8 October 2021

In October 2020, the European Commission adopted the Economic and Investment Plan (EIP) for the Western Balkans which aims to foster the post pandemic recovery of the region, its economic development and convergence with the European Union. Six themes with ten flagship projects within this plan, have been designed to support human capital development, sustainable connectivity, competitiveness and inclusive growth, and the twin energy and digital transition.

While the EIP is still in the phase of planning and preparation, there is lack of information on the ground from all involved stakeholders. As such Connecting Youth (CY) platform has initiated the assessment of the EIP from the perspective of youth, thus aiming to encourage youth active involvement in such sectoral policy-making processes from their initiation to implementation, under the emphasis that rather than just being a beneficiary, youth should be an actor of change throughout the whole process.

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