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As we see, the Heading 6 – „Neighborhood and the World“ covers
the EU’s whole external assistance including the IPA (EU Pre-Accession
Assistance) and Global Europe instrument - NDICI. NDICI covers the
EU cooperation with all third countries, except for the pre-accession
beneficiaries. Thus, NDICI is the instrument which provides the EU
assistance also to Georgia.

The new Neighborhood, Development and International
Cooperation instrument – Global Europe” (NDICI) and EU
enlargement Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)

The current “Unexpected Enlargement” towards Ukraine, Moldova and
Georgia created significant challenges to the existing EU pre-accession
assistance instruments. Those challenges are related to EU multiannual
financial planning in accordance to which the EU approves seven-year
financial frameworks and programming.

In 2021 a new EU enlargement Instrument for Pre-Accession
Assistance - IPA III for the years 2021-2027 was adopted, following to
previous IPA II (2014-2020) and IPA I (2007-2013). The IPA III was specifically
designed for Western Balkan enlargement countries - Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, as
well as Türkiye.
In 2021, the EU also adopted “the new Neighbourhood, Development
and International Cooperation instrument – Global Europe” (NDICI) for
2021-2027, which allocated funds for long-term assistance to the EU
neighborhood , including the Eastern Partnership States, in accordance
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to pre-defined priority sectors . Thus, since 2021, the EU assistance to
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Georgia has been channeled through NDICI.
With a budget of EUR 80 billion for the period 2021-2027, NDICI
covers more than 70% of the EU’s external relations funding and is

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https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-technical-assistance/
neighbourhood-development-and-international-cooperation-instrument-global-
europe-ndici-global-europe_en