Annual Report

2016

Areas of the Forums activities in 2016

ensuring free and fair elections
having zero political prisoners (the cases of Ilmi Umerov, the EaP CSF members Hovsep Khurshudyan
and Levon Barshegyan, and Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko)

ensuring the respect of human rights, particularly in the disputed territories

mitigating security threats in EaP region and reaching the lasting peace in the South Caucasus
Providing civil society participation in monitoring and implementation of reforms in higher education in
EaP countries
advancing visa liberalisation for Georgia and Ukraine
working for the amelioration of the operating environment for the civil society, in particular revising the
civil society legislation in Azerbaijan, and
proper funding for the civil society of the region
assessing EaP CSF effectiveness, outcomes\impact, new pro-active formats of activity
many others

EaP CSF representatives channelled their position to the EU and EaP

Ministers and EU institutions at 4 EaP Ministerial meetings and
at Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

EaP Ministerial Meeting

23 May
Brussels, Belgium

EaP Ministerial Meeting

12 July
Kyiv, Ukraine

EaP Ministerial Meeting

18 October
Luxembourg

> 60 EaP CSF participants took part in 30 official Eastern Partnership

platforms, panels and other EaP meetings

3 joint conferences for National Platforms

Security Conference Security Challenges of the EUs Eastern Neighborhood - 28-29 July
Tbilisi, Georgia
Human Rights Conference On the frontline: human rights situation in the EaP countries 19-20 September Chisinau, Moldova

Public Participation in Higher Education Modernisation: civil society role in the

implementation of the Roadmap for higher education reform in Belarus 23-24 September,
Minsk

Working Groups Meetings

Messages channelled to > 20 representatives of the EU institutions during
5 annual Working Group meetings

WG1 on 1-2 June

WG initiatives and EaP CSF campaigns

Youth Conference Youth for Rights 27-28
October Bratislava, Slovakia
#Visafree Campaign for Georgia and Ukraine,
4 June, Brussels, Belgium

Re-granting Scheme as WGs Support

Second year of EaP CSF regranting

59 proposals received
18 projects funded
Total amount of 321 165 EUR
Results by the end of 2016:

Monitoring missions as an instrument of

the EaP CSF
Mission of the EaP CSF on the civil society, media and human rights situation to Armenia on 9-15
August 2016
following the 17-31 July events in order to assess the situation of non-governmental organisations
and the media in the aftermath the crisis
supported by the Armenian National Platform of the EaP CSF and included leading experts in the
field of human rights from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
Produced report with a series of recommendations
Advocacy meetings in Brussels

Statements, policy input and events

Statements
20 Steering Committee Statements
> 30 Statements by the National Platform
Policy input to:
DG NEAR consultation on funding civil society
Opinion on womens rights in the EaP of the EP
Progress report for Georgia and Ukraine
Council of the EU discussions on Crimea and Azerbaijan
Many others
Events
> 20 events organised by EaP CSF that gathered
> 700 participants in total
> 250 attendees at the Annual Assembly

EaP CSF communication

More functional and better structured website

> 70 mentions in the media
> 11000 followers on Facebook

The comings tasks and challenges in 2017

EaP CSF input to EaP Summit (November 2017)
Finding optimal configuration of CSF work with both EaP
countries with AA and countries without AA agenda
Expanding role of CSOs in providing transparency and
accountability of inter-governmental projects
Improvement of EaP CSF performance and outcomes

Initiating new formats and solutions for sensitive topics in

EaP (disputed and\or unrecognised territories etc.)

Thank you for your attention!