Working Group 2
EaP CSF Working Group “Economic Integration & Convergence with EU Policies” deals with the main issues on the agenda of EaP Thematic Platform 2 of the same name.
It tackles one of the biggest ambitions fixed at the Prague Summit which aimed at regional economic integration between Eastern Partner countries and opening negotiations on the deep and comprehensive free trade areas between the EU and the Eastern partner countries.
Working Group 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 2.
About Working Group 2
Working Group 2 has a number of policy priorities which it seeks to further promote in the EaP’s agenda, including:
- Creating a favorable regulatory and economic environment for SMEs through the implementation of structural reforms;
- Addressing dysfunctionalities in the financial sector and gaps in access to finance for SMEs;
- Supporting the creation of job opportunities at national/ regional/ local level;
- Supporting equal access between men and women to job opportunities;
- Fostering the harmonisation of Partner Countries’ digital markets;
- Supporting the the easy and affordable access to internet, namely in rural areas through the development and implementation of broadband strategies;
- Promoting the participation of consumer protection organisations in developing, implementing and monitoring new national action plans;
- Mainstreaming the principles of sustainable development across all policy areas and introducing adequate responses to climate change;
- Supporting partner countries’ efforts to become members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO);
WG2 in Platform 2 meetings
- 17 January 2020 – EaP Platform 2 meeting
- 18-19 June 2019 – Trade Panel: Economic Development and Market Opportunities
- 31 May 2019 – Structural Reforms Panel: Organic Agriculture
- 23-24 May 2019 – Trade Panel: Reform of Systems of Technical Regulations and of Related Infrastructure
- 10 April 2019 – Platform 2 meeting
All Platform 2 meetings
- 7 February 2019 – EaP CSF Addresses 4th EaP Panel on HDM – Harmonisation of Digital Markets with Recommendations on Strategy, Communication and Gender in Brussels
- 11 October 2018 – 6th EaP Panel on Agriculture and Rural Development Gives EaP CSF a Chance to Raise Points on Sustainability, Environment and Harmonisation in Chisinau
- 22 June 2018 – EaP CSF Contributes to the EU4Digital Workshop “eSkills Network” and Shares Civil Society Position on Harmonisation of Digital Markets
- 20 June 2018 – EaP Trade Helpdesk and EU-EaP Trade Facilitation at the core of EaP CSF Position at the Panel on Trade
- 19 June 2018 – EaP CSF Presents Georgian SMEs Main Challenges to Access EU Loans at the 1st Panel on Structural Reforms and SMEs
- 11-12 June 2018 – EaP CSF Contributes to the EU4Digital Workshop “eSkills Network” and Shares Civil Society Position on Harmonisation of Digital Markets
- 26 April 2018 – EaP CSF Presents Main Trends and Challenges for SMEs in Belarus and Georgia at the 18th EaP Platform 2 Meeting
Re-Granting Projects to WG2
Latest Publications
Latest WG2 meetings
Working Group 2 meets twice a year – once in Brussels or an EaP country, and again during the Forum’s Annual Assembly – to discuss the common goals and activities that have been put forward through the respective Working Group structures of the EaP CSF National Platforms. The latest WG2 meeting reports can be viewed and downloaded below.
- WG2/WG5 Joint Annual Meeting Report, May 2018
- WG2/WG5 Joint Annual Meeting Photos, May 2018
- WG2 Annual Report 2018
Olga Chyzhova
Digital Communication Network (Estonia, EU Coordinator), Working Group 2 coordinator,
Email: wg2@eap-csf.eu
Maksym Koriavets
Foundation for International and Regional Studies (Ukraine, EaP Coordinator)
Email: wg2@eap-csf.eu