European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)

European Neighborhood policy
(ENP)
European Foreign and Security
Policy

Presented by: Zaur Natsvlishvili
Achiko Sudadze

Different neighbors, different relations

Candidate Countries (Turkey, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia,
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

Potential candidates (Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo)

Neighbours – European neighbourhood policy

ENP: key developments :
March 2003 - May 2004: the European Commission proposed the main lines of a
Neighbourhood Policy and how it should work
May 2004: the European Commission presented Country Reports on seven ENP countries
June 2004: the 25 EU Heads of State and Government endorsed the Commission's Strategy
Paper

Remainder of 2004: the European Commission and those seven ENP countries negotiated ENP
Action Plans setting out the countries' short to medium-term reform priorities

February – July 2005: these ENP Action Plans – for Israel, Jordan, Moldova, Morocco, the
Palestinian Authority, Tunisia and Ukraine – were adopted and implementation of the reforms
began

Late 2004 – late 2006: after presenting Country Reports on these countries in Spring
2005, negotiations for ENP Action Plans also with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia and
Lebanon.

EU and partner country further enriched with regional and multilateral co-
operation initiatives:
February 2008: Black Sea Synergy
July 2008: the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EUROMED)
May 2009: the Eastern Partnership (EaP)

ENP countries:

Algeria,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Egypt,
Georgia,
Israel,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Libya,
Moldova, Moroc
co,
the Palestinian
Authority,
Syria,
Tunisia
Ukraine.

ENP: Aims and principles

• mutual interest in supporting reform and modernisation, with
the goal of promoting mutual prosperity, stability and security

• Partnership-for-reform

• Joint ownership (agreed priorities)

ENP: Common values & interests

Good governance, prosperity, stability & security

• Democracy, human rights, rule of law

• Market economy and sustainable development

• Sectoral reforms

• Joint response to common challenges e.g. prosperity
gaps, migration, crime, environment, health, terrorism ...

ENP Action Plans – main areas
Same chapters in all, content is specific to each country:

• Political dialogue and reform

• Economic and social cooperation and development

• Trade related issues, market and regulatory reform

• Cooperation on Justice, Liberty and Security

• Sectors: transport, energy, information
society, environment, research and Development

• The human dimension notably people-to-people
contacts, civil society, education, public health.

Deeper integration

 Deeper political integration

 Deeper economic integration

Promoting political
cooperation and reform

 Supporting “deep democracy”

 A partnership with societies

 Intensifying political dialogue
and cooperation

Supporting “deep democracy”

 free and fair elections;

 freedom of association, expression and assembly and a free press
and media;

 the rule of law administered by an independent judiciary and right to
a fair trial;

 fighting against corruption;

 security and law enforcement sector reform (including the police)
and the establishment of

democratic control over armed and security forces.

A partnership with societies

Civil society

Media freedom and free access to
information

Human rights and fundamental
freedoms

human rights dialogues

Intensifying political dialogue
and cooperation

 international and regional questions
 conflict prevention and crisis management
 terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and
illegal arms exports

 CFSP (Common Foreign and Security Policy)
 ESDP (European Security and Defence Policy)

Ensuring justice, Liberty and security (JLS)
• judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters and judicial reforms;

• improving transparency and cooperation in the fight against corruption;

• fighting against racism and xenophobia;

• strengthening cooperation on preventing and combating terrorism;

• improving cooperation in fighting against organised crime;

• cooperating in fighting money laundering, financial and economic crime;

• developing dialogue on migration related issues and ensuring effective management of
migration flows;

• cooperating to prevent and combat illegal immigration;

• improving partners' capacity for migration management and refugee protection;

• improving partners' border control capacity

• enhancing partners' document security.

Promoting economic
integration and reform

Gaining access to the EU’s internal market

Promoting economic and social reforms

Tackling poverty and addressing social challenges

European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)

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