Economic Development & Trade & Innovation

Strengthening the Internal Market

Project is comprised of six components, as follows: Component 1: Improving the strategic, legislative and institutional framework in area of Free Movement of Goods Component 2: Improving the strategic, legislative and institutional framework in area of Free Movement of Services. Component 3: Improving the legislative alignment with the

PAR and Governance

Support for Policy Reform Accession and Effectiveness (SUPRAE)

In March 2020, North Macedonia began accession negotiations with the EU. However, the country still needs to meet EU standards, enact essential reforms, and institutional capacities to comply with the acquis and clusters. The project’s goal is to assist North Macedonia in its EU accession by increasing strategic

Economic Development & Trade & Innovation

Technical Assistance for Samsun Logistics Centre

The project was conceived, Turkey’s logistics network ranked 30th worldwide but offered much potential for improvement. With its strategic Black Sea location, seaports, airport and access to national rail and road networks, the Turkish city of Samsun was viewed as being in an excellent position to create a

Economic Development & Trade & Innovation

EU Eastern Anatolia Development Programme (EADP)

The East of Turkey has had delayed progress compared to the economic development of other regions in Turkey. In this context, the Eastern Anatolia Development Programme was a regional development programme aimed at building capacity for sustainable development by implementing innovative and participatory local policy and planning approaches.

Justice and Human Rights

Technical Assistance for Prevention of Corruption and Promotion of Ethics

Despite the OECD’s assessment that Turkey has made significant progress since 2007 in its efforts to combat corruption, the issue continues to represent an obstacle to economic and social progress and, potentially, to greater integration with the EU. The overall objective of the project was to contribute to