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The index reports on the strength and overall viability of CSO sectors in each of the 29 countries in the region, from the Baltics to Central Asia.

The matrix will serve as a shadow-monitoring tool for CSOs, a monitoring tool for the EC, and a self-assessment tool for the Government so that it can regularly follow the progress in the area.

The report on aid commitments shows that major donors are off track meeting the targets.

This is the first time that the European Union has had a unified Strategic Framework for this vital policy area, with such a wide-ranging plan of action for its implementation.

The inaugural report proposes a set of recommendations and best practices in relation to the exercise of assembly and association rights.

The updated version of the Report lists legal barriers constraining CSOs around the world; addresses state justifications rationalizing these legal barriers; and identifies a set of international principles that defends civil society.

The Reader assists CSOs in understanding the rules of EU funding.

The Strategy contains the priority areas where the government will undertake action to support the development of civil society and to foster collaboration.

The European Commission has sought the views of CSOs and other stakeholders on the future policy of the EU with regard to support to CSOs in partner countries in the field of development cooperation.