Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

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Directorate-General of the European Commission European Union body

The Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations is the European Commission department responsible for managing the EU’s enlargement process and relations with neighbouring countries.

Observed surface forms (1)

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Directorate-General for Enlargement	0	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Directorate-General of the European Commission → European Union body →
appliesToRegion	Eastern Partnership countries → Southern Neighbourhood → Turkey → Western Balkans → candidate countries for EU membership → potential candidate countries for EU membership →
country	Belgium →
formedByMergerOf	Directorate-General for International Partnerships → surface form: Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid (parts) Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations self-linksurface differs → surface form: Directorate-General for Enlargement
goal	prepare candidate countries for EU membership → promote alignment with EU acquis in partner countries → support stability and prosperity in neighbouring countries →
headquartersLocation	Belgium → Brussels, Belgium → surface form: Brussels
jurisdiction	European Union →
languageOfWork	English → French → German →
overseesProgram	European Neighbourhood Instrument → IPA III → Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance → NDICI-Global Europe (neighbourhood component) →
parentOrganization	European Commission → surface form: European Commission Secretariat-General
partOf	European Commission →
policyArea	democracy and rule of law promotion in partner countries → economic development in candidate and neighbourhood countries → enlargement negotiations → good governance in partner countries → neighbourhood and external relations →
predecessor	Directorate-General for International Partnerships → surface form: Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid (for some neighbourhood functions) Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations self-linksurface differs → surface form: Directorate-General for Enlargement
responsibleFor	EU enlargement policy → EU neighbourhood policy → European Neighbourhood Policy implementation → accession negotiations with candidate countries → pre-accession assistance → relations with EU neighbouring countries → stabilisation and association process in the Western Balkans →
sector	public administration →
shortName	DG NEAR →
usesInstrument	financial assistance programmes → policy dialogue with partner governments → technical assistance and twinning projects →
website	https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement →
worksWith	Council of the European Union → European External Action Service → European Parliament →

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Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations → formedByMergerOf → Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Directorate-General for Enlargement

European Commission → hasPart → Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations →

Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations → predecessor → Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Directorate-General for Enlargement