Debates over Schengen governance and the management of the EU's external borders took centre stage in 2011 and 2012. Mobility flows linked to what has come to be known as 'the Arab Spring' sparked a chain of national actions affecting free movement in 2011 and, coupled with wider perceived...

This report explores the processes of decentralization and reform of local government currently underway in Ukraine. After a brief introduction in Part 1 laying out the objectives of the study and the scope of the work Part 2 presents an overview of the state of play of recent reforms...