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The Helpdesk is a service dedicated to professionals involved and/or interested in the EU enlargement process. In order to avoid questions which are outside of the scope of the project or do not relate to the expertise we may provide, we suggest you check that your question falls under one of the topics listed below before you proceed with formulating your query:

1. Project related questions

• Project goals and targets
• Project activities, events and outcomes
• Project partners and project team
• Links to other on-going EU initiatives and processes
• Participating NGOs and their activities

2. EU, enlargement process and target countries

• Present picture and the development of the EU agenda (i.e., environment related policies, programmes and initiatives);
• Technical aspects of the EU enlargement process (e.g., what are the steps in the accession, requirements, obligations and opportunities);
• New environmental policy developments in the EU, and their implications for the Candidate Countries and Potential Candidates
• Regional Environmental Network for Accession (RENA) and the civil society involvement
• National policies and projects in the target countries linked to EU enlargement process
• EU acquis: Achievement and challenges in the target countries
• Civil society in the EU enlargement process

3. The EU enlargement and opportunities for the environmental civil society

• Environmental policy agenda and opportunities for NGOs in the EU enlargement process;
• Priorities of the EU in supporting of the environmental civil society;
• Financial instruments and mechanisms for environment-related activities support;
• Best practice and lessons learned in the EU enlargement process (e.g., using experience from other countries joining the EU recently);

In order to make your answer more specific (and consequently useful), please formulate your query clearly.