Südosteuropa-Strategien auf dem Prüfstand. Aus einer Evaluierung der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit von dvv international

South-east European countries are receiving support from western institutions in developing their education system structures. One professional involved in development cooperation in the field of adult education is dvv international, the German Adult Education Association’s institute for international cooperation. By evaluating work in Romania, Serbia and Kosovo, this article reflects on strategic decisions resulting from this work. It demonstrates that it is correct to take account of differences between countries by operating country-specific project offices. At the same time, however, it is necessary to work as a network, especially in view of EU accession. There should also be no other alternative than to link lobbying work at a political level with activities at a meso-level (e.g. developing pro fessionalism) and a micro- level ( e.g. target group work). Finally, the article turns to the particular difficulties of achieving sustainable results.