EstimaMK

We produce highly specialized & independent knowledge on China, the EU and the Western Balkans. The 1st think tank in the Balkans with niche expertise on China.

[ChinaObservers @chinaobservers]

✨ Meet Ana Krstinovska, #WiCH co-chair for North Macedonia, President of @EstimaMk, and a key expert in EU-China relations and Western Balkans affairs. Through experts like Ana, WiCH strives to deepen understanding of China’s role in Europe and empower women in China studies! 🇨🇳

[CDI @CDIAlbania]

📍We are in Berlin today for the 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.

Proud to see the process consolidated and duly endorsed by region’s CSOs. We are happy to present a successful CSO consultation and outreach conducted by CDI and its partners on #BerlinProcess infrastructure connectivity and CRM 2025-2028, and announce the upcoming #CRMweek2024 starting in Tirana on 📆17th of October.

Stay tuned!

@GermanyDiplo @AspenGermany @sudosteuropa @ManuelSarrazin @rccint @EUWB6_TCT @BalkansSmart @EvropskiPokret @tibihorg @EstimaMk @FOLMovement @IA_Alternativa @indep_kosovo @EWB_eu @epi_skopje @isspmne

[ИДСЦС-IDSCS @IDSCS_Skopje]

📢Start of the Western Balkan Hubs fact-finding trip to 🇲🇰organized by @IDSCS_Skopje. Experts from @dgapev @DelorsInstitute @Carnegie_Europe @OpenSocietyWB & Sofia are discussing 🇲🇰EU path🇪🇺 Welcoming dinner with @Dimitrov_Nikola Ana Krstinovska and @skacarska

[KPDS @KPDSummit]

China is a global economic power, integrated into the global economy. China is simply seeking to protect its economic interest. It uses its economic ties and is able to penetrate and create dependence. They use hybrid tools and try to present itself as an alternative to the West.

[CDI @CDIAlbania]

The countdown to #TCF2024 has begun! ⌛

🗓️ The 10th edition of the Tirana Connectivity Forum will reflect on a decade of the #BerlinProcess, focusing on its impact on regional cooperation and connectivity in the #WesternBalkans while 🔎 looking ahead to the future of 🇪🇺#EUEnlargement in the Western Balkans.

📖 For more insights into these topics, check out our latest publication: https://t.co/I1iwWKZpOn

#BerlinProcess10 #TCF2024

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

Read more about the state of play of regional cooperation and enlargement in the Western Balkans in Ana Krstinovska's interview for @BalcaniCssii https://t.co/OCrRESqAaM

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

We must go beyond the idea that #WesternBalkans are a ghetto made up of non-EU countries and expand the regional cooperation to the entire Balkan area. This would contribute not only to #Europeanisation of the Western Balkans, but also to overcome disputes with EU member states.

[ChinaObservers @chinaobservers]

🇷🇸Serbia’s experience showcases that those countries that are willing to align closely with China’s (geo-)political interests are likely to be rewarded with economic benefits, CHOICE Research Fellow Ana Krstinovska writes in our new article. @EstimaMk
https://t.co/7bzW04LBdT

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

@ivana_karaskova Looking forward to having you over!

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

Our Aleksandra D. Spasovska was a panelist at the 5th social forum of the Transport Community @EUWB6_TCT, making a case for greater CSO inclusion in transport policy & infrastructure projects 👇

[CDI @CDIAlbania]

#WesternBalkans social actors are directly impacted by transport policies and projects. 🚦They have the motivation and place-based knowledge to contribute to their success. 🎯 That's why we need the space and appropriate resources to make that happen.

📌 Proud that @EUWB6_TCT Social Forum recognized CDI’s and regional partners contribution in building more inclusive transport policies.

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

Our Ana Krstinovska contributed a new policy brief for @see_eliamep, on a topic rather overlooked during President Xi's visit to Belgrade last month - human rights and the controversial extradition agreement 🇨🇳🇷🇸

[SEE Programme ELIAMEP @see_eliamep]

‼️ New policy brief by A. #Krstinovska

📌This #policy #brief offers an overview of the recent visit of the Chinese President to Serbia and the signing of 28 agreements between the two countries 🇨🇳🇷🇸, incl. a controversial extradition treaty.

👇👇👇
https://t.co/RmYnsvnSBk

[SEE Programme ELIAMEP @see_eliamep]

‼️ New policy brief by A. #Krstinovska

📌This #policy #brief offers an overview of the recent visit of the Chinese President to Serbia and the signing of 28 agreements between the two countries 🇨🇳🇷🇸, incl. a controversial extradition treaty.

👇👇👇
https://t.co/RmYnsvnSBk

[CDI @CDIAlbania]

Together with @EUWB6_TCT, @BalkansSmart and our regional partners, we are touring #WesternBalkans to discuss Civil Society engagement within the 🇪🇺 Economic and Investment Plan.

🔜 Stay tuned for key recommendations from 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇲🇰🇽🇰🇲🇪🇷🇸

@NorwayMFA
@tibihorg
@EstimaMk
@FOLMovement
@EvropskiPokret
@IA_Alternativa

#ActiveCivilSociety #CivilEngagement #EconomicInvestmentPlan

[ChinaObservers @chinaobservers]

The engagement of CEE countries with China has followed various trajectories. The countries in the region can be roughly categorized into three groups regarding their China policy:
➡️loyalists (e.g.🇭🇺 🇷🇸),
➡️skeptics (e.g.🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻🇨🇿)
➡️pragmatists (e.g.🇵🇱)
https://t.co/xtoXoZlVwt

[ChinaObservers @chinaobservers]

✍️In our latest policy paper, CHOICE Research Fellows analyze CEE perspectives on European strategic autonomy.
https://t.co/zh4yXO3ZAR

[Filip Šebok @FilipSebok]

Delighted to have edited this paper with the all star team of @a_bachulska @UCerenkova and Ana Krstinovska @EstimaMk.

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

We're thrilled to share with you the research paper that our Ana Krstinovska co-authored with @a_baculska ans @UCerenkova for the @chinaobservers. Read about CEE's take on key Europe-wide China-related dilemmas and debates like European strategic autonomy, Ukraine and Taiwan!

[ChinaObservers @chinaobservers]

📢NEW POLICY PAPER
In this new CHOICE study, CHOICE Research Fellows @a_bachulska @UCerenkova and Ana Krstinovska seek to answer the question of how Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries can contribute to a stronger European approach to China.
https://t.co/zh4yXO3ZAR

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

The conference was organized by the Regional School of Public Administration of the Western Balkans in Podgorica.

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

Our president Ana Krstinovska delivered the impulse intervention "Unlocking Potential: Public sector capacities in view of EU integration" at the launching conference of the  “Western Balkans Public Servants Capacity Building and Mobility Programme with Italian Administration”.

[EstimaMK @EstimaMk]

The public administration has a crucial and double role of both a target and a tool in the EU integration process of the Western Balkans, hence it is crucial to ensure its efficiency, integrity, professionalism and depolitisation in order to accelerate the EU accession.