Leading institute: TARKI Social Research Institute (Hungary), Participating institutes: CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies (Belgium) and CASE – Centre for Social and Economic Research (Poland).
The study will analyze the socio-economic developments and the process of structural reforms in Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey and to contribute to developing a prospective view of the dynamics and potential of socio-economic change and the key challenges in attaining the overall objectives of social policy set by the Lisbon Strategy and the European Social Agenda. The major challenges in the current demographic, social and economic context will be identified, recent reform efforts will be assessed and major current issues for further reform will be identified and prioritised.