The Role of Poland in Financing Reforms in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership

The point and purpose of establishing the Eastern Partnership Cold War tension 1960s and 1970s - political initiatives launched by the leaders of France and Germany 1980s and the 1990s - the collapse of the communist system in Central and Eastern Europe the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine The European Neighbourhood Policy initiated in 2007 by Germany with the support of the governments of Sweden and Poland.

The Main European Union financial instruments for the Eastern Partnership European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument – 1.9 bilion euro European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights Neighbourhood Investment Facility - 767 million euro European Investment Bank - 3.7 billion euro the Visegrad 4 programme - 1.5 million euro European Endowment for Democracy - 24.673 million euro

Poland`s financial instruments for the Eastern Partnership Development cooperation - conducted on the basis of a Multiannual Development Cooperation Programme 2016-2020 . This Programme includes the challenges facing Poland’s development cooperation system in the context of both global and regional changes. In the 2016-2020 period development cooperation will be carried out in line with a new global development agenda adopted for 2015-2030 during the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015.

the Multiannual Development Cooperation Programme 2016-2020 In 2016 three flagship initiatives will be implemented: The Eastern Partnership Academy of Public Administration (EPAPA) Information Centre for Local Authorities in Moldova Scholarship programmes provided via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Polish Development Aid 2016 Polish development cooperation in: Belarus will focus on supporting human capital, good governance, entrepreneurship and the private sector Georgia will focus on supporting good governance and human capital Moldova will focus on supporting good governance, agriculture and rural development Ukraine will focus on supporting good governance, human capital, entrepreneurship and the private sector

Financial aid from the national budget’s special purpose reserve to Eastern Partnership countries Activity Year 2015 Year 2016 Activities implemented and commissioned by the MFA – together PLN 46 785 584 PLN 50 300 000 Activities implemented through Solidarity Fund PL PLN 13 150 000 PLN 15 800 000 Support for independent news   PLN 21 600 000 Projects implemented by government administration bodies in selected countries of the Eastern Partnership and Palestine PLN 6 000 000 Eastern Partnership Academy of Public Administration PLN 700 000 PLN 600 000 Scholarship programmes PLN 5 300 000 PLN 6 300 000 Poland’s assistance in implementing the local government reform (Solidarity Fund PL) PLN 2 000 000 Election monitoring (FSM) PLN 500 000

State of execution of the Eastern Partnership goals in 2009-2015 Belarus and Armenia joining the Kremlin’s Eurasian Economic Union The Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine signed by EU on 27 June 2014 Ukraine - the political part of the association agreement was not signed until March 2014, the second part of the agreement with the EU (free trade) was signed on 27 June 2014 On March 4, 2015 10 European Union member states ratified the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine (including Poland ). The remaining member states sought to ratify the association agreements with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia before the Riga Summit which took place on 21 May 2015