This article is related to the dimension of challenges facing the EU in making the Eastern Partnership a success and guaranteeing that the EU and the partners maintain momentum. The new Eastern Partnership (EaP) seeks to develop the EU’s relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine that go beyond the broader European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The EaP has ambitious goals of transforming the EU’s Eastern neighbours into well-governed, secure and economically prosperous countries by bringing them closer to the Union. Within the EaP bilateral and multilateral channels, the EU offers Eastern partners increased economic integration and convergence with EU laws and standards through association agreements with comprehensive free trade arrangements; increased citizen mobility through gradual steps towards full visa liberalisation as a long term goal; cooperation on energy, border management and in sectors, including aid for institution-building and regional cohesion. Neighbours’ progress in democratisation and in establishing the rule of law while meeting human rights obligations will be a precondition for deepening bilateral relations with the EU