Why Bother with Partnership?
Two and a half years after publishing "Structural Funds and Partnership”, SFteam made another attempt to examine how much progress had been made in the partnership between civil society and the authorities in CEE countries within the confi nes of the implementation of EU Regional/Cohesion policy and the use of EU funds. There had been a great deal of development in this period – both in positive and negative terms. However, we must admit that in spite of the growing number of positive cases and signs, there is still time left before we can learn all the lessons on how to work together.