The European Commission is currently establishing a new facility under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) to promote civil society development and dialogue in the Western Balkans.
This will cover three kinds of activity: support for local initiatives and capacity building
reinforcing the role of civil society; bringing civil society groups into contact with EU institutions; and support for partnerships and networking between civil society in the Western Balkans, and their counterparts in the EU.
The new facility will be launched at a civil society conference in Brussels on 17 and 18 April, which will bring together 450 participants, including Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik, and George Soros, founder of the Open Society Institute.
Source: Original information from Agence Europe 05/03/2008
Further information about the conference can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/civil_society_conference/index_en.htm
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