On 6-7 June 2012, more than 25 high-level government officials from 16 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia met in Brussels with representatives from the United Nations Population Fund, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (UNFPA EECA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network (IPPF EN). They discussed ways to address the 7 key factors that are at the basis for the alarmingly low modern contraceptive use in the region, as they were identified through a 2011 UNFPA EECA/IPPF EN study.

This fact sheet presents the recommendations developed and endorsed by the government officials and other participants of the meeting.

The meeting was organized by UNFPA Regional Office of Eastern Europe and Central Asia and IPPF European Network Regional Office with funding from the UNFPA Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security.