IPA Partnership Principle under Question

The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) submitted, on Friday, January 23, a letter (attached to this article) to the European Commission based on consultation process for the new IPA Civil Society Facility projects for 2009, noting the consultation process n the region has been timely and regular, the same `...cannot be said for the involvement of local networks and CSOs in the EU multi-beneficiary/regional policy, programming, monitoring and evaluation process.`