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Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Policy, participated in a CSF EAP forum’s panel event “The Eastern Partnership in 2014: turning point for some, insecurity for all”, held in the premises of the Open Society Foundation in Brussels.The focal point of the event was the presentation of the new edition of The European Integration Index for Eastern Partnership Countries 2014 (EaP Index 2014). The 2014 Index generates recommendations to guide countries along the reform process and serves as a monitoring tool for both civil society and policymakers in the partner countries and the EU.
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The highly attended event kicked off with the welcoming speech by Natalia Yerashevich, Director of the Secretariat of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. The list of speakers included Arnoldas Pranckevicius, Adviser to the President of the European Parliament, and Jeff Lovitt, Director of Policy Association of Open Society (PASOS).
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Experts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine gave an overview of the performance of the relevant countries.

Leonid Litra made a strong call for the EU not to be indulgent regarding EaP countries’ progress towards European integration. “Reforms should be undertook and well implemented and the EU should be very critical in its assessments” said the expert.
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Photos: Secretariat of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum