Strategic Input from the Region
With its new Eastern Partnership (EaP), the EU has opened a new chapter in European Eastern Policy, and from the very beginning it aims to involve civil society. The Eastern Partnership was initiated by the Polish and Swedish governments in the spring of 2008, and on December 3, 2008 the EU Commission presented its proposal for an EaP that would consist of a set of bilateral and multilateral initiatives seriously stepping up relations between the EU and its Eastern neighbours. While in the process of formulating a new European Eastern Policy, the Commission has explicitly asked the partners for their input and ideas. With the ball in the court of the governments and non-governmental experts of the partnering countries now, this paper aims to provide tangible input from a Caucasus perspective on the eve of the Prague Civil Society Summit.
The policy paper can be downloaded here.