Government of the Republic of Montenegro Secretariat for European Integration

Regional Conference THROUGH COOPERATION TOWARDS INTEGRATION Working Group I Harmonization with Acquis and Challenges of Translation Irena Mijanovic Deputy Head of Secretariat

National Programme for Integration

• • • NPI – key document through the next five years NPI as a comprehensive plan for: – SAA implementation – Adoption of the Acquis NPI as an instrument for: - Coordination of reforms - Informing EU and Montenegrin public on integration processes - Monitoring i evaluation of the process

Chapter 3

• •    Capacity for assuming the obligations from the EU membership – harmonization with the Acquis More than 300 people, including members of 7 GEI covering 35 chapters, are envolved: to "read" almost 30,000 of EU measures and assess relevancy regarding transposition into national legislation to plan national measures to be harmonized with relevant EU measures To plan institutional capacities and funds for their implementation over next 5 years

National version of the Acquis

Priorities for the forthcoming period: • • • • • Establish unit for coordination of translation Create necessary databases Create terminological database Establish network of translators / linguists / experts… Organise trainings

Regional cooperation

• • • • Various possible levels and opportunities for cooperation: Establishment of Regional Pool for translation and/or coordination Development of common glossary Identification and exchange of measures already translated to any of similar languages Cooperation between institutions and translators

REGIONAL COOPERATION

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