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Secretary General Majlinda Bregu at the 43rd RCC Board Meeting held online on 19 May 2021 (Photo: RCC/Armand Habazaj)

Bregu: Regional cooperation with clear, targeted goals and meeting deliverables is more urgent than ever
19 May 2021

Sarajevo/Tirana–“Regional cooperation with clear, targeted goals and meeting deliverables is more urgent than ever. Establishing a Common Regional Market which will attract investors, support real added value of industries, promote innovation, ensure digitalization and bring the ...

RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu with Head of the Office of the Secretary General Elda Kalaja preparing for the RCC Annual Meeting on 25 June 2020 (Photo: RCC/Armand Habazaj)


25 Jun 2020

Tirana/Sarajevo/Prishtina – The two meetings have been held today within the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) - the meeting of the SEECP Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the RCC Annual Meeting, which RCC co-organised with the outgoing Kosovo SEECP Chairmanship-in-Office ...

Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council Majlinda Bregu presenting the findings of Balkan Barometer 2020 on a webinar held on 24 June 2020 (Photo: RCC/Armand Habazaj)


24 Jun 2020

Sarajevo – “The regional cooperation continues to grow in prominence with an overwhelming majority of citizens supportive of its role in improving the political, economic and security situation in their home economies - 77%, and 65% of them believes that what brings WB citizens ...

Launch of Balkan Barometer 2020 to take place on 24 June 2020 (Illistration: RCC/Sejla Dizdarevic)


23 Jun 2020

Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will present 2020 edition of Balkan Barometer on Wednesday 24 June 2020. This annual public and business opinion survey of the RCC examines the perception and expectations on life and work, prevalent socio-economic and political trends & ...

RCC Board met for the 40th time in a row and for the first time online due physical distancing requirements, on 14 May 2020


14 May 2020

Sarajevo – “For all its aggressiveness, the COVID-19 crisis also offers glimmers of hope. It has connected Western Balkans even more, this time in a fight against an invisible enemy. It has persuaded us that cooperation should be resilient. It has created a common awareness that ...

Regional Cooperation Council's (RCC) Board Meeting, in Sarajevo on 17 October 2019 (Photo: RCC/Armin Durgut)


17 Oct 2019

Sarajevo – “While awaiting the European Union’s Summit’s official decision on the opening accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia today, for us in the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and for the entire region as well, it is quite important to reiterate ...

Regional Cooperation Council presents Balkan Barometer 2019 findings at Western Balkans Summit in Poznan, 4 July 2019 (Photo: RCC/Erik Witsoe)


04 Jul 2019

Poznan – “There's no better way to stress the need for stepping up the regional cooperation than quoting the citizens and businesses of the Western Balkans (WB) who overwhelmingly, with 74% and 67% respectively, believe in regional cooperation. The recent success with dropping of roaming ...

Participants of the 8th meeting of the SEE 2020 Strategy Monitoring Committee, in Podgorica on 31 May 2019 (Photo: RCC/Maja Pinjo Talevska)


31 May 2019

Podgorica – Monitoring Committee of the South East Europe 2020 (SEE2020) Strategy, convened by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), met for the 8th time in Podgorica today to review the 1st Draft Annual Report on Implementation of the Strategy (ARI). 

SEE 2020 Strategy’s Coordination Board met for 11th time in Sarajevo on 21 March 2019 (Photo:RCC/Alma Arslanagic-Pozder)


21 Mar 2019

Sarajevo – Coordination Board of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) South East Europe’s growth Strategy (SEE 2020) has met in Sarajevo today, to reflect on the implementation results, identify potential action synergies for further cooperation as well as post-2020 regional priorities ...

WB6 Component Contact Points (CCPs) in charge for implementation and monitoring of MAP REA reflected on the results of plan's implementation during the period July-December 2018, at their third meeting, organized by the RCC in Tirana on 19 March 2019 (Photo: RCC/Pranvera Kastrati)


20 Mar 2019

Tirana – The Western Balkan Six (WB6) Component Contact Points (CCPs) in charge for implementation and monitoring of the Multi-Annual Action Plan for Regional Economic Area (MAP REA) reflected on the results of MAP REA implementation during the period July-December 2018, at their third meeting, ...

