Ferrero-Waldner: EU-Nachbarschaftspolitik bewährt sich [en] 

Further Action Plans are being drafted by the Commission in order to deepen and widen its European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) framework. The first action plans were presented a year ago, and according to External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner the ENP "is already confirming its potential". 

In its assessment of the ENP over the past 12 months, the Commission said that 

• seven action plans have already been formally adopted (with Israel, Jordan, Moldova, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Tunisia and Ukraine) and their implementation and monitoring is under way
• preparations have been made for the use of twinning and the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Programme (TAIEX ) with ENP partners
• the member states increasingly align their bilateral assistance programmes with the ENP's reform priorities
• the international financial institutions increasingly adjust their strategic agenda to the ENP's action plans

As for the priorities for 2006-2007, the Commission aims to

• complete further action plans 
• set up an ENP-specific scholarship scheme
• ensure adequate financing for ENP under the 2007-2013 financial perspectives
• work on the ENP's long-term perspectives.