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Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Policy, took part in the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF), held on 23-25 September in Tbilisi, Georgia.Over 60 representatives of civil society, EaP governments and EU institutions gathered to discuss the progress and share experience in implementing Association Agreements (AAs) and creating Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).
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Successful implementation of the AAs/DCFTAs in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine has been identified as a key success factor of the Eastern Partnership initiative. A great number of the EaP CSF activities focus on different aspects of monitoring the implementation of these agreements.
This seminar was an opportunity for participants to compare the country situations in terms of structures, strategies and lessons on implementation of AAs/DCFTAs. As a result the EaP CSF role as a contributor to the monitoring and policy making process in the AAs/DCFTAs implementation should be strengthened.

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The panel sessions was followed by targeted parallel sessions (workshops). The participants of the workshops produced a set of recommendations for CSOs’ better impact in the EaP countries.