Twinning projects:

Twinning projects is an instrument for institutional cooperation between Public Administrations of EU Member States and of Beneficiary countries – which are candidates or potential candidates for membership of the EU and EU neighbourhood countries.

The main purpose of Twinning projects – ensure enforcement of the acquis communautaire, strengthen administrative capacity of institutions in recipient countries and encouraging alignment of national law, assistance the experts from Member States, thereby paving the way for cooperation between different national authorities.

For more details about Twinning projects: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/tenders/twinning/index_en.htm