Eastern Partnership Revisited

Besides contributing to the Joint Consultation Paper entitled Towards A New European Neighbourhood Policy consultation process, the  The Eastern Partnership Revisited aims at being a voice in the discussion about the future relations between the EU and the countries in its eastern neighbourhood. Today, six years after the introduction of the EaP, a re-evaluation of […]

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Human Rights in Eastern Partnership Countries

This paper gives an account of the state of human rights and democratic institutions in the EaP countries and discusses the EU concepts and tools for human rights and democracy promotion in the region, including the proposals related to the May 2011 ENP Communication (ENPI Civil Society Facility, European Endowment for Democracy, etc.), as well […]

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National Minorities and Migration in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine

This paper intends to look at the interconnection of minority and migration issues.It  aims to investigate the interrelation of the minority regimes adopted by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, and migration. It seeks to open up the discussion on the extent to which certain policies and rights for national minorities can be […]

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Minority Rights Group Europe

Minority Rights Group Europe lobbies governments and international organisations alongside, and on behalf of, minorities in South East Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus.  We publish authoritative reports widely valued by academics and journalists. Minority Rights Group Europe also works as regional office of MRG International.

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Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy Statistical Annex

The progress report Statistical annex provide information about the EaP countries indicators regarding democracy, human rights and governance. The publication release an updated list of countries ratification of selected human rights conventions and global indicators as Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (2012-2013), Freedom House: Freedom in the World Index, Gender Inequality Index (2013), Global Gender […]

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EU funding Handbook

The handbook introduce  how some of the funding for the Neighourhood works, who is involved and where they can find out more. The handbook is divided into: the funding instruments, how EU Delegations deliver cooperation, the Thematic Instruments, How Funds are Allocated,  Grants and Contracts, Budget Support and Cross Border Cooperation. It also looks into […]

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Partnership for all? Measuring the impact of Eastern Partnership on minorities

In 2009 the EU launched the Eastern Partnership (EaP) encompassing the six Eastern countries Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. What is the EU’s policy towards minorities in these countries? Did minorities and indigenous peoples have a say in the political dialogue with the EU? Have they benefited from the main EU financial instruments? […]

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Glossary of Eastern Partnership and relations with Russia

The Eastern Partnership and Russia glossary includes over 40 references and exists in English and Russian. It covers political, technical and other words and terms one may come across when writing about or dealing with the Eastern Partnership and the EU’s relations. The references and definitions have hyperlinks leading back to an official EU or […]

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