On January 26 and 27, 2016, in Brussels, organized by the regional office of TACSO, a conference took place to discuss the sustainability of the regional networks of civil society organizations implementing projects from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), mmore specifically the Civil Society Facility (CSF) and the Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA).

National Council for Gender Equality is part of the project "Coordinated efforts - Toward new European standards in protection of women from gender based violence" implemented by Autonomous Women's Center from Belgrade, Serbia.

Representative from NCGE at the conference was Natasha Dimitrovska.