The Civil Society Forum of Eastern Partnership will be officially invited to participate in the meetings of all four EaP thematic platforms as a permanent participant. This very important decision arrived at the eve of the 3rd annual Assembly of the EaP Civil Society Forum (Poznan, Poland, 28-30 November 2011).
“It is one of our most important achievement in terms of policy making. The recognizing of the hard work done in these two years and an extra opportunity, in view of the new tasks that the Forum could have in relation to the grants that the European Commission will start to allocate to projects in this area” stated Mrs. Antonella Valmorbida, Co-Chair of the Forum and ALDA Director.
The recent EaP Platform on Democracy, Good Governance and Stability (17/11/2011) held a fruitful discussion concerning the involvement of the CSF in the activities of the EaP multilateral track.
The EU Member States and Eastern partners well received the proposal presented, by a joint letter of HR/VP C. Ashton and Cssr. S. Fule, from the EEAS about the opportunity that the CSF will be a permanent participant of the Eap platform meetings.
The 3rd annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum “A partnership for democratic reforms and European integration” will gather around 300 participants and guests from civil society sector working in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and EU. During three days of intensive agenda participants will be able to discuss different question on civil society engagement in eastern partnership, challenges and prospects for further development of EaP Civil Society Forum.
The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) has been established in 2009 following the Prague Summit launching the Eastern Partnership. The EaP CSF aims to support the further development of civil society organizations and promote contacts between them as well as facilitate their dialogue with public authorities. The first EaP CSF took place in Brussels on 16-17 November 2009 and second was held in Berlin on 18-19 November 2010.
The 3rd annual meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum will have extended format (from 1,5 up to three days) which has been made possible thanks to the European Commission/European External Action Service and the generous support of Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Agenda of the Forum is intensive and full of activities: plenary sessions, working group discussions, side events and debates on Strategic concept of the Forum and issue of Forum registration as legal entity.
ŠtefanFüle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy will open the fist panel discussion “Towards a new strategy for civil society engagement in the Eastern Partnership”.
RadosławSikorski, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland will give a speech on the topic “Two Years of the Eastern Partnership and the EaP Civil Society Forum” and Award the Eastern Partnership Journalistic Prize for outstanding reporting on democracy, human rights, fight against abuse of power and the European Union issues.
For any further information please visit www.eap-csf.eu/
The Civil Society Forum of Eastern Partnership will be officially invited to participate in the meetings of all four EaP thematic platforms as a permanent participant. This very important decision arrived at the eve of the 3rd annual Assembly of the EaP Civil Society Forum (Poznan, Poland, 28-30 November 2011).
“It is one of our most important achievement in terms of policy making. The recognizing of the hard work done in these two years and an extra opportunity, in view of the new tasks that the Forum could have in relation to the grants that the European Commission will start to allocate to projects in this area” stated Mrs. Antonella Valmorbida, Co-Chair of the Forum and ALDA Director.
The recent EaP Platform on Democracy, Good Governance and Stability (17/11/2011) held a fruitful discussion concerning the involvement of the CSF in the activities of the EaP multilateral track.
The EU Member States and Eastern partners well received the proposal presented, by a joint letter of HR/VP C. Ashton and Cssr. S. Fule, from the EEAS about the opportunity that the CSF will be a permanent participant of the Eap platform meetings.
The 3rd annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum “A partnership for democratic reforms and European integration” will gather around 300 participants and guests from civil society sector working in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and EU. During three days of intensive agenda participants will be able to discuss different question on civil society engagement in eastern partnership, challenges and prospects for further development of EaP Civil Society Forum.
The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) has been established in 2009 following the Prague Summit launching the Eastern Partnership. The EaP CSF aims to support the further development of civil society organizations and promote contacts between them as well as facilitate their dialogue with public authorities. The first EaP CSF took place in Brussels on 16-17 November 2009 and second was held in Berlin on 18-19 November 2010.
The 3rd annual meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum will have extended format (from 1,5 up to three days) which has been made possible thanks to the European Commission/European External Action Service and the generous support of Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Agenda of the Forum is intensive and full of activities: plenary sessions, working group discussions, side events and debates on Strategic concept of the Forum and issue of Forum registration as legal entity.
ŠtefanFüle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy will open the fist panel discussion “Towards a new strategy for civil society engagement in the Eastern Partnership”.
RadosławSikorski, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland will give a speech on the topic “Two Years of the Eastern Partnership and the EaP Civil Society Forum” and Award the Eastern Partnership Journalistic Prize for outstanding reporting on democracy, human rights, fight against abuse of power and the European Union issues.
For any further information please visit www.eap-csf.eu/