The main topics on the agenda of the 6th edition of Western Balkans Civil Society Forum will be the role of civil society organisations in promoting sustainable growth and employment, migration in the Western Balkans, freedom of expression and media, as well as rights and empowerment of women.

It will bring together approximately 100 participants, including a broad range of civil society representatives from the EU and the Western Balkans, as well as representatives of EU institutions, international organisations and governments of the region.

Georges Dassis, president of the European Economic and Social Committee, Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, and Goran Svilanović, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, have been invited to open this major event.

A final declaration with recommendations from civil society organisations will be issued at the end of the event.

The forum is organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in cooperation with the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC).