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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. 

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