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The European Union's relationships with Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have advanced significantly over the past decade, the president of the European Committee of the Regions said on 13 May at the foreign affairs ministerial meeting to mark the tenth anniversary of the EU's Eastern Partnership. During the second decade of cooperation, Karl-Heinz Lambertz said, the EU should lend greater support for decentralisation, pay greater attention to governance and be prepared to increase funding for people-to-people projects and cooperation between local and regional autho

Speaking at a meeting of foreign ministers on 15 October, the foreign-policy chief of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, underlined the importance of working with local and regional authorities to communicate about the EU with citizens of the six Eastern Partnership countries.

Speaking at a meeting of foreign ministers on 15 October, the foreign-policy chief of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, underlined the importance of working with local and regional authorities to communicate about the EU with citizens of the six Eastern Partnership countries.

Local leaders from the European Union and Eastern Partnership have given their full backing to two sets of proposals on how to strengthen local economies in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, drawing particular attention to the potential stimulus provided by tailored partnerships beyond national capitals.

Two weeks before the European Commission unveils its long-term funding proposals for the European Union's foreign policy, local and regional leaders from the EU and from the six Eastern Partnership countries underlined at a meeting on 29 May that they wish to see a budget that provides adequate financial and administrative support for local and regional authorities and for efforts to stimulate local-level democracy.

Two weeks before the European Commission unveils its long-term funding proposals for the European Union's foreign policy, local and regional leaders from the EU and from the six Eastern Partnership countries underlined at a meeting on 29 May that they wish to see a budget that provides adequate financial and administrative support for local and regional authorities and for efforts to stimulate local-level democracy.