Integration in the European Union is Georgia’s foreign policy priority and a driver of governance reforms. It gives impetus to promote changes in the country and serves as an important platform for bringing together different civil society organizations. In June 2014, the EU and Georgia signed an Association Agreement (AA), which entered into force on July 1, 2016. The AA is labeled as modernization and Europeanization plan of the country, which sets the benchmarks that Georgia has to achieve for further integration to the European Union. AA creates a framework for promoting internal reforms in the fields of equality, rule of law, human rights, fight against corruption, etc.