The European Commission’s Directorate General for Enlargement, in cooperation with the EU Delegations, is organising a consultation process to improve 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 guidelines for EU support to civil society development in the enlargement countries 2014-2020 address the need for continued political and financial engagement with civil society in the EU agenda for enlargement. 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. Moreover, a mechanism for continuous monitoring of the results will be identified.

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. One of the main aims of the present event is to define the indicators in consultation with CSOs and other stakeholders.

CSOs are invited to consult the document via networks and web pages and to send their views.

Comments and inputs should be sent until June 14, 2013 to: ELARG-CSF-P2P@ec.europa.eu

For more information see the document.