The purpose of the closing conference held in Skopje on the 10th -11th of November was to take stock of progress registered so far and promote the achievements of the FPAs towards the general public and other relevant stakeholders. During the event the FPAs had the opportunity to: disseminate the results of their action among various stakeholders and the press; discuss about issues concerning general development of the civil society in Western Balkans and Turkey; generate some concrete self-reflective recommendations for further improvements concerning CSOs and CSO networks, but focusing on needed internal changes – values, strategic approaches, relevance, constituencies and public image and peer up with colleagues from other regional networks.
BCSDN lead on of the FPAs, Balkan Civil Society Acquis: Strengthening the Advocacy and Monitoring Potential and Capacities of CSOs which had for objectives to strengthen foundations for monitoring and advocacy on issues related to enabling environment and sustainability of civil society at regional and country level and to strengthen structures for CSOs integration and participation in European Union (EU) policy and accession processes at European and country level. The results and main outcomes were also promoted during the final FPA conference.