Institute for Regional and International Studies

Program areas

Completed projects

Balkan Security and Development

Balkan Cooperation

The project's main goal was to lay down the foundations of a public policy strategy for efficient long term South Balkan integration and regional cooperation initiatives. It focused on and analyzed the major political, economic and administrative factors promoting or preventing the realization of international cooperation initiatives. The project also presented an elaborate regional program for economic and infrastructure cooperation, and was financially supported by the Open Society Foundation - Sofia.

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The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) is an independent, non-government think tank. IRIS was established on June 11, 1997 by leading Bulgarian public and political figures, NGO leaders and prominent Bulgarian scholars in international relations, Balkan studies, history, social and political science, anthropology and economics.

The Institute for Regional and International Studies initiates, develops and implements civic strategies for democratic politics on national, regional and international level. The Institute promotes the values of democracy, civil society, freedom and respect of law, assists the process of Bulgarian integration in NATO and the EU and provides public policy analyses on current domestic and international issues. IRIS represents a strategic combination of advocacy-oriented and education-oriented think tank.