7the meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) South East Europe 2020 Strategy’s Monitoring Committee in Vienna, 19 December 2018 (Photo: RCC)


19 Dec 2018

Vienna - 7the meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) South East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) Strategy’s Monitoring Committee took place in Vienna today marking the beginning of the new SEE 2020 monitoring cycle. 

Participants of the 3rd Ministerial Panel on Environment and Climate Action in the Western Balkans, on 21 November 2018 in Skopje (Photo: RCC/Robert Atanasovski)


21 Nov 2018

Skopje – Western Balkans ministers in charge of the environment called for further strengthening of synergies and regional cooperation for the implementation of the environment and climate change priorities in the region, in line with the EU acquis, as well as supported mainstreaming of environment, ...

Participants of the 5th Annual meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) South East Europe 2020 Strategy (SEE 2020) Governing Board, held in Brussels on 5 July 2018 (Photo: RCC/Jerome Hubert)


05 Jul 2018

Brussels – Governing Board of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) South East Europe 2020 Strategy (SEE 2020) endorsed the 2018 Annual Report on Strategy’s implementation (ARI), at its fifth meeting held in Brussels today, in the eve of the presentation of the RCC’s Balkan barometer ...

5th Meeting of the SEE2020 Governing Board


03 Jul 2018

Brussels – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is to present the implementation results of the region’s growth strategy, South East Europe 2020 (SEE2020) on 5 July 2018 in Brussels, and day after, on 6 July also in Brussels, the RCC will reveal the results of its 4th edition of the public ...

Data from the RCC's Study on Climate Change in the Western Balkans Region (Illustration: Sejla Dizdarevic)


06 Jun 2018

Sarajevo – Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) published a Study on climate change in the Western Balkans, showing alarming increase of temperature over the whole territory, with observed temperature increase of 1.2ºC in the near future, destined to warm further by 1.7 – 4.0°C and ...

Monitoring Committee of RCC’s SEE 2020 Strategy meets to discuss and provide comments on the Strategy’s early draft Annual Implementation Report (ARI) in Podgorica, 18 May 2018 (Photo: RCC/Nadja Greku)


18 May 2018

Podgorica - Monitoring Committee of the South East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) Strategy met for the 6th time, under auspice of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), in Podgorica today, to discuss and provide comments on the Strategy’s early draft Annual Implementation Report (ARI).

RCC Secretary General Goran Svilanovic speaking at the EU-Western Balkans Summit hosted by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, in Sofia on 17 May 2018. (Photo: Vesselin Valkanov)


17 May 2018

Sofia – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, Goran Svilanovic, took part at the EU-Western Balkans Summit hosted by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, in Sofia today. The Summit is dedicated to strengthen links between the EU and the Western Balkans in ...

Participants of the SEEIC ministerial meeting held on 11 May 2018 in Tivat, Montenegro. (Photo: RCC/Radonja Srdanovic)


11 May 2018

Tivat - The Regional Investment Reform Agenda (RIRA) was endorsed by representatives of the six Western Balkan (WB6) economies at the Ministerial meeting of the South East Europe Investment Committee (SEEIC) held in Tivat, Montenegro today. 

Joint Working Group on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (JWG on MRPQ) at themeeting held in the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) headquarters in Sarajevo on 7 May 2018 (Photo: RCC/Alma Arslanagic Pozder)


07 May 2018

Sarajevo – Representatives of six Western Balkan economies gathered in the Joint Working Group on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (JWG on MRPQ) at their meeting held in the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) headquarters in Sarajevo today confirmed recommendation to open ...

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s Joint Working Group on Investments (JWGI) of the South East Europe Investment Committee (SEEIC) and Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), discussed Regional Investment Reform Agenda (RIRA), at the meeting held in Vienna on 16 April 1018 (Photo: RCC/Nedima Hadziibrisevic)


16 Apr 2018

Vienna – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s Joint Working Group on Investments (JWGI) of the South East Europe Investment Committee (SEEIC) and Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), discussed Regional Investment Reform Agenda (RIRA), at the meeting held in Vienna today. 

The first Western Balkans Digital Summit is to take place on 18-19 April 2018 in Skopje


03 Apr 2018

Skopje – The first Western Balkans Digital Summit is to take place on 18-19 April in Skopje, bringing together Heads of Governments from the Western Balkans (WB), Ministers responsible for digital agenda from WB and European Union (EU) member states participating in the Berlin Process, European ...

