EaP Civil Society Summit
Every year, the EaP Civil Society Summit brings together EU and EaP civil society organisations and decision-makers in a unique forum. Together they discuss the future shape of the Eastern Partnership multilateral cooperation, the role of civil society and how to ensure its future resilience.
The Civil Society Summit is open to all delegates of the EaP CSF. As its highest decision-making body, the Summit has deliberative, representative and elective functions exercised in line with the EaP CSF statutes.
2025 EaP Civil Society Summit Report
Read the Report and watch the promotional video of the 2025 EaP Civil Society Summit below. The report can also be downloaded through the button below.
Resolution
The EaP CSF Resolution provides policy recommendations to EaP country leaders, EU institutions and Member States. It highlights the role of civil society as a driving force for reforms in the EaP countries.
You can find the 2025 Resolution below.
EaP Civil Society Award
Since 2018, the EaP CSF has been presenting its Civil Society Award to celebrate the outstanding and courageous work of organisations from the Eastern Partnership region who are on a daily basis defending core democratic values, advancing democratic reform, contributing to the political, economic and social development of their countries, and helping people and communities in vulnerable situations.
The Civil Society Award took place on 2 December 2025.
The 2025 EaP Civil Society Awards were given to Azerbaijani Association Women’s Association for Rational Development and Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank our generous donors for their continuous support towards the EaP Civil Society Summit. The content of the event is the sole responsibility of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.
European Union
EaP Policy
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Belgium
Senate of Belgium
Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU
Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU
Forum Civ
German Marshall Fund
German Cooperation
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Europe Media Lab
Previous editions
2025
Commissioner Marta Kos during the EaP Civil Society Award Ceremony
2025
Commissioner Marta Kos and Belgium Ministry for Foreign Affairs representative Christophe De Nijs with 2025 EaP Civil Society Awardees Shahla Ismayil and Hennadiy Maksak
2025
Mr Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia at the 2025 EaP Civil Society Summit
2025
Mr Dan Perciun, Minister of Education, Culture and Research of Moldova at the 2025 EaP Civil Society Summit
2025
Mr Jakub Wudarski, Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland for the Eastern Partnership
2024
Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of the Belarusian Democratic Forces
2024
Mr David Usupashvili, Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Georgia
2024
Ms Ina Coșeru, Chair of the Committee on Foreign
Policy and European Integration, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
2024
Ms Adrienn Kiraly, Director, Neighbourhood East and Institution Building (NEAR.C), Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), European Commission
2024
Mr Michael Siebert, Managing Director for Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia, regional cooperation and OSCE (EURCA), European External Action Service
2024
Mr Franak Viačorka, Chief Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
2024
Ms Liliana Palihovici, President, Public Association “Institutum Virtutes Civilis”; Co-Chair, EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform
2024
Mr Vladzimir Astapenka, Representative for International and European Cooperation, Head of Mission, Mission of Democratic Belarus, Brussels
2024
Mr Reinout Dekkers, Special Representative for the EU Eastern Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
2023
Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
2022
Ms Markéta Pekarová Adamová, President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
2019
Mr Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
2023
Minister Wojciech Gerwel, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
2022
Minister Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
2018
Mr Mamouka Kharazaradze, Former Member of Parliament of Georgia
2018
Mr Zohrab Mnatasakyan, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
2017
Mr Alex Bialiatski, Belarusian Human Rights Activist
2017
Mr Siarhei Antusevich, Belarusian Trade Unionist Activist
2017
Ms Leyla Mustafayeva, Azerbaijani investigative journalist