The document discusses the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) which aims to strengthen the EU's relationships with neighboring countries and support reforms to promote prosperity, stability, and security. Key points of the ENP include developing action plans with partner countries to advance political and economic cooperation, supporting democracy, human rights and rule of law, deepening integration in areas like trade, transportation and energy, and addressing common challenges like migration, crime and health issues. The ENP seeks to intensify political dialogue while also promoting partnerships with societies and economic reforms.

1. European Neighborhood policy
(ENP)
European Foreign and Security
Policy
Presented by: Zaur Natsvlishvili
Achiko Sudadze

2. 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

3. 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)

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

5. 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)

6. 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 ...

7. 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.

8. Deeper integration
 Deeper political integration
 Deeper economic integration

9. Promoting political
cooperation and reform
 Supporting “deep democracy”
 A partnership with societies
 Intensifying political dialogue
and cooperation

10. 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.

11. A partnership with societies
Civil society
Media freedom and free access to
information
Human rights and fundamental
freedoms
human rights dialogues

12. 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)

13. 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.

14. Promoting economic
integration and reform
Gaining access to the EU’s internal market
Promoting economic and social reforms
Tackling poverty and addressing social challenges