Press Release: Conference on Civil Society Development in Southeast Europe marks launch of new financing facility.

On 17 and 18 April, the Commission's Directorate-General for Enlargement will host the conference 'Civil Society Development in Southeast Europe: Building Europe Together'. The conference's main objectives are to offer civil society organisations from the EU and the candidate and potential candidate countries a platform for networking, exchanging best practices and building partnerships, and to disseminate information about financial support to civil-society development under the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) and other EU programmes.