http://www.netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/weurope?feed=rss&pg=1 ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "weurope" on Netvouz http://www.justiceinitiative.org/ The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, promotes rights-based law reform, builds knowledge and strengthens legal capacity worldwide. Justice Initiative projects seek to shape law reform policy and achieve concrete results through hands-on technical assistance; litigation and legal advice; knowledge dissemination and network building; and counsel to donor institutions. The Justice Initiative works in the following thematic areas: national criminal justice reform; international justice; freedom of information and expression; anticorruption; equality and citizenship. Its offices are in New York, Budapest, and Abuja Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives-OSThreats ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:49:20 GMT http://www.ieis.lu The area of research specialization of the Institute includes East-West relations after the end of the Cold War (new opportunities and risks; building of democracy and market economy), Transatlantic relations: rethinking and redefining the relationship at the political, economic, and strategic levels; and the European integration process, with a focus on the single market, the Maastricht and the Amsterdam treaties, the process of deepening and widening, flexible integration, CFSP, the Schengen process, EMU. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational related Links - Wider Europe ipfwgweb Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:52:29 GMT http://nourl On the basis of the observation that political change in Russia has coincided with worsening physical security for many citizens, Weiler asks why Western observers have generally spoken of human rights abuses there only in relation to atrocities committed by soldiers in Chechnya and very occasional persecution of environmentalists and scientists for allegedly sharing classified information. He looks specifically at the conditions of prisoners, both those in overcrowded pre-trial detention and those already in labor camps, at attitudes toward domestic violence, and at treatment of draftees and others at the mercy of faltering state institutions. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Elena Klitsounova ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:34:15 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001829/01/Djuric.pdf In transition countries, up until now researchers focused more on the area of industrial relations and social dialogue in the countries - candidates for the accession to the European Union, among other things because social dialogue in them is more developed. The main social partners participating in social dialogue became clearly defined, while tripartite bodies have been institutionalized with the main role to contribute through active dialogue between the social partners and the government to reducing the cost of transition changes and to the creation of social consensus in the implementation of the necessary economic and social reforms. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Beáta Huszka ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:29:41 GMT http://nourl The role of the Russo-Chechen conflict in shaping the European Union's relations with Russia is of interest to analysts and policy makers. An analysis of the EU's rhetorical and substantive responses to human rights abuses in Chechnya will reveal the limitations of human rights as a central organizing principle within the CFSP when it is applied to its external relations. Article argues that over the last decade, the EU has sacrificed a coherent and systematic advancement of its normative agenda in favor of strengthening its relations with the Russian Federation, a key strategic partner x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Elena Klitsounova ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:38:28 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001146/01/The_union_of_S+M.pdf The paper is a proposal for the constitutional reconstruction ofSerbiaandMontenegro. It starts with overview of the present constitution, claiming its invalidity, and defines Basic principles of the state union ofSerbiaandMontenegrowith overview of fundamental rights and freedoms, distribution of authority between the federal units and the federation, economic system and state institutions x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Beáta Huszka ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:30:33 GMT http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/pdf/contribution.pdf By the World Bank. Along with the increasing understanding in the world of the horrific impact of corruption on economic development and social stability, there has also been a radical increase in the demand for practical strategies for elimination of corruption. This report uncovers various types of corruption, identifies this problem and compares its expressions in the various transition period countries. That is followed by conclusions regarding the development of various anti-corruption strategies that would take into account the differences in the region thereby ensuring the effectiveness of reforms x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:34:32 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001402/01/Coalition_Building.pdf By the Center for the Study of Democracy. Once an "exotic" issue in the diplomatic exchanges, corruption became a constant part of the agenda of the international community in the early and mid-1990s. In recent years, corruption has evolved into one of the priority problems of transition societies. At the same time different approaches have been elaborated both to counter corruption and to take its dimensions, survey the background factors, and the multitude of meanings it has been attributed with by public opinion. In this respect the work of Coalition 2000, which combines civil society pro-active anticorruption measures and monitoring instruments, has emerged as a unique advocacy and research tool leading to practical results x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:22:27 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001436/01/Combating_corruption_at_the_customs.pdf By Boris Begovic and Bosko Mijatovic. The authors look at the causes of corruption at the customs in Serbia and offers suggestions on a wide range of anti corruption measures with the aim of reducing it to a minimum. They discuss the mechanics of customs corruption and outlines the various reasons and factors that lead customs officials, border guards and importers to partake in this escalating crime x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Vesna Pesic ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:31:54 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001580/01/Corruption_and_trafficking.pdf By the Center for the Study of Democracy. The paper analyzes the phenomenon of illicit trafficking growth, as one of the most important sources of local "gray economy" throughout the 90ies, and and to identify adequate monitoring and counteraction measures to fight with it x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Fariz Ismailzade ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:01:56 GMT