EU-EaP Local Leaders Seminar: Strengthening Local Government Capacities for EU Engagement in the EaP Region

Local government associations (LGAs), EU institutions, think tanks, NGOs and senior national representatives (including Moldova’s EU Ambassador and the Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Mission to the EU) gathered in Brussels on 28 November 2024 for a seminar on engagement of local governments in EU integration. In focus were Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as (with candidate status for the former and the opening of accession negotiations in the latter two) these countries move from the EU’s ‘Neighbourhood’ to the ‘Enlargement’ zone. Representatives from other candidate countries in the Western Balkans were also on hand to share their experience, and perhaps draw some inspiration themselves.