The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) seeks to create a system of graduated co-operation and association contracts. The core will be a pan-European internal market. However, the integration of other policies, most notably in the areas of security co-operation, energy and the environment, play a crucial role. Other geopolitical actors like Russia will compete with the EU on the concepts that will define the common European space of the future.

The aim of this project was to produce an Ecologic Brief analysing the current and future impact of the European Union on the sustainable development of its neighbours to the South and East and to make proposals for the future direction of the ENP. The Ecologic Brief was launched in a session convened by Ecologic and the Bellagio Forum at the 2006 Annual Conference of the European Foundation Centre (EFC).

• Ecologic Brief: European Neighbourhood Policy – Challenges for the Environment and Energy Policy
• Report from the event where the Ecologic Brief was launched: Democracy, Stability, Integration – A Sustainable European Neighbourhood Policy?

Further Links:

• Ecologic Dinner Dialogue: The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Environment? - Tony Long
• Ecologic Dinner Dialogue: The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Presidential Elections in the Ukraine - Annika Weidemann