• Developing the analytical framework of the policy paper.
• Initial work on the conflict resolution dimension of ENP: analysis of existing EU and Member states documents and overview of existing literature.
• The first chapter of the research paper will be written. Some 15 pages on the state of ENP and EU views of how the ENP should contribute to conflict resolution in EU neighbourhood. A discussion of the ENP framework and its gaps and what should be done about it.     

October 2005 – February 2006: Research on the Conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

•  Work at CEPS on the conflict resolution dimension of ENP.
• Research on EU policies towards the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. 
• Interviews with EU officials on ENP and the two conflicts.
• January 2006 – field research in Georgia (Tbilisi, Abkhazia and South Ossetia). Interview with officials and experts dealing with the conflict resolution processes. 
• January 2006 – field research in Moscow. Research on the structure of Russian interests in these conflicts, as well as the EU-Russia dialogue on the two conflicts.
• Writing the research paper. 

March – April 2006: Writing the paper.

• Finishing the research paper.
• Working on the policy paper and the policy recommendations.

April  – May 2006: Advocacy

• Receiving feed back on the policy paper and updating it.
• Staring to disseminate policy findings through meetings with relevant officials.
• Short publications (newspaper articles format) summarising the findings of the paper and drawing wider attention to the published policy paper.