A non-inclusive list of questions is set out below. It can be used by East European, South Caucasian, South Mediterranean and European civil society actors in discussions with officials from the EC, EU member states and governments from these countries :

Civil Society Participation:

1. Will the future Country Strategy Paper ensure a real ownership of the development strategy by all the sectors of our society? How?
2. Have the civil society organisations been involved in programming, implementation and evaluation of EC aid in our country? How?
3. Have resources been made enable to ensure such participation to take place? How?
4. Etc…
   

Millennium Development Goals:

1. Will the Country Strategy Paper strongly promote gender equality? How?
2. Will the Country Strategy Paper set the basis for a development model that is environmentally sustainable? How?
3. Will our Country Strategy Paper ensure that the European Union makes a significant contribution to strengthening primary education in our country? How?
4. Will our Country Strategy Paper ensure that the European Union makes a significant contribution to strengthening primary health in our country? How?
5. Will the promotion of human rights form an integral part of the CSP? How?
6. Which mechanisms exist to ensure that issues such as gender, human rights or environmental protection are appropriately mainstreamed in EC aid programming?
   Etc...

Budget support:

1. Will a substantial part of this assistance be channelled through general budget support?
2. If yes what mechanisms will be put in place to ensure that this aid contributes to reaching the Millennium Development Goals?
3. Will gender responsive budgeting initiatives be used as a strategy to ensure adequate gender mainstreaming?
4. Will civil society participate in the discussions regarding the distribution of this assistance? How?
5. What monitoring mechanisms exist to make sure the allocated money will be disbursed and the stated objectives achieved?
6. Is our parliament going to be involved in this process?

Donor Driven Agenda:

1. How can we ensure that the fight against terrorism, does not jeopardise our efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals?
2. Which mechanism is put in place to make sure that projects on the reintegration of refugees and migrants are in line with international human rights standards and that these programmes do not draw on scarce development resources?
3. In relation to the governance debate, what indicators are used to measure progress? Are these only (quantitative) indicators on corruption, elections? Or are social and economic rights taken into account? The distribution of wealth between provinces? The way donors tend to give preference to more urban development, etc ?
   

Implementation:

1. How are the objectives and the policy proposals concretely translated in project proposals and financial tables? Can we have access to these project proposals and financial tables?
2. What are the actual disbursements in our country ? For which project, programs and sectors? Is detailed financial information available?
3. Which organisations and governmental bodies are involved in the implementation?