In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
Q: Lo que considero esencial es que el instrumento LIFE siga abierto a la participación de los países candidatos de Europa central y oriental.
A: 
I consider it crucial that the LIFE instrument should remain open to the participation of candidate countries from central and eastern Europe.