Young European ambassadors kick off Eastern Partnership's 10th anniversary celebrations
Young ambassadors from European countries will organise a flash mob in the heart of Brussels tomorrow, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership. Photo: EU Neighbours East project.
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One hundred young European Ambassadors from the EU and its six Eastern partner countries- Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine are gathering this week in Brussels to celebrate the achievements of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in the past decade.
The 10-year-old Partnership has resulted in over 30,000 young people participating in Erasmus+ volunteering, exchanges and youth mobility projects, and over 6,000 young people benefiting from the opportunities provided by the EU4Youth since 2018, the EU press office says.
The group of young ambassadors, which is joined by a number of social media influencers from across the six countries, are scheduled to meet EU officials to discuss the achievements of the partnership and its future goals.
Over 30,000 young people have participated in Erasmus+ volunteering, exchanges and youth mobility projects over the past 10 years. Photo: EU Neighbours East project.
They will also participate in a large flash mob on 15 February at the heart of the EU quarter in Brussels which will feature national dances and costumes,” the press office says.
I can boldly say that the Eastern Partnership totally changed my life (not only mine, but that of every single Georgian). This joint initiative is the best project ever because it gives me and my country a lot of opportunities. I have a better life now than 10 years ago. We are stronger together,” Geno Kutashvili, young European Ambassador from Georgia stated.
Close to five hundred young people from the EU and its eastern neighbourhood currently act as ‘Young European Ambassadors’ (YEAs). These Ambassadors regularly organise local community events in their countries and participate in international events.
The event is organised by the EU Neighbours East project in collaboration with EU institutions.
Launched in 2009 as a joint policy initiative, the Eastern Partnership aims to deepen and strengthen relations between the European Union, its Member States and its six Eastern neighbours: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial was held in Luxemburg yesterday, where Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani once again emphasized that his country’s ultimate goal is EU membership.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, who is in Luxemburg to participate in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial, has stated today that Georgia has been recognised as an EaP leader country which has shown genuine progress on its EU path.
The Government of Germany will increase financial support for the programmes of the Eastern Partnership states from the current amount of €14 million to €17 million, announced Dirk Wiese, the Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries of the Foreign Ministry of Germany.
The European Parliament says that three Eastern Partners – Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova – have done well with their reform agenda so they deserve to be offered greater benefits at the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit.
What the European Union (EU) delivers to Georgian citizens? EU-funded regional projects shared their answers with the Georgian media representatives at an event dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Eastern Partnership (EaP).
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated at a meeting of the Visegrad Four and the foreign ministers of the Eastern Partnership in Bratislava on Monday that Georgia is the leader of the EU Eastern Partnership format and the achievements Georgia has made over the course of past 10 years are recognised by its partners.
Ten years have passed since the creation of the EU Eastern Partnership format, uniting six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine to support democracy, prosperity and stability in the region.
Next week Georgia will host European Council President Donald Tusk, Estonian PM Juri Ratas and eight foreign ministers from the EU and partner countries. Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said that the foreign officials will participate in an international conference in Batumi devoted to the 10th anniversary of Eastern Partnership.
The countries of the Eastern Partnership have created a catalogue of ongoing projects in need of investments, which will enable investors from the EU to examine the projects in detail, Deputy Minister of Economy Genadi Arveladze stated yesterday at a briefing.
Radio Liberty reports that France has rejected suggestions that the EU’s Eastern Partnership, which unites Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, could lead to EU membership, insisting that half of its future funding goes to environmental investments according to the country’s two documents dated October 2019 and January 2020.
Paul L. Vandoren, a former EU Ambassador to Croatia and former acting EU Ambassador to Russia says that the EU is likely to acknowledge Georgia’s progress made to the EU on the June 18th Eastern Partnership Summit, adding that it is hard to say what terminology will be used to describe Georgia’s prospects for EU membership.