Please note this event is now finished. You can read the 2025 EaP Civil Society Summit Report here.
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Up-to-date as of 1 December 2025. All times are in Central European Time (UTC +01:00).
09:00 – 10:15
Parallel Sessions within each Working Group
Working Group 1 – Plenary Room
- Mr Lasha Tughushi, Coordinator for the Eastern Partnership
- Ms Anh Helge, Coordinator for the European Union
Working Group 2 – Belvedere Room
- Ms Nino Elizbarashvili, Coordinator for the Eastern Partnership
Working Group 3 – Bellevue Room
- Ms Nataliya Andrusevych, Coordinator for the Eastern Partnership
- Mr Gurgen Petrosyan, Coordinator for the European Union
Working Group 4 – Ballroom A
- Mr Hovsep Khurshudyan, Coordinator for the Eastern Partnership
- Ms Anastasiia Halyko, Coordinator for the European Union
Working Group 5 – Empire Room
- Ms Elen Manaseryan, Coordinator for the Eastern Partnership
- Ms Lana Willebrand, Coordinator for the European Union
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:30 – Plenary Room
Empowering Civil Society: Insights from Donors
Leading donors and implementing organisations supporting civil society in Europe will share how they help empower organisations, promote democratic resilience, and foster inclusive participation amid funding declines and shrinking civic spaces.
EaP CSF delegates will join the discussion to explore innovative funding models, collaborative partnerships, and strategies for sustaining and strengthening civic spaces in their countries.
Speakers
- Mr Giulio Venneri, Deputy Head of Unit, Enlargement Strategy & Coordination, Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood, European Commission
- Ms Alexandra Kirby, Senior Programme Manager, European Endowment for Democracy
- Mr Sergiu Panainte, Transatlantic Trusts Deputy Regional Director, Black Sea, The German Marchall Fund of the United States (GMF)
- Mr Martijn Blom – Impact Fund Adviser, Impact Europe
- Ms Carolina Miranda Soto, Programme Manager, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
- Mr Davit Usupashvili, Chairperson, Civic Idea
- Ms Daniela Vidaicu, Executive Director, Soros Foundation Moldova
Insights from the EaP CSF Working Groups (Ms Anh Helge, Coordinator, Swedish Network for the Eastern Partnership, ForumCiv; Member of the Steering Committee, Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum)
Moderator: Paul Maasen, Chief, Global Programs, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 – Plenary Room
Presentation of the Steering Committee activity report
- Mr Gurgen Petrosyan, Co-Chair, Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
Presentation of the Compliance Committee yearly report
- Mr Nugzar Kokhreidze, Chairperson of the Compliance Committee, Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
Secretariat presentation of EaP CSF activities
- Mr Andrea Raimondi, Director, Secretariat of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
Moderator: Ms Elen Manaseryan, EaP CSF Steering Committee Member
14:30 – 16:00 – Plenary Room
Summary and voting on the resolution
- Mr Gurgen Petrosyan, Co-Chair, Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
- Mr Pascal Willaumez, Membership and Governance Manager, Secretariat of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
Secret ballot voting – delegates vote the Civil Society Summit resolution 2025 by country delegation
16:00 – 17:00
Coffee Break and Transfer to the Senate of Belgium for the 2025 Civil Society Award Ceremony
For more information on the 2025 Civil Society Award Ceremony, please check this link.
