The European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) came into force in 2014.
[4] This cooperation instrument continued to be managed by DG Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid, which turns decisions taken on a political level into actions on the ground.
The 16 ENI partner countries are: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, in the South, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine in the East.
With Russia, the EU has a separate Strategic Partnership.
[5] The EU Neighbourhood Info Centre[6] was launched in January 2009 by the European Commission to make more known the relationship between the EU and its neighbours as part of the European Neighbourhood Policy.