President of the Management Board Mr Marcel Koprol and CEP Executive Director Dr Gorazd Justinek hosted today three experts from Slovakia at Jable castle. They presented work of their institute and in January 2014 issued report titled »Central Europe: fit for the future«, in which position of Central European countries in European Union after their 10th anniversary of EU membership is assessed.
Milan Nič, Executive Director of Central European Policy Institute - CEPI, Rainer Münz, Jiŕi Sykora, International Visegrad Fund and Dániel Bartha, CEPI emphasised that Central Europe can play a much bigger role in the EU but it must change its modus operandi. This was also main conclusion of the report's authors.
The High Level Reflection Group that was initiated by CEPI and composed of many European experts in »Central Europe: fit for the future« report explored main political and economic challenges facing Central Europe, the existing potential for enhanced regional cooperation and possible elements of a common EU agenda in the future. They concluded their work with list of recommendations for increasing the political and economic strength of Central European countries in Europe.
Dr Justinek agreed with presented ideas and welcomed regional initiatives that strengthen Central European countries voice in European Union. Even though each country and organization has its specifics CEP believes that cooperation can only bring mutual benefits and empower partners in facing challenges in next decade of our membership in the EU.
