Definicija: A geographic region of the European continent west of Asia and east of Germany and the Adriatic Sea, traditionally consisting of countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union and Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria.

Definicija: Geografsko območje na Evropski celini, zahodno od Azije in vzhodno od Nemčije in Jadranskega morja, ki obsega države nekdanje Sovjetske zveze ter Poljsko, Češko, Slovaško, Madžarsko, Romunijo, Srbijo, Hrvaško in Bolgarijo.

Definicija: Since April 1996: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Definicija: cf. "association agreement"

Definicija: a regional outreach programme of the OECD Working Group on Bribery

Definicija: European Union initiative which provides grant finance to support its partner countries in Central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership. Established 14 July 1989, as "Poland and Hungary Action for Restructuring of the Economy", Phare was extended in 1990 to include other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Aims: to assist these states on the path to democracy, to reconstruct their economy towards a market-oriented system. Partner countries are: Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

Definicija: Pobuda Evropske unije, ki zagotavlja nepovratna sredstva za pomoč partnerskim državam v Srednji Evropi do stopnje, ko so te pripravljene sprejeti obveznosti članstva v Evropski uniji. Phare so uvedli 14. julija 1989 kot akcijo za prestrukturiranje gospodarstva na Poljskem in Madžarskem ("Poland and Hungary Action for Restructuring of the Economy") in podaljšali v letu 1990, ko so se mu pridružile druge države Srednje in Vzhodne Evrope. Cilji: pomagati tem državam na poti v demokracijo, prenoviti njihovo gospodarstvo v tržno usmerjen sistem. Partnerske države so: Albanija, Bolgarija, Češka republika, Estonija, Madžarska, Latvija, Litva, Poljska, Romunija, Slovaška, Slovenija.