INFORM SIGNED
CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN FORMAL AND INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE BALKANS
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Project "INFORM" data sheet
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| Coordinator |
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Organization address contact info |
| Coordinator Country | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Project website | http://www.formal-informal.eu/en/home.html |
| Total cost | 2˙486˙331 € |
| EC max contribution | 2˙486˙331 € (100%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.3.6. (SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies) |
| Code Call | H2020-INT-SOCIETY-2015 |
| Funding Scheme | RIA |
| Starting year | 2016 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2016-04-01 to 2019-03-31 |
Partnership
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON | UK (LONDON) | coordinator | 623˙306.00 |
| 2 | RIGAS STRADINA UNIVERSITATE | LV (RIGA) | participant | 306˙625.00 |
| 3 | CENTER FOR EMPIRICAL CULTURAL STUDIES OF SOUTH EAST EUROPE | RS (NIS) | participant | 254˙425.00 |
| 4 | CENTAR ZA INTRADISCIPLINARNA PRIMIJENJENA DRUSTVENA ISTRAZIVANJA | BA (SARAJEVO) | participant | 250˙800.00 |
| 5 | UNIVERZA V MARIBORU | SI (MARIBOR) | participant | 244˙325.00 |
| 6 | INSTITUT ZA DEMOKRATIJA SOCIETAS CIVILIS SKOPJE | MK (SKOPJE) | participant | 243˙925.00 |
| 7 | INSTITUT ZA ETNOLOGIJU I FOLKLORISTIKU | HR (Zagreb) | participant | 225˙775.00 |
| 8 | SOCIAL RESEARCH KOSOVA LLC | XK (PRISTINA) | participant | 176˙075.00 |
| 9 | QENDRA E KERKIMEVE HISTORIKE DHE ANTROPOLOGJIKE | AL (TIRANA) | participant | 161˙075.00 |
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Project objective
'Southeast Europe has seen a century of continuous transformation and “transition” – the disappearance and emergence of states, political and legal systems, ideologies, institutions, and social classes. This has been accompanied by a stability of social practices resistant to change. Shaken by radically changing ideological and legal structures, citizens rely on customary and informal social networks of kin, symbolic kin, and friends for meeting economic needs, and on clan- or kin-related structures rather than the rule of law for security and protection. We trace the persistence of informal practices to: 1) the external origin of major transformations, including the “transitions” to and from socialism; 2) the incomplete character of change, which has tended to be replaced by equally radical but diametrically opposed projects; 3) the development of a buffer culture based on informal practices, directed to enabling people to survive under unstable conditions; and 4) the widening gap between formal institutions and informal social practices. The distance between proclaimed goals and existing practices represents the key challenge to the European integration of Balkan societies. The integration process could end with superficial change, behind which the 'real' social life of corruption, clientelism, tension, inequality, and exclusion will continue to unfold. We propose to explicate the key formal and informal “rules of the game”, and to identify and decipher the 'unwritten rules' which underpin tactical maneuvering between formal and informal institutions, in various spheres and at various levels of social life. These would then be compared to the demands and recommendations laid out in the key EU documents outlining expectations from Southeast European states. The goal is to contribute to the formulation of policy recommendations which would aim not to eradicate informal practices, but to close the gap between formal and informal institutions in Balkan societies.'
Deliverables
| Final conference proceedings | Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Report on informal institutions in politics | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:50 |
| Report on informal economic institutions | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Report on informal institutions in everyday life | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Report on ethnographic research | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Project newsletters 3 | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Theoretical project results | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Article publications | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Report on implementation of EU regulations | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| A study on policy measures | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Project web site | Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Mid-term evaluation | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Reports on DG NEAR consultative workshop - III | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:50 |
| Reports on national offices consultative workshops - II | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:50 |
| Reports on DG NEAR consultative workshop - II | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:50 |
| Reports on national offices consultative workshops - I | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:50 |
| Report on informal institutions | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:50 |
| Project newsletters 2 | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Report on formal and informal economy | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Policy papers | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Data management plan | Open Research Data Pilot | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Joint conference declaration | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:49 |
| Reports on DG NEAR consultative workshop - I | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:48 |
| Project newsletters 1 | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:48 |
| Toolkit and guidelines | Documents, reports | 2020-03-27 10:06:48 |
Take a look to the deliverables list in detail: detailed list of INFORM deliverables.
Publications
| year | authors and title | journal | last update |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |
Nenad Markovikj, Ivan Damjanovski The EU\'s Democracy Promotion Meets Informal Politics: The Case of Leaders\' Meetings in the Republic of Macedonia published pages: 71-96, ISSN: 2165-0659, DOI: 10.1353/reg.2018.0017 |
Region: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia 7/2 | 2020-03-27 |
| 2016 |
Jovan Bliznakovski INFORM’s Research Strategy:Focus on Political Clientelism inthe Western Balkans published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2020-03-27 | |
| 2018 |
Nenad Markovikj and Ivan Damjanovski The EU\'s Democracy promotion published pages: , ISSN: 2165-0659, DOI: 10.1353/reg.2108.0017 |
Studies of Russia eastern Europe and central Asia | 2020-03-27 |
| 2019 |
Hariz Halilovich, Nirha Efendić From Refugees to Trans-local Entrepreneurs: Crossing the Borders between Formal Institutions and Informal Practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina published pages: , ISSN: 0951-6328, DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fey066 |
Journal of Refugee Studies | 2020-03-27 |
| 2018 |
Ismet Kumalić Traditional Home Slaughtering of Animals in the Framework of EU Legislation. Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina published pages: 532-553, ISSN: 2364-933X, DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2018-0040 |
Südosteuropa 66/4 | 2020-03-27 |
| 2018 |
Nemanja Krstić, Jelena Dinić, Danijela Gavrilović Religiosity and Informal Economic Practices in Southeastern European Societies published pages: 295, ISSN: 2077-1444, DOI: 10.3390/rel9100295 |
Religions 9/10 | 2020-03-27 |
| 2017 |
Alena Ledeneva 19th Annual Alexander Dallin Lecture - Russia\'s Economy of Favors in Context: Evidence from the Global Informality Project published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2020-03-27 | |
| 2017 |
Predrag CvetiÄanin, Miran LavriÄ Typology of household strategies in four post-socialist countries of Southeast Europe in the period of economic crisis published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2020-03-27 | |
| 2017 |
Augustin Derado & Nemanja Krstić “Coping strategies in the times of crisis – a qualitative study of 25 small farmers households in four South East European countriesâ€, published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2020-03-27 |
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