{"id":49985,"date":"2025-04-09T12:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=49985"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:42:41","slug":"podcast-the-eu-growth-plan-for-the-western-balkans","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/activity\/podcast-the-eu-growth-plan-for-the-western-balkans\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast \u201cThe EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p><strong>Dr. Isabelle Ioannides<\/strong>, <strong>Senior Research Fellow<\/strong> at the <strong>South-East Europe Programme<\/strong> of <strong>ELIAMEP<\/strong>, participated in an <strong>Atlantic Council<\/strong> podcast focusing on the European Union\u2019s Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, which aims to accelerate economic development and regional cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of the <strong><em>#BalkansDebrief<\/em><\/strong> series, <strong>Ilva Tare<\/strong> spoke with <strong>Isabelle Ioannides<\/strong>, <strong>Valbona<\/strong> <strong>Zeneli<\/strong>, and <strong>Richard Grieveson<\/strong> about whether the Growth Plan can restore trust in the EU\u2019s commitment to enlargement, or whether political deadlock, limited funding, and institutional challenges will stand in the way.<\/p>\n<p>The guests also discussed the role that private sector investment and regional cooperation can play in enhancing the Plan\u2019s impact, as well as how the EU can ensure stronger rule of law and accountability as part of the process.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen\/watch the podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/content-series\/balkans-debrief\/the-eu-growth-plan-for-the-western-balkans-a-debrief-with-valbona-zeneli-isabelle-ioannides-richard-grieveson\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":49986,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[23],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/49985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=49985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}