Vzhodnoevropske sosede

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Dejavnosti EESO v zvezi z vzhodnoevropskimi sosedami vključujejo Armenijo, Azerbajdžan, Belorusijo, Gruzijo, Moldavijo in Ukrajino. Glavni cilj EESO glede vzhodnoevropskih sosed je okrepiti odnose z organizacijami civilne družbe v regiji in jih vključiti v dialog z njihovimi nacionalnimi oblikovalci politike in organizirano civilno družbo EU.

Glavni mehanizmi sodelovanja z Gruzijo, Moldavijo in Ukrajino so platforme civilne družbe: te dopolnjujejo politična telesa, ki obstajajo v okviru pridružitvenih sporazumov med EU in temi državami. Platforme organizacijam civilne družbe iz EU in partnerskih držav omogočajo, da spremljajo proces izvajanja in pripravijo svoja priporočila za ustrezne organe.

S strani EU v platformah sodelujejo člani EESO in predstavniki večjih evropskih mrež civilne družbe. Člani platform s strani partnerskih držav zastopajo široko paleto organizacij civilne družbe. Sestava platform temelji na uravnoteženem zastopanju vseh interesnih skupin (organizacije delodajalcev, sindikati in skupine raznih dejavnosti).

Spremljevalni odbor za vzhodnoevropske sosede EU je bil ustanovljen leta 2004 kot posebno telo v okviru EESO za odnose s civilno družbo v državah vzhodnega sosedstva. Običajno se sestane štirikrat na leto, njegovi člani pa dejavno sodelujejo v dejavnostih vzhodnega partnerstva, kot so njegove večstranske platforme in forum civilne družbe.

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