Mariana Georgieva
Eastern Partnership: Outline for the Strategic Management of the Eastern Borders of the European Union
Summary:
The purpose of this study is not a comprehensive revision of the existing analyzes, practices and official opinions on the Eastern Partnership and the thematic platform "Contacts between people. The ambition is to focus on those activities that would lead to the convergence of patterns of social relations and social development between the European Union on the one hand, and countries neighboring the EU and Russia, on the other side. Particular attention is paid to the liberalization of visa regime as a prerequisite for the intensification of contacts between people and to increase mobility.