BCSDN representatives, Tanja Hafner Ademi and Ilina Nesik participated in a 3-day formal launch of the “Maximizing the Integration Capacity of the EU: Lessons and Prospects for Enlargement and Beyond” (MAXCAP) project between 30th May and 1st June in Berlin, Germany. Besides discussing the activities and especially the theoretical framework, on which the forthcoming research in the next 30 months will be conducted, the kick-off featured a public event at the EU Representation in Berlin for broader audience. Some of the main threads of the discussion were about limits of the EU integration, different modes and strategies, the role of non-state actors (civil society, but also business sector), convergence of global and regional trends etc. BCSDN is one of the 9 partners in the project, in charge of research and dissemination of citizens’ and civil society’s role in the EU accession process and regional dissemination of project outputs. Read more about on the project website and subscribe to the project Newsletter to stay updated.