The Regional Report on Enabling Environment for Youth Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans offers a comparative overview of key policy challenges regarding financial support, government policies, physical and professional infrastructure, and social norms that affect business environment for youth in the Western Balkan countries. The report is based on the desk research carried out in each of the countries, followed by consultations with relevant stakeholders both individually and within the National Fora on Youth Employment established under this project in each of the countries as platforms for structural dialogue among key stakeholders in the field. The data was also discussed within the Regional Forum on Youth Entrepreneurship held in Durres in November, 2018 by representatives of public institutions, business sector and civil society organizations from the region dealing with employability and entrepreneurship issues.

This document is produced within the project WeB4YES – Western Balkan Civil Society Organisations for Youth Employment Support, supported within the Civil Society Facility and Media Programme 2016–2017 Consolidating Regional Thematic Networks of Civil Society Organisations by the European Commission. The Project represents a regional-scale initiative designed to deliver innovative approaches and offer young people in the Western

Balkan region opportunities for employability enhancement and employment. The project coordinator is the Belgrade Open School, and partners on the project are the Association for Democratic Prosperity – Zid (Montenegro), NGO Lens (Kosovo*), Beyond Barriers Association (Albania), Institute for Youth Development KULT (Bosnia and Herzegovina), National Youth Council of Macedonia (North Macedonia) and the Olof Palme International Center (Sweden).