Anticipating the Vilnius Summit: An Evaluation of the Eastern Partnership

Round table with guest speakers:

14h00-14h15        Opening words
Ewa KULESZA, Executive Director, CERI-Sciences Po

14h15-14h30        What to expect at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius?
Elsa TULMETS, chargée de recherche (Marie Curie Fellow), CERI-Sciences Po

14h30-15h15        The Eastern Partnership: which Evaluation?
Iryna SOLONENKO, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder
Viorel URSU, Open Society European Policy, Brussels

15h15-16h15        Comments on Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
Anne de TINGUY, INALCO et CERI-Sciences Po : Ukraine
Thornike GORDADZE, associé au CERI-Sciences Po : Georgia
Florent PARMENTIER, CERI-Sciences Po : Moldova
Jacques RUPNIK, CERI-Sciences Po : General Comments

16h15-17h00         Discussion with the public and conclusion

 

This round table allows for an evaluation of the Eastern Partnership launched in 2009 in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the performances of the EU’s partner countries (Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia) before the Vilnius summit in November 2013. It will offer among others the opportunity to present and discuss the findings of the yearly “European Integration Index for Eastern Partnership Countries” produced by the International Renaissance Foundation and the Open Society Foundations in cooperation with the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (http://www.eap-index.eu/).

This event will take place in the framework of the interdisciplinary research group on « Normative and institutional transfers in international relations and foreign policy »  (project EUTRANSGOV, FP7) (http://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/groupe/transferts-normatifs). It is co-organised with the International Renaissance Foundation (Kyiv) and the Open Society European Policy Institute (Brussels). The presentations and discussions will take place in English (without translation).