Article mentions recently published alternative Answers of Civil Society Organizations to the European Commission Questionnaire by the Initiative
This publication was created with the cooperation of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Banja Luka and Sarajevo Open Center on behalf of Initiative for Monitoring of the European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Inela Hadžić (coordinator of the Initiative for the Monitoring of European Integration of BiH) and Tijana Cvjetićanin (editor of Alternative Answers) presented Alternative Answers of Civil Society Organizations to the European Commission Questionnaire on the radio show On Europe’s Doorstep on Radio Free Europe.
The answers are based on knowledge, analyses and first-hand experiences of civil society organizations acquired in their work.
Tijana Cvjetićanin, one of the authors of Alternative Answers to European Commission’s Questionnaire, reflects on current situation with EC Questionnaire and announced Alternative Answers which civil society organizations plan to publish in the following days.
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