The event will discuss ways to advance regional cooperation in the Balkans in the present economic and political climate in Europe; what can individual Balkan countries and existing regional structures do to seize the benefits of regional cooperation; to what extent is the South East Europe 2020 strategy part of the solution in the current context and how can the EU better promote regional cooperation in the Balkans. It will also feature the production of the RCC-sponsored CD ‘Les femmes des Balkans’.
 
The policy dialogue will gather high-level panelists: Jelica Minić, Deputy Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council; Joost Korte, Deputy Director General for Enlargement in the European Commission; Selma Prodanovic, CEO of Brainswork and President of IncredibEurope; and Duško Lopandić, co-author of ‘Regional initiatives and multilateral cooperation in the Balkans’.
 
The event is being co-organized by the European Policy Centre, in cooperation with the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and the Balkan Trust for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.