The RCC Secretary General Goran Svilanovic takes part in the meeting of Western Balkans (WB) Six Foreign Ministers in Sarajevo on 16 March 2018. (Photo: RCC/Gordana Demser)


16 Mar 2018

Sarajevo – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Goran Svilanovic, takes part in the meeting of Western Balkans (WB) Six Foreign Ministers in Sarajevo today. The meeting is dedicated to the recently published EU’s  strategy on the enlargement perspective ...

RCC hosts 4th Donor Coordination Meeting for the Western Balkans, on 13 March 2018, in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo: RCC/Jerome Hubert)


13 Mar 2018

Brussels – Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is hosting the 4th Annual Meeting of Donor Coordination for the Western Balkans, in Brussels today.

SEE 2020 Strategy Programming Committee endorsed the Programming Document 2018-2020 at its 6th Meeting, held in Brussels, on 12 March 2018 (Photo: RCC/Nedima Hadziibrisevic)


12 Mar 2018

Brussels – Representatives of the South East Europe’s (SEE) economies participating in implementation SEE 2020 Strategy endorsed the Programming Document for the period 2018-2020, at the 6th Meeting of the SEE 2020 Programming Committee held in Brussels, under auspices of the Regional ...

Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Secretary General Goran Svilanovic moderated a panel titled ‘Western Balkans - challenges: Regional economic area?’ at the 25th edition of the Kopanonik Business Forum, at Kopaonik on 5 March 2018. (Photo: RCC/Dragana Djurica)


05 Mar 2018

Kopaonik – Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Secretary General Goran Svilanovic moderated a panel titled ‘Western Balkans - challenges: Regional economic area?’ within the 25th edition of the Kopanonik Business Forum, at Kopaonik today.

Employment and Social Affairs Platform (ESAP), http://www.esap.online/ (Photo: RCC)


21 Feb 2018

Although the Western Balkans region suffered the dramatic employment fall in the period following the global economic crisis 2008-2011, “the situation recovered over the subsequent five years and by 2016 total employment had again reached 6.5 million, representing an increase of 8.9%”, ...

First Meeting of the Western Balkans Six Capital Market Authorities in Vienna, 19 December 2017 (Photo: RCC/Nedima Hadziibrisevic)


19 Dec 2017

First Meeting of the Western Balkans Six Capital Market Authorities Vienna - In line with its activities on the implementation of the Multi Annual Action Plan (MAP) for a Regional Economic Area (REA), the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) organised the first meeting of the Western Balkans ...

5th meeting of the SEE 2020 Strategy’s Monitoring Committee, Vienna, 1 December 2017 (Photo: RCC/Nedima Hadziibrisevic)


01 Dec 2017

Vienna - The 5th meeting of SEE 2020 Strategy Monitoring Committee, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), took place in Vienna on 1 December 2017.

10th meeting of the SEE 2020 Strategy’s Coordination Board, Vienna, 30 November 2017 (Photo: RCC/Nedima Hadziibrisevic)


30 Nov 2017

Vienna - SEE 2020 Strategy Coordination Board met at its 10th meeting in Vienna on 30 November 2017.

The Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Secretary General Goran Svilanovic (to the left) and newly appointed Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF) Cesare Onestini (to the right) signed an agreement on continuation of cooperation between the two organisations, in Brussels on 22 November 2017 (Photo: RCC/Ivana Petricevic)


22 Nov 2017

Brussels – The Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, and newly appointed Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF), Cesare Onestini, signed an agreement on continuation of cooperation between the two organisations, in Brussels today.

The Investment Policy Review of South East Europe, conducted by the UNCTAD with the support of the RCC, has been presented on 21 November 2017 in Geneva. (Poto: Ivana Gardasevic)


21 Nov 2017

Geneva – The Investment Policy Review (IPR) of South East Europe (SEE), conducted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) with the support of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), has been presented in Geneva today. 

RCC hosts a High-level Panel on Environment and Climate Action in the Western Balkans, on 17 November 2017, in Bonn, Germany. (Photo: RCC/Jerome Hubert)


17 Nov 2017

Bonn – Western Balkans authorities in charge of the environmental and climate change gathered at high-level panel in Bonn, Germany today, voicing strong commitment to joint regional action in responding to environmental and climate challenges. The event was organised by the Regional Cooperation ...

