Kinshasa, 4 July 2011 - Four years on, exactly since July 2007, the Civil Affairs Section of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and its partners, including the European Union (EU), the South African-based Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa (EISA), and the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), in cooperation with the Congolese Ministry of Planning, have bolstered the efforts of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). One of the milestones of this long-term development plan was a Civil Society National Symposium, held in Kinshasa from 25 to 27 May 2009, which saw the participation of delegates from six provinces.