Implications of change management in public administration
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Revista T<strong>in</strong>erilor Economişti (The Young Economists Journal)<br />
requirements and assumptions <strong>of</strong> the discrim<strong>in</strong>ant analysis are be<strong>in</strong>g met. On the other<br />
side, the paper <strong>in</strong>terprets the results <strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> the considered problem, or which <strong>of</strong> the<br />
countries mostly resemble to the EU countries. The fourth part has the f<strong>in</strong>al conclusions<br />
and recommendations.<br />
2. EU enlargement for south – eastern european countries<br />
2.1 Economic structure<br />
In 2010 there are 9 countries - applicants for EU accession accord<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
latest data <strong>of</strong> the European Commission. Only 3 countries have the status “candidate<br />
country”, while the other 6 countries are still “potential candidates”. All countries,<br />
except for Turkey, Albania and Iceland, are countries from the former Yugoslavia<br />
(Table no. 1).<br />
Table no. 1 Applications for EU accession<br />
Country<br />
Status<br />
Croatia<br />
Macedonia<br />
Turkey<br />
Albania<br />
Bosnia and Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a<br />
Kosovo<br />
Iceland<br />
Montenegro<br />
Candidate country<br />
Candidate country<br />
Candidate country<br />
Potential candidate<br />
Potential candidate<br />
Potential candidate<br />
Potential candidate<br />
Potential candidate<br />
Serbia<br />
Potential candidate<br />
The 8 accession countries (without Kosovo) could br<strong>in</strong>g additional 94 millions<br />
<strong>of</strong> consumers to the European Union market.<br />
The level <strong>of</strong> development represented by the GDP per capita (Table no. 2)<br />
proves that the accession countries are at a far lower level <strong>of</strong> development than the<br />
average GDP per capita for the Euro Area which <strong>in</strong> 2007 was 12.228 US dollars,<br />
especially countries like Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a, Montenegro<br />
and Serbia. On the other side Iceland, Croatia and Turkey have high level <strong>of</strong><br />
development, if <strong>in</strong>dicated by the GDP per capita. Thus, there are three dist<strong>in</strong>ct groups <strong>of</strong><br />
candidates for the European Union:<br />
1. The first group represents very low developed countries with GDP per<br />
capita lower than 4.000 US dollars: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a<br />
and Macedonia.<br />
2. The second group represents low developed countries: Serbia and<br />
Montenegro.<br />
3. The third group represents relatively developed countries: Iceland,<br />
Croatia and Turkey.<br />
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