Participants of the first Meeting of MAP Coordinators, held in Brussels on 31 October 2017. (Photo: RCC/Jerome Hubert)


31 Oct 2017

Brussels - Following the Trieste Western Balkans (WB) Summit and the endorsement of the RCC’s Multi Action Plan (MAP) for a Regional Economic Area (REA) in the WB6, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and the Western Balkans Chamber Investment Forum (CIF), organized the first Meeting of ...

Opening of the Regional Forum on Effective Prevention of Corruption through Risk Assessment, 25-26 October in Ljubljana, Slovenia (Photo: RAI)


25 Oct 2017

Ljubljana - Efficient identification of corruption risks and their assessment in public institutions is the main topic of a two-day Regional Forum which started in Ljubljana, Slovenia today.     

Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) presents Balkan Barometer 2017 survey, in Brussels on 9 October 2017. (Photo: RCC/Selma Ahatovic-Lihic)


09 Oct 2017

Brussels – The Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) presented in Brussels today the 2017 edition of the Balkan Barometer (BB), an annual survey of citizens and business communities’ opinion on the situation in the region.

RCC presents Balkan Barometer 2017 on 9 October 2017 in Brussels. (Photo: RCC)


06 Oct 2017

Brussels – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is to present its 3rd edition of the public and business opinion survey – Balkan Barometer 2017 in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 October 2017.

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12 Jul 2017

Trieste - The leaders of Western Balkans Six (WB6) endorsed the Multi-annual Action Plan on a Regional Economic Area in the Western Balkans (MAP), at the summit in Trieste today. The MAP has been created to enable unobstructed flow of goods, services, capital and highly skilled ...

RCC’s SEE2020 Strategy Governing Board meeting in Dubrovnik, 28 June 2017 (Photo: RCC/Srdjan Kurajica & Klaudio Pozniak)


28 Jun 2017

Dubrovnik – Governing Board of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) SEE 2020 Strategy (SEE 2020) endorsed the Annual Report on Strategy’s implementation (ARI). The fourth Meeting of the SEE 2020 Governing Board was held in Dubrovnik today, in the eve of the RCC’s Annual meeting.

Dubrovnik, Croatia (Photo: The Telegraph)


26 Jun 2017

RCC Annual Meeting Regional Cooperation Council and Croatian Chairmanship-in-Office 2016-2017 of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) are co-organizing RCC’s tenth Annual Meeting. The meeting is expected to endorse Annual Report of the RCC 2016-2017, featuring the work of ...

SEE 2020 Monitoring Committee discusses initial findings of the SEE 2020 Strategy Annual Report on Implementation at its 4th meeting in Brussels, 30 May 2017 (Photo: RCC/Nedima Hadziibrisevic)


30 May 2017

Brussels – Monitoring Committee of South East Europe’s 2020 (SEE 2020) Strategy met in Brussels today at the technical meeting focused on monitoring process of the Strategy, to discuss initial findings of the draft Strategy’s Annual Report on Implementation (ARI), review the proposals ...

RCC hosted a panel


22 May 2017

Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) hosted a panel "One Region, One Economy - Connectivity and Potential" at Sarajevo Business Forum 2017 (SBF 2017) today. This year’s edition of the SBF 2017 is being co-organized by the RCC.

Workshop on Regional Economic Integration in Western Balkans, co-organized by the RCC, EC, and CEFTA, took place on 11 May 2017 in Sarajevo, BiH (Photo: RCC/Haris Calkic)


11 May 2017

Sarajevo – Representatives of the Western Balkan (WB) six economies coming from ministries in charge of labour, education, trade, investments, digital agenda, foreign affairs as well as representatives of prime ministers gathered in Sarajevo today to identify joint economic integration ...

Main findings of the RCC’s publication: Attitudes to Whistleblowing in South East Europe - Data Analysis of Opinion Survey about Whistleblowing and the Protection of Whistleblowers. (Published in April 2017)


18 Apr 2017

Sarajevo – Attempting to raise public awareness against corruption in South East Europe (SEE), the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) surveyed what the public in the region felt towards the whistleblowing, as one of the highly effective tools to expose corruption, crime and other serious wrongdoings. ...

Participants of the Third Meeting on Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans, organized by RCC on 16 March 2017, in Sarajevo, BiH. (Photo: RCC/Haris Calkic)


16 Mar 2017

Sarajevo - “To restart convergence with the EU, the Western Balkans (WB) economies need to look outside of their borders and the fairly small national economies,” said the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, at the opening of the Third Meeting on ...

