Resolution of the Belarusian National platform of the EaP CSF (Minsk, 29 October 2011)

Conference of the Belarusian National Platform
of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum:

“Civil society of Belarus: on the eve of the third annual meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum”

Minsk, 29^th October 2011

Resolution

We, the participants of the Conference of the Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, note the obvious achievements made by the Belarusian civil society within the recent years and declare the need for a further consolidation and coordination of the activities conducted by our organisations within the Belarusian National Platform framework. Also, we:

• State that the EU Eastern Partnership initiative could potentially become an important tool for conducting key reforms in the spheres of state administration, economy, environment, culture, and contacts-between-people in the direction of a further drawing nearer to the modern European standards and rules.
  

• We consider Eastern Partnership initiative a strong incentive for the development of cooperation between Belarus and the EU and the countries of our region, as well as for our country’ Europeanisation and strengthening the Belarusian civil society. We are convinced that within the framework of this initiative the Belarusian civil society and its National Platform represent an inalienable part and indispensable element of the Eastern Partnership’s Civil Society Forum development. We see the need for a further deepening and strengthening of the relations between the National Platform and the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum and the multilateral cooperation processes within the thematic platforms of the Eastern Partnership, as well as for the development of cooperation among the national platforms of the EaP countries.

• Our objective is to consolidate the institutional possibilities on behalf of the civil society organisations to influence the democratisation processes in the country, the Belarusian-European cooperation and the reform agenda related to the approximation to the European standards in all the spheres of the society life.

• The Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum aims to inform the Belarusian public, including the civil society representatives, political parties and movements, civil servants, entrepreneurs, etc., on the EU’s Eastern Partnership programme, as well as on any projects and programmes within the framework of cooperation with the European Union. The Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum has been also created for public monitoring and expertise of the mentioned above projects and programmes.

• The Belarusian civil society organisations sharing the values and standards put in the foundations of the Eastern Partnership, as well as interested in the development of mutually beneficial cooperation between Belarus and the EU, are invited to join the activities of the Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.

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