Samegrelo. Prospects of Georgia – EU cooperation and participation of the civil sector representatives in the Euro-integration process - these were the issues discussed at the meeting held in Zugdidi on February 19. Expert of the Kutaisi Education, Development and Employment Center Givi Mikanadze has informed NGOs about the objectives of "Eastern Partnership" and the activities of Georgia's national platform, which implies the participation of the civil sector in the cooperation process. According to the expert, already enacted platform enables the NGOs to express their comments and contribute to monitoring and the advocacy process. The expert said that the process of affiliation of Georgia in the EU should be carried out consistently and stage by stage. Crating a sound and competitive environment is one of the key conditions for this. According to him, Georgia possesses a real opportunity and potential to come close and integrate to the EU in various areas, however, stating and specifying clear timelines today would be extremely difficult.