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Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs advocate trust fund for Eastern partners

MEPs advocate trust fund for Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova Suggest “EaP+” model offering Eastern partners access to customs or energy union Call for collective pressure on Russia to resolve conflicts in the EU eastern neighbourhood The November 2017 Eastern Partnership Summit should pave the way to set up a trust fund for Eastern partners and

EaP Factsheet : EU Develops Digital Economies and Societies in Eastern Partner Countries

EU Develops Digital Economies and Societies in Eastern Partner Countries (.pdf) European Union External Action

Public Lecture on Minority Rights in Georgia was Held on 11 March 2016 in Brussels

On 11 March EaP CSF members Minority Rights Group Europe and Eastern Partnership Minorities Network held a lecture on the situation of minorities in Georgia. The event took place at the premises of the EaP CSF Secretariat. Opening remarks were presented by Natalia Yerashevich, the Director of the Secretariat. Ms Yerashevich stressed the importance of the

Working Group 1 “Democracy, Human Rights, Good Governance and Stability” Meeting

On 11-12 May the meeting of the Working Group 1 “Democracy, Human Rights, Good Governance and Stability” will gather over 60 working group members from the Eastern Partnership and EU countries, as well as officials from EU institutions (the European External Action Service, the Permanent Representations, the European Commission and European Parliament). The focus of the first day of

EaP CSF Georgian National Platform Denounces Russian President’s Visit to Abkhazia

The Georgian National Platform (GNP) of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) has issued a statement openly condemning the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the city of Bichvinta, in the occupied region of Abkhazia. By so doing, the Russian Federation violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement between Russia and Georgia signed on 12 August 2008. President Putin’s visit

EaP CSF Addresses Foreign Ministers and EU Officials at the 9th EaP Informal Partnership Dialogue in Chisinau

On 10 July 2017, the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum participated in the 9th Eastern Partnership Informal Partnership Dialogue in Chisinau, represented by Ina Coseru, member of the EaP CSF Steering Committee and Coordinator of the Working Group 3 on Environment, Climate Change and Energy Security. The event gathered Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers in charge of energy

Young people from the EU and its Eastern Partners make their voices heard on how to shape future youth policies

300 young leaders, youth workers and youth policy makers from the EU member states and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine worked together over two days at the Eastern Partnership Youth Forum in Warsaw from 22-23 June 2017. Commissioner Hahn and Director General Reicherts addressed both the plenary and a group of

Georgian National Platform Consults Parliament and Government on Constitutional Reform

During the past months, the Georgian National Platform (GNP) of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum has issued a number of Statements regarding the amendments to the Constitution of Georgia. In these documents, the GNP shed light on the importance of the fundamental principle of electoral equality, which the proposed system would substantially violate. The main change introduced by

EaP CSF Participates in the Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting

On 19 June 2017, the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum participated in the Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting in Luxembourg, represented by Hennadiy Maksak, Co-Chair of the EaP CSF Steering Committee. The meeting, chaired by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, gathered all EU member states’ Ministers of Foreign Affairs,