Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
The Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The body is responsible for the enlargement process of the European Union and for the European Neighbourhood Policy. The European Union over the years has expanded to 27 members from the first six Member States who signed the Treaty of Rome.
The current Director-General is Gert Jan Koopman, the former Director-General for Budget.[1] The Directorate-General is organised into five Directorates, plus the Support Group for Ukraine (SGUA).[2]
- Directorate A: Thematic support, coordination of policy and financial instruments
- Directorate B: Neighbourhood South and Turkey
- Directorate C: Neighbourhood East and Institution Building
- Directorate D: Western Balkans
- Directorate E: Ukraine Service
- Directorate R: Resources
See also
- European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
- European Neighbourhood Policy
- Stabilisation and Association Process
- Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPRA)
- Phare
- Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (SAPARD)
- Statistics relating to enlargement of the European Union
- European Agency for Reconstruction
References
External links
- Directorate-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
- EU enlargement
- Questions and Answers about EU enlargement