On 17 July 2018, Olena Carbou (Prystayko), Executive Director of the Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels, represented Ukraine’s civil society at the meeting of the Eastern Neighbours Follow-up Committee that was held at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).

The civil society representatives from the six Eastern Neighbourhood (EN) countries were able to exchange their views on how the EESC can be beneficial in supporting the civil society in the EN and how they could cooperate more closely.