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24 Major Human Rights NGOs and Civil Society Organizations Concerned Over Crackdown On Free Expression in Azerbaijan

A group of 24 major human rights NGOs and civil society organizations, including the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, co-signed a statement to protest against the arrest of Mehman Huseynov, prominent Azerbaijani multimedia journalist and Chairman of the country’s leading freedom of expression group, Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety. On 3 February 2017, Huseynov was

07/03/2017

Eastern Partnership: Battleground of Russia’s Disinformation War

On 31 January the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum organized a discussion at the European Parliament “Eastern Partnership: Battleground of Russia’s Disinformation War” hosted by MEP Jaromír Štětina (EPP, CZ). The Eastern Partnership media landscape and capacity of the EU Eastern neighbours to monitor and confront propaganda were in the focus of the debate. The enduring monopolization of the media market

06/02/2017

The Eastern Partnership Platform 3 meeting focuses on regional energy cooperation and energy efficiency

On Tuesday, 20 December 2016, the 16th Eastern Partnership (EaP) Platform meeting on Energy Security took place in Brussels. The Eastern Partnership Platform on Energy Security brings together representatives from the EU, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to discuss ways to promote energy security, renewable energy, energy efficiency and nuclear safety. It also

16/01/2017

Policy Briefing on EU’s Eastern Partnership Review

On 13 December 2016, GLOBSEC of Slovakia with the EaP CSF and Information Center on NATO and EU organized the expert workshop “EU’s Eastern Partnership Review”. The event was held in Brussels and covered the progress in Georgia’s Association Agreement implementation, challenges and recommendations in regards to the Georgia’s DCFTA Implementation and public diplomacy aspects

21/12/2016

Engagement with civil society, as a major cross-cutting deliverable for the Eastern Partnership for 2020

As major developments are expected in the EU’s relations with the Eastern Partnership countries by next year’s Eastern Partnership Summit, the European Commission and the European External Action Service released a joint working document which aims to identify 20 key deliverables for 2020 in the framework of the priorities agreed at the Riga Summit. Each deliverable contains milestones to be

20/12/2016

Local and Regional Democracy in the Eastern Partnership discussed at the Platform 1 Meeting

On 5 December 2016 the Eastern Partnership Multilateral Platform 1 meeting took place in Brussels. The discussions covered the recent developments and pressing issues concerning the democratic development and good governance in the Eastern Partnership which include the implementation report and outlook towards the next Eastern Partnership Summit of 2017 and the updated on the activity of the Euronest

08/12/2016

EaP CSF Participates At The 8th Eastern Partnership Informal Ministerial Dialogue

On 17 November 2016, the EaP CSF participated in the 8th Eastern Partnership Informal Ministerial Dialogue, represented by Hovsep Khurshudyan, the member of the Steering Committee. In his address, Hovsep Khurshudyan stated that “the civil society of the Eastern Partnership countries, has been the main driving force behind the struggle of the peoples of these countries for democracy and human rights” and

26/11/2016

Belarusian NGOs To Discuss The Foreign Funding Issues

Belarusian NGO “ACT” invite everyone interested to participate in a public debate/a working meeting devoted to the topic “Foreign Assistance to NGOs – Solving Problems Together”, which is scheduled for 9 November 2016. The event is organised by NGO “ACT” jointly with the Assembly of Democratic NGOs, the Center for Legal Transformation (Lawtrend) and International Public Association “Vzaimoponimanie”. It is planned to

02/11/2016

The Eastern Partnership Youth Conference “Youth For Rights” In Slovakia, October 2016

The Eastern Partnership Youth Conference “Youth for Rights” is organised by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) and will be held under the patronage of the Slovak Presidency in the Council of the European Union on 26-27 October 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was initiated by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Working Group 4 and will bring together 145 genuine young

28/10/2016