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Belarus in European Neighborhood Program

On 21 October 2008, the Human Rights House in Vilnius hosted public consultations on the role and place of Republic of Belarus in the European Neighborhood Program. The consultations were attended by representatives of the diplomatic missions of the EU member countries to Lithuania, members of the Lithuanian Parliament, representatives of the Lithuanian MFA, Belarusian NGOs, human rights defenders, and scholars.

Published: October 23, 2008

A series of similar public consultations will be shortly held in Poland, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. These consultations are held within the framework of the European Commission’s short term measure "Support to the capacity building and networking of Belarusian NGOs and local authorities". Within this measure, the EC places a high emphasis on the promotion of Belarus in EU, on thematic and problem-oriented discussions and dialogue between practitioners and intellectuals both from the authorities and non-state actors; politicians and expert community from both Belarus and EU countries.

The meeting in Vilnius provided information about Belarus and its citizens, the current problems in the field of human rights and civil society development, special conditions for operating in Belarus, which are crucial for building new partnership relations between EU and Belarus. The consultations also provided information on the EC calls for proposals and existing and new analytical and information materials related to EU-Belarusian cooperation.

More information on public consultations held in the Human Rights House in Vilnius is available here.

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