EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM

It is the highest decision making body in the EaP CSF and serves as a platform for debate on the achievements of the Forum and the EaP in general, as well as on civil society contribution to the reform process in the region.

EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM

Mission

EaP CSF mission is to ensure effective participation of civil societies of Eastern Partnership and the EU in the process of planning, monitoring and implementation of the Eastern Partnership policy in constructive dialogue with the EU and EaP decision-makers, in the direction of the democratic transformation and European integration of EaP.

5 WORKING GROUPS

EaP CSF – “The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) is a unique multi-layered regional civil society platform aimed at promoting European integration, facilitating reforms and democratic transformations in the six Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

“Democracy, Human Rights, Good Governance and Stability”

“Contacts between People”

“Economic Integration & Convergence with EU Policies”

CROSS-SECTOR INITIATIVES

“Social & Labour Policies and Social Dialogue”

“Environment, climate change and energy security”

What is CSF?

Visa Facilitation and Liberalisation

Fighting Transborder Corruption

Policy and Advocacy

Solidarity

FORUM MEMBERS

Platform that combines more then 692 organisations from EaP and EU countries

Governance Structure

6 national platforms

GENERAL ASSEMBLIES

Tallinn, Estonia,

27-29 November 2014

Prague, Czech Republic,

28-29 March 2011

The Hague, Netherlands

5-7 October 2013

Warsaw, Poland,

1-2 December 2011

Saint Petersburg, Russia,

9-10 October 2012

• Annual Assembly
• 6 national platforms
• 5 thematic working groups
• Steering committee
• Arbitration Committee
• Secretariat in Brussels

The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a policy initiative that aims to bring the six Eastern neighbours – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – closer to the EU.

Arbitration Committee

Secretariat

Roman Banari

Vice President,

National Youth Council

of Moldova

The Secretariat is an executive body that reports to the Steering Committee.

On a daily basis it works to support the activities of the Steering Committee and the Forum in general and serves as the EaP CSF information, coordination and expertise hub for stakeholders in the EU and in the EaP countries.

The Arbitration Committee is an independent body of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum that reports to the General Assembly and provides a mechanism to ensure balanced divisions of power, accountability and resolutions for dispute situations.

Steering Committee

Committee is responsible for the following functions:

• Serving as a contact point for addressing complaints and disagreements inside EaP CSF, lodged externally or by any of its members
• Responding to complaints related to EaP CSF procedures – the Delegate selection process, Re-granting scheme, National Platform operations, etc.
• Making and confirming decisions on conflict situations, wherever there is a dispute
• Monitoring and neutralising potential risks, and actual cases, of apparent conflicts of interest
• Monitoring if the decisions of EaP CSF bodies – the Steering Committee, Secretariat, Re-granting Committee, National Platforms and Working Groups are in accordance with the EaP CSF statutes and regulations

• Is the representative body of the EaP CSF with a mandate from civil society in the EaP countries and EU member states.

• It serves as the governing board of the CSF and consists of 12 members elected for a two-year term.