jacek Kucharczyk and Jeff Lovitt

A paper by the working group assembled by the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD)

Monthly analytical bulletin on Moldova, issued by Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul", Chisinau
(in English and Romanian)

Centre for Public policy PROVIDUS, Latvia, has published Learning to welcome: the integration of immigrants in Latvia and Poland, a publication that includes research about the legislation that influences the integration of immigrants – labour-market access, family-reunification conditions, anti-discrimination and political participation. The first part of the publication includes a review of EU standards and national policies found favourable for promoting these integration principles, based on the Migrant Integration Policy Index. This part also compares the state of integration policies in Latvia and Poland in a European context. The second part consists of a research paper on the integration of immigrants in Latvia, and the third part includes a study on the integration of immigrants in Poland.

The full text of the publication is available online at the PROVIDUS website: http://www.providus.lv/public/27166.html

The PASOS Annual Report 2007/2008 is now available in print and online, including contact details to hundreds of policy analysts in 40 independent think-tanks in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and details of joint cross-border projects by PASOS members, and a section highlighting where think-tanks are making a difference

in Azerbaijani and English

Last year can be considered as one of the most important years of activity of the Economic Research Center. As, along with enhancing co-operation with its existing partners, the Center added to the list of donors the names of famous foundations from Germany and Norway.

edited by Oľga Gyárfášová, Institute for Public Affairs, Slovakia

A quarterly newsletter from the Center for Research and Policy Making, Macedonia

CRPM Newsletter, December 2007