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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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The new publication of EaP Index 2014 issuedWhen the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative was launched in May 2009, the governments of the six Eastern European partner countries declared their intention to respect the values of democracy and human rights, and to align with EU standards of good governance and the rule of law. With a common Soviet past, they embarked together on the path of closer integration with the EU, but already in 2009 they were setting out from different starting-points with varying expectations of their trajectory. Some of them declared an ambition to become EU members. For others, their engagement was more a question of balancing geopolitical relations, not least with the EU to the west and Russia to the east. The new edition of the publication The European Integration Index for Eastern Partnership Countries 2014 produced by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum in cooperation with partner organisations generates recommendations to guide countries along the reform process and serves as a monitoring tool for both civil society and policymakers in the partner countries and the EU. Measuring annual trajectory of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries towards the European integration, the 2014 edition shows a mixed set of results for the six Eastern partner countries: Moldova and to an even greater degree Georgia continued steady progress in integration with the EU; Armenia and Ukraine experienced a stop-and-start trajectory, and a range of internal and external challenges. The recommendations of the Index experts concern the differentiation between the six Eastern partner countries, mobility, “more for more” approach and dialogue and support to civil society and reform-minded actors as well as communication to demonstrate the benefits of integration with the EU. The EaP Index 2014 will be presented at the following events: 16th of March, 2014: Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, side event: The Eastern Partnership in a New Context: Keeping Reforms on Track, Yerevan, Armenia. Please find the agenda here. 17th of March, 2014: EaP Index advocacy event in Moldova hold by EaP CSF national Platform, Place: IDIS "Viitorul" conference room (located on 10/1 Iacob Hincu street, Chisinau), 11.00 h. 25th of March, 2014: EaP CSF event „The Eastern Partnership in 2014: turning point for some, insecurity for all”, presentation of The European Integration Index for Eastern Partnership Countries 2014 , Brussels, 15.00-17.00 hours. Please find the agenda here. 26th of March, 2014: EaP Strategy Group meeting with German policy makers and stakeholders, DGAP (German Society for Foreign Policy), Berlin. Time: 16.00 to 18.00 hours. The publication is available here |
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