{"id":7743,"date":"2025-01-17T11:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idcserbia.org\/en\/?p=7743"},"modified":"2025-01-17T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:44:02","slug":"benchmark-study-social-progress-and-eu-accession-process-in-the-western-balkan-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idcserbia.org\/en\/benchmark-study-social-progress-and-eu-accession-process-in-the-western-balkan-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Benchmark study \u2013 Social progress and EU accession process in the Western Balkan countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/idcserbia.org\/en\/benchmark-study-social-progress-and-eu-accession-process-in-the-western-balkan-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Benchmark study \u2013 Social progress and EU accession process in the Western Balkan countries&url=https:\/\/idcserbia.org\/en\/benchmark-study-social-progress-and-eu-accession-process-in-the-western-balkan-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/idcserbia.org\/en\/benchmark-study-social-progress-and-eu-accession-process-in-the-western-balkan-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Benchmark%20study%20\u2013%20Social%20progress%20and%20EU%20accession%20process%20in%20the%20Western%20Balkan%20countries&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/idcserbia.org\/en\/benchmark-study-social-progress-and-eu-accession-process-in-the-western-balkan-countries\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div><h2>Benchmark study &#8211;\u00a0 Social progress and EU accession process in the Western Balkan countries<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Social Progress \u2013 Regional Benchmark Study is prepared with the framework of\u00a0<em>Strengthening capacities and policy engagement of community service providers \u2013 IRIS\u00a0<\/em><em>PROGRESS<\/em>\u00a0project, implemented by Initiative for Development and Cooperation (Serbia), in cooperation with project partners Arbeiter \u2013 Samariter \u2013 Bund Deutschland (Germany), Center for Labour Rights (Albania), LIR CD (BiH), Center for Independent Life (Kosovo*), Community Development Institute (North Macedonia) and Alfa Center (Montenegro), funded by the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Benchmark study provides an overview of the progress made in the framework of the EU accession process regarding the following policy areas: social services, human rights protection, anti-discrimination policies, employment and social economy.<\/p>\n<p>More detailed information can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/iris-see.eu\/publikacije\/benchmark-study-social-progress-and-eu-accession-process-in-the-western-balkan-countries\/\">IRIS network website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benchmark study &#8211;\u00a0 Social progress and EU accession process in the Western Balkan countries &nbsp; The Social Progress \u2013 Regional Benchmark Study is prepared with the framework of\u00a0Strengthening capacities and policy engagement of community service providers \u2013 IRIS\u00a0PROGRESS\u00a0project, implemented by Initiative for Development and Cooperation (Serbia), in cooperation with project partners Arbeiter \u2013 Samariter \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[979,982,258,981,980],"class_list":["post-7743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktuelno-en","tag-benchmark","tag-eu-accession","tag-iris-network","tag-social-progress","tag-study"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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