News archive - Event Review: Civil Society Development in Southeast Europe: Building Europe Together
The conference's main objectives are to offer civil society organisations (CSOs) from the EU and the enlargement countries a platform for networking, exchanging best practices and building partnerships and to disseminate information among stakeholders in civil society regarding financial support for developing civil society, under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) and other EU programmes.
This event brought together some 450 participants, including Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik, and Mr George Soros, founder of the Open Society Institute.
Source: DG Enlargement Conference Website
The speech by Olli Rehn, EU Commissioner for Enlargement "Civil Society at the Heart of the EU's Enlargement Agenda" held at the conference can be read at europa.eu.
Entry created by Elke Dall on April 18, 2008
Modified on April 18, 2008
