„The future of EU enlargement and partnership policies: EU actorness in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Neighbourhood”, Athens, October 15-16, 2020

During the online conference “The future of EU enlargement and partnership policies: EU actorness in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Neighbourhood”, The Institute of Central Europe organized a panel entitled “The future of EU enlargement and partnership policies: EU actorness in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Neighbourhood”.

Prof. Beata Surmacz, Director of ICE, was the moderator of the panel “Regional cooperation frameworks in South-East and Central-East Europe: Complementary initiatives or alternatives to EU integration?”, during which ICE analysts presented their papers:

• prof. Tomasz Stępniewski: „The European Union, Russia and rivalry in the common neighbourhood”
• dr Łukasz Lewkowicz: „The Three Seas Initiative as an economic challenge for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe”
• dr Damian Szacawa: „The Council of the Baltic Sea States: An important supplement for EU integration”
• prof. Konrad Pawłowski: „The Berlin Process: A complementary initiative or ‘cheap replacement’ for the EU Enlargement?”
• prof. Agata Domachowska: „‘Too good to be true?’ The Mini Schengen and a chance for a real cooperation between the Western Balkan countries”