SHARING TRANSITION EXPERIENCE OF THE VISEGRAD GROUP IN THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Following their accession to the European Union, the Visegrad Group (V4) countries decided to forward their specific transformation and integration experience to the countries of the Eastern Partnership of the European Union. The experience would lie predominantly in adopting and consolidating democratic values, building the institutions of multi-party democracy and market economy, and embarking upon the road leading to closer integration and ultimate accession to the EU. The International Visegrad Fund has been a primary instrument in implementing this policy of assistance and transfer of V4 experience. "A great loss of mutual interest among our nations occurs and it is a known fact that we cannot fully know our present without understanding our past".(1) Through the International Visegrad Fund is trying, among other things, to support communication between V4 countries and our partners from the Eastern Partnership region as well as to enhance our common values.