Economic Reform Programme 2026-2028
Economic Reform Programme (ERP) is part of the European Semester Light process for candidate countries, inspired by the European Semester for EU Member States. The process, introduced with the Enlargement Strategy in 2013, aims to improve economic governance and the coordination of economic policies to ensure long-term economic growth and competitiveness, in line with the requirements of the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership. The Programme is one of the key processes in the area of Economic criteria, part of the Fundamentals Cluster in the negotiating process.
ERP is the fundamental document for the Economic and Financial Dialogue between the Western Balkan countries and the EU, within which Joint Conclusions are adopted, containing recommendations on priority reforms related to fiscal policies, as well as structural reforms to be incorporated into national budgets. The implementation of these reforms is regularly monitored and assessed by the EU on an annual basis.
According to the EU Guidance Note for the 2026–2028 Economic Reform Programme (July 2025), as it was in the previous year, the Western Balkan countries shall not prepare the structural reform section of the ERP and the corresponding annexes, given that the Western Balkan countries have prepared a Reform Agenda (RA) for the period 2024–2027, with concrete steps for the implementation of reforms within the framework of the relevant EU Reform and Growth Facility. In accordance with the ERP Guidance Note for 2026–2028, Western Balkan countries are required, in Chapter 5A of ERP, to provide a brief overview of selected reforms from the Reform Agenda, focusing on their impact on the economy.
The Economic Reform Programme 2026-2028 is adopted by the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia on 13th of January 2026 and is officially submitted to the EU on 15th January 2026. You can read more about ERP here.
- Economic Reform Programme 2026-2028
- Economic Reform Programme 2025-2027
- Economic Reform Programme 2024-2026
- Economic Reform Programme 2023-2025
- Economic Reform Programme 2022-2024
- Economic Reform Programme 2021-2023
- Economic Reform Programme 2020-2022
- Economic Reform Programme 2019-2021
- Economic Reform Programme 2018-2020
