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reconstruction and development in the Balkans. In addition, the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, a framework for building co-operation and peace in the region, has gained prominence as a vehicle for transforming the region from conflict to peace and prosperity. 1 The Stability Pact Although the Dayton Accords 2 of 14 December 1995
Normative underpinnings: from Dayton to the Stability Pact Dayton agreement: democracy, human rights and multiculturalism for Bosnia? The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina , initialled in Dayton, Ohio in November 1995 and formally signed in Paris one month later, brought to an end the armed conflict and initiated a process of peace-building in Bosnia. The
Stability Pact, but also the transformation of the EU’s instruments, in the form of an increasing institutionalisation of the CSDP (see Chapter 6 ). Before examining in detail three case studies, a brief overview of the EU’s foreign policy in Bosnia during this period is in order. Despite the marginalisation suffered by the EU during the latter stages of the armed conflict (see Chapter 4 ), with the signing
making it into the police service. Nonetheless, statistics from 2001 show that 39 per cent of the police force were ex-KLA (UNMIK, 2001b). Working with international institutions, the KPS created an organised crime training programme. Part of this training involved coordination and cooperation with the regional bodies including the Organised Crime Training Network (OCTN), the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Centre for Combating Organised Crime and the Stability Pact Initiative Against Organised Crime (SPOC).While there are continued concerns about
in the transitional administration of the city of Mostar. The biggest transformation of the EU’s foreign and security policy in Bosnia took place in the years from 1999, with the launch of the Stability Pact, the prospect of membership and the deployment of CSDP missions in the country. However, the impact of these developments on coherence and effectiveness has been mixed. Notwithstanding the EU
the flows of other kinds of potential threats across regional boundaries. However, there are a number of challenges that must be overcome, particularly in the areas of security, crime and justice. Let us take the Stability Pact as an example: ‘Initiated by the EU with strong US support and placed under the auspices of the OSCE, the Stability Pact aims to strengthen democracy, economic development and
accepting the challenge of consolidating Spanish democracy whilst at the same time bringing Spain up to the level of its European neighbours, socially, economically and politically. European integra- The PSOE and social democracy 9 tion provided the fundamental framework for this transformation, ranging from the industrial reforms required to allow Spain to be accepted as a member, to the constraints provided by the Maastricht convergence criteria, and, subsequently, the Growth and Stability Pact. Socialist transformation was side-lined. The party’s frequently
launches the Royaumont Process. April 1997: Council of the EU adopts the Regional Approach for the Western Balkan countries. 1999: Stability Pact and Stabilisation and Association Process launched. June 2000: Feira European Council endorses Bosnia’s status of ‘potential candidate’ and the prospect of EU membership
instrument for the post-conflict reconstruction of the Western Balkans. The Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe was signed in Cologne on 10 June 1999. 20 The Pact established the ‘European perspective’, which confirmed the EU’s intention to draw Southeastern Europe ‘closer to the perspective of full integration’ and adopted the principle of conditionality (Cortright 2007 : 411). The Pact was designed to
‘stabilisation and association’ process (SAP) for South East Europe. The SAP would provide financial assistance and cooperation to the countries of the former Yugoslavia and Albania in order to ‘draw the region closer to the perspective of full integration into EU structures’. 5 In addition, in June 1999, G8 leaders endorsed the EU’s proposal for a ‘Stability Pact’ which would provide a political framework for