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“Future perspectives for a Flemish foreign policy towards the New Neighbours of the EU”

This research project has been carried out for the Flemish government. The aim was to formulate policy recommendations for the Flemish policy towards the "New Neighbours" that will be bordering the EU after the enlargements of 2004 and 2007. These recommendations were drafted on the basis of desk research and interviews with international organisations, Flemish actors, people from the CEECs, and individuals in other EU countries and regions (benchmarking study).

For the College of Europe, two researchers and one project manager were involved in the project, which was implemented together with the Centre for Regional Integration Studies of the United Nations University (UNU / CRIS) and with the support of the University of Antwerp.

The research activities were carried out from July 2003 to February 2004, resulting in a detailed report (376 p. without annexes) that underpins the 13 final policy recommendations.