Working Group 4
EaP CSF Working Group “Contacts between People” focuses on a number of areas that include Education, Youth, Culture, Research and Innovation, corresponding to a thematic Platform 4. It is the second largest group in the Forum, aiming to contribute to the improvement of the educational quality offered, advance modern youth policies, and promote inclusiveness across the EaP and EU countries.
About Working Group 4
The following content related goals of the Working Group were agreed on by its members:
- Promote and disseminate information on EU issues and the opportunities provided by the EU by developing an information society and by enlarging the network of European Information Points
- Address specific situations and levels of development of civil society in each EaP countries, in particular through using existing leaders’ networks for strengthening common understanding, sharing of values and co-operation between NGOs from EaP and EU states
- Facilitate non-formal education and increase funding for internships and volunteer opportunities, school exchange programmes and distance learning
- Enhance the active participation of young people in decision-making processes at all levels and develop mechanisms for involving them in the achievement of EaP goals
- Develop special programmes for peace and intercultural education for young people in post conflict areas
- Foster cultural exchanges and co-operation between EU and EaP countries and encourage ratification/fostering implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the 6 EaP countries
Working Group 4 members
Membership in the EaP CSF is open to all civil society organisations from the EaP countries and EU member states that are active in the Eastern Neighbourhood. These can include grassroots organisations, trade unions, farmers’ and consumers’ organisations, think tanks, employers’ organisations, professional associations, faith-based organisations, non-profit foundations and more. Browse through the full list of our members of the Working Group 4.
WG4 in Platform 4 meetings

- 27 November 2020 – EaP Platform 4 meeting
- 13 December 2019 – 7th Meeting of EaP Panel on Research and Innovation
- 27 November 2019 – Strengthening the potential of youth work in Eastern Europe
All Platform 4 meetings
- 19 Novemver 2019 – Panel on Mobility and People to People contacts
- 1 October 2019 – 2nd Panel on Education, Youth and Culture
- 27 June 2019 –Panel on Migration, Mobility and Integrated Border Management (IBM)
- 9 April 2019 – Platform 4 meeting
- 13 December 2018 – Panel on Research and Innovation
- 23 October 2018 – EaP CSF Contributes to EaP Migration Panels on Integrated Border Management (IBM) and Information Campaigns in Odessa and Tbilisi – Calling for More Civil Society Engagement and Coordination at Both Local and International Level
- 19 October 2018 – EU4Innovation EaP R&I Panel Event Tackles the Important Question of Improving the Current Institutional Framework – with EaP CSF Presenting a Number of Recommendations on National Research Systems in Tbilisi
- 1 October 2018 – EaP CSF Contributes to EaP Platform 4 Thematic Workshop on Anticipating Future Skills – Discussing New Technologies, Education and Labour Market Trends in Dublin
- 5 July 2018 – EaP CSF Addresses the EaP Panel on Education, Youth and Culture on Quality Assurance on Education
- 14-15 December 2017 – EaP CSF participated in the discussion on economic integration of migrants at the EaP Migration and Asylum Panel meeting
Re-granting projects to WG4

- Project 1: InclusiON NOW! Development of Inclusive Youth Work in the Eastern Partnership countries
- Project 2: Mythbusters: debunking the most common EU myths in EaP countries through gaming
- Project 3: Youth Employment Solutions: Impact by Civil Society in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia
- Project 4: Enhancing EaP-EU cooperation in R&I through comparative analyses of EaP national research systems
Latest WG4 Meetings
Working Group 4 meets twice a year – during the Annual Assembly and once again in Brussels – to discuss the common goals and activities that have been put forward through the respective Working Group structures in the respective EaP countries. The latest WG4 meeting reports can be viewed and download below.
WG4 Coordinators
At the beginning of each biennial delegate cycle, the delegates of each WG elect two Coordinators from among their number – one representing an organisation from an EaP country, and one representing an organisation from an EU member state. The role of WG Coordinators is to oversee and facilitate the work of the WG, including by formulating the discussion, advocacy and capacity building priorities of the group, in close collaboration with its members. The details of the current WG Coordinators for the 2020-2021 cycle can be viewed below.
Tatiana Poshevalova
Eurobelarus, Belarus, Working Group 4 EaP Coordinator
Email: wg4@eap-csf.eu
Sintija Bernava
Donum Animus, Latvia, Working Group 4 EU Coordinator
Email: wg4@eap-csf.eu