EESPN newsletter 01/2025

Dear EESPN-Member,

In this issue, we highlight our upcoming BBinar on labour migration in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries, and present a review of our peer review dedicated to addressing the challenge of undeclared work in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries.?Furthermore, we share updates on recent calls and publications from across the region. Enjoy reading the EESPN newsletter!

Highlights

The ninth BBinar will focus on discussing how high emigration rates from the Western Balkans, particularly among young and skilled workers, combined with other unfavourable demographic trends, have transformed a region once characterised by an abundance of available workforce into one facing significant labour shortages.

>Learn more & register here<

From 5-6 December 2024,?the Ministry of Finance, Labour, and Transfers of the Republic of Kosovo hosted an insightful peer review dedicated to addressing the challenge of undeclared work in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership. Peers from Albania, Armenia, and Moldova—representing Ministries, Labour Inspectorates, and Tax Administrations—came together to exchange ideas and best practices.

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Calls

07/02/2025 Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament 2025 >>more<<

19/02/2025?Western Balkans Fund Call for Proposals >>more<<

05/03/2025 Erasmus+ Call: Cooperation Partnerships >>more<<

Funding Opportunity for Albanian Researchers to Join Horizon Europe Brokerage Events >>more<<

24/06/2025 Call to co-fund doctoral and postdoctoral programmes >>more<<

31/12/2025 Training sessions for Ukrainian nurses and doctors: home health care for families with children under the age of three >>more<<

Publications

Report:?Promoting social cohesion and convergence. Young people in the Western Balkans by Duff, C.; Weiss, J.; Ahrendt, D.?>>more<<

Journal article: Social Mobility in the Balkans: Border Policing Practices Are Potentially Letting Through Mostly the Members of the “Elite Club” by Bardóczy, T. >>more<<

Journal article: Inequality of opportunities, institutional distrust, and beliefs about socio-economic outcomes in the Western Balkans by Drishti, E.?et al. >>more<<

Journal article: Building Bridges to European Integration: Albania and Kosovo's Joint Efforts in the Balkans by?Lusha, E. >>more<<

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