European Neighbourhood Policy - The Case of Egypt

The master's thesis titled European Neighborhood Policy - The Case of Egypt examines how the European Neighborhood Policy was operationalized at the programming level in Egypt through the European Neighborhood Instrument (ENI) in 2014-2020 and whether the transition to NDICI -Global Europe for 2021-2027 represents continuity or change. It employs a qualitative single-case study and a structured analysis of official European Union documents. The study distinguishes between declared and programmed priorities, indicative allocations, maximum approved contributions, and intended implementation modalities - it does not assess actual disbursement or causal impact. The findings show that in both ENI programming phases, 80 % of the indicative bilateral framework was assigned to broadly defined socioeconomic, energy, environmental and infrastructure sectors. Normative objectives remained present in programming but had lower stand-alone financial visibility. Migration and security had high political salience without constituting a dominant stand-alone sector in the analysed frameworks. The transition to NDICI represents thematic continuity accompanied by institutional and financial recalibration, particularly through a stronger emphasis on green and digital transformation, the Team Europe approach, blending, guarantees, and investment mobilization.