Multi-Stakeholders consultation
on EU support to civil society in
the enlargement region.
Draft agenda
Workshop organised by the People to People
programme
Brussels,
25 – 26 April 2013
Meeting venues:
tbc
Working language: English
For more information on the People 2 People Programme:
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/pdf/p2p/p2p-leaflet_en.pdf
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AIM OF THE EVENT:
The P2P Programme intends to offer to civil society organisations from the beneficiary countries the
possibility to interact and network with their national, regional and European-level counterparts and to create
new partnerships as well as to visit EU institutions, in order to familiarise themselves with EU structures,
policy making process, programmes, policies and best practices.
The Directorate General for Enlargement is organising the present brainstorming workshop to share with all
the relevant stakeholders the guiding principles of civil society support in the enlargement region for the
period 2014-2020. This should define areas of particular interest, general policy objectives and support
methodologies common to all countries in the region. The multi-country event is a milestone in the
consultation process which will conduct to the definition of the “Guidelines for EU support to civil society in
enlargement countries”.
The guidelines for EU support to enlargement countries 2014-2020 address the need for continued political
and financial engagement with civil society in the EU agenda for enlargement. They build on DG
Enlargement's experience with the Civil Society Facility and other EU instruments for civil society support,
and recognise that future EU support to civil society needs to be more strategic, effective and focused on
results. The guidelines will create the basis for the development of multi-country and tailor-made country
specific approaches to civil society support that will become part of the IPA II multi-country and country
strategies to be adopted at the beginning of 2014.
In line with the principles and objectives set out in the guidelines for EU support to civil society 2014-2020,
a result framework for the enlargement region will be developed. This will provide the basis for a tailormade approach at national level in accordance with the country context. One of the main aims of the present
event is to define the indicators in consultation with CSOs and other stakeholders.
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Day 1: 25 April 2013
9:00
Plenary session
Welcome address

Commissioner/Director General/Director D (tbc)
Introduction to main issues for CSOs in Western Balkans and Turkey

CSOs representatives (max. 4)
10:45
Coffee break
11:00
Presentation of the “Guidelines for EU support to civil society in
enlargement countries”

Civil Society Facility
Presentation of the agenda and structure of the workshop

Workshop facilitator
12:30
Lunch break
14:00
Working groups
Discussion on the “Guidelines for EU support to civil society in
enlargement countries”
15:30
Coffee break
15:45
Continuation
17:00
End of the first day
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Day: 26 April 2013
9:00
Plenary session
Report from the working groups and discussion
11:00
Coffee break
11:15
Ways forward and follow up:
o Clarification on the next steps of the consultation process
o Work foreseen at national level for the elaboration of the
guiding principles
o Division of labour among DG ELARG, EU Delegations and
CSOs
Closing remarks

13:30
Civil Society Facility
End of the Worshop
This meeting is being organised by
the People 2 People Programme (P2P), Civil Society Facility, DG Enlargement,
in the organisational framework of the
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument - TAIEX
of the European Commission
CHAR 5/21, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
phone +32 2 2993066
Web sites: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/tenders/support-for-civil-society/civil-societyfacility/index_en.htm
Leaflet http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/pdf/p2p/p2p-leaflet_en.pdf
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