According to Mall Hellam, Executive Director of Open Estonia Foundation and the Member of EESC,and rapporteur of the opinion on the State of Civil Society in Russia, one of the discussion topics was the current EU funding to Russian civil society, which the participants consider still inadequate.
„Euroopa Liit peab üle vaatama Venemaa kodanikuühiskonna rahastamise tingimused, kuna praegune toetus on ebapiisav.