The team Strategic Analysis supports the Armenian Institute of International and Security Affairs in implementing the project “Exploring V4 Experience for the EU-Armenia Cooperation „ supported by the International Visegrad Fund.

The project includes policy discussions with V4 experts and the preparation of a policy paper on EU-Armenia relations.

 While the EU continues supporting Armenia on its reform path through the implementation of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a new EU-Armenia Partnership Agenda, aiming to boost reforms and enhance cooperation in all areas, is in the making, as was proposed at the joint EU-US-Armenia high-level meeting on April 5.

The partners aim to expand cooperation, including in key sectors such as political reforms, economic development and humanitarian support, and plan to expand the partnership in mobility, governance, law enforcement, trade, connectivity, agriculture, energy, and technology. The project aims to contribute to policy development using analysis of the Visegrad Four states‘ know-how.

The project will involve Armenian civil servants and policy experts in series of consultations and discussions with experts from Visegrad Four states, to facilitate transfer of experiences and know-how relevant from both the points of view of V4 states’ transition experience and current policies, and the experts’ experience regarding advice and assistance provided by V4 to the Eastern Partnership states recently granted EU membership candidacy status. In addition to stimulation of policy-focused discussions, the project will also involve experts from Armenian think tanks active in the fields of policy reform and European integration in the preparation of a comprehensive policy paper with recommendations towards further cooperation with V4 states in the context of Armenia’s reform and European integration vision for the short and mid-term perspective. The paper in Armenian and English would be presented and distributed among public officials, policy experts, policymakers, civil society organisations, higher education institutions and other relevant audiences in Armenia, V4 states, and beyond, including other EU members’ diplomatic missions in Armenia, think tanks, and EU institutions.

The project would allow the development of cooperation with the V4 partners, using their know-how and practical tools, which are evolving based on the partners‘ experience in their respective countries and other regions such as Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership. It would also use the experience from our previous analysis and publications, as well as advocacy for Armenia’s reform agenda and prospects for European integration. The project will consider the regional situation after granting EU membership candidacy status to several Eastern Partnership states.

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