CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Roch, Stefan |
|---|---|
| Title | Possibilities and Limits of Cross-Country Administrative Cooperation at Europe's Fringes: A Process Perspective on EU Twinning in Moldova and Lebanon |
| Summary | How can Twinning start or support a reform process in a given beneficiary administration? So far, Twining projects in the European Union’s neighborhood have received little systematic attention. We know little about how such projects function on the ground and how conducive their formal structure is to administrative change. I argue that the formal outcomes of a Twinning project (mandatory results) have only limited impact on the beneficiary organization. Instead of triggering deep-rooted change, they fulfill more of an internal and external legitimizing role, signaling appropriate behavior, independent of actual practices. Twinning projects may have a more substantial impact on administrative behavior, routines, and practices through the day-to-day cooperation of the RTA (Residence Twinning Advisor) and her team with domestic project participants. I argue that member-state participants such as the RTA rather act as irritants to the beneficiary system than experts that diffuse concrete practices. This, I argue, encourages beneficiary participants to question their own practices and routines and possibly change them. As a result, the main outcome of Twinning may not be the implementation of external practices but an ongoing process of organizational learning and internal problem definition aiming toward the realization of domestic solutions. |
| Supervisor | Granger, Marie-Pierre |
| Department | School of Public Policy PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/roch_stefan.pdf |
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