Representatives of civil society organisations from Germany, Italy, Ireland, Bulgaria, Holland and Spain, whose projects were granted under the new phase of the Civil Society Dialogue Programme, have come together in Amsterdam. CSOs from these EU member states, have found a partner from Turkey working in the same areas differing from  independent living rights of disabled people; EU working standards for metal workers in Turkey; citizens media gathering youth from Turkey and Europe together; and acquiring knowledge on the progress of EU-Turkey relations. These are some of the main areas these grant projects are covering.

In the meeting organised in Amsterdam on 18-19 June, institutions and the change to gain the technical knowledge to develop their interim and final reports for their grant projects. They also had the chance to discuss the outstanding issues in implementing these grant projects and share their lessons learnt with the representatives from CFCU and the Ministry for European Union Affairs and other grantees.