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15 Mar 2017

Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy Programing Committee adopted the SEE 2020 Programming Document 2017-2019 at its 5th meeting in Sarajevo today. The document sets out the priority actions for the Strategy implementation in the coming ...

RCC's Meeting on Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans (Photo: RCC/Amer Kapetanovic)


15 Mar 2017

Sarajevo - The Third Meeting on Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans, organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), is to take place in Sarajevo tomorrow.

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02 Dec 2016

 In a series of workshops throughout the Western Balkan economies, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) met today with Serbian authorities to discuss the needs and priorities of national administration related to the implementation of the South East Europe 20202 (SEE 2020) Strategy in the ...

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30 Nov 2016

Sarajevo/Vienna – Monitoring Committee of the South East Europe 2020 growth Strategy (SEE 2020) met at its regular third annual meeting in Vienna today, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC).  

RCC Secretariat discussed priorities for implementation of the SEE 2020 Strategy for the next 3 years with Albanian authorities at the workshop in Tirana, 11 November 2016 (Photo: RCC/Alma Arslanagic Pozder)


11 Nov 2016

Sarajevo/Tirana – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat discussed the priorities for implementation of the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Development Strategy for the next 3 years with Albanian authorities soliciting comments and feedback for future activities towards the Strategy goals, ...

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, presenting Balkan barometer 2016 results at the conference organized by the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RCC and the Foundation Fridrich Ebert Stiftung, in Tirana, on 10 November 2016 (Photo: RCC/Alma Arslanagic Pozder)


10 Nov 2016

Sarajevo/Tirana - The Albanians are among the most optimistic/hopeful people in the region about their expectations from the European integration process and the benefits deriving from EU membership - 81% of the Albanian respondents believe that EU membership is a good thing, against the ...

The RCC team, headed by the organisation’s Deputy Secretary General, Gazmend Turdiu, at the 9th meeting of the SEE 2020 Coordination Board, in Athens, Greece on 27 October 2017. (Photo: RCC/Nedima Hadziibrisevic)


27 Oct 2016

Sarajevo/Athens – The 9th meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy  Coordination Board was held in Athens, Greece, today.  

RCC Deputy Secretary General, Gazmend Turdiu and Maja Pinjo Talevska, Senior Programming Expert at the Fourth Meeting of the SEE 2020 Programming Committee in Vienna on 29 September. (Photo: RCC/Nedima Hadziibrisevic)


29 Sep 2016

Sarajevo/Vienna, 29 September 2016 – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Programing Committee agreed upon the concept and timelines of the Strategy implementation work plan in the next three years, at its regular meeting in Vienna today.

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, presenting the RCC’s Balkan Barometer 2016 survey, in Sarajevo on 21 June 2016. (Photo: RCC/Amer Kapetanovic)

RCC’s Balkan Barometer 2016: The region is moving forward but unemployment, the economic situation and corruption remain the most pressing issues
21 Jun 2016

SARAJEVO – South East European (SEE) econ­omies have started to recover, shows the 2016 edition of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Balkan Barometer, which was presented in Sarajevo today.  

RCC Balkan Barometer 2016: The people in SEE say the most important problems facing our economies are: unemployment (68%); economic situation (55%); and corruption (27%).

RCC’s Balkan Barometer 2016: And the people say… jobs!
17 Jun 2016

SARAJEVO – Next week, on Tuesday, 21 June 2016, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is launching this year’s edition of the Balkan Barometer - an annual survey of attitudes, experiences and perceptions across the economies covered by the RCC’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy ...

The third meeting of the Governing Board of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) South East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) Strategy took place in Pravets (Bulgaria), on 30 May 2016. (Photo: Regional Cooperation Council/Ivo Petkov)

SEE 2020 Strategy implementation shows a mixed bag of results in the past year
30 May 2016

Pravets – The Governing Board of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) South East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) Strategy heard the Annual Report on the Strategy’s implementation (ARI) at its third meeting held in Pravets (Bulgaria) today. 

RCC Secretariats activities in the future period focuses on the implementation of it SEE 2020 strategy. (Photo: RCC/Vanja Lisac)

RCC call for proposals - 300.000 EUR for projects supporting implementation of the SEE 2020 Strategy
20 Apr 2016

Sarajevo - The Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat (RCC) is seeking proposals for the implementation of the South East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) Strategy with financial assistance from the RCC Small Grants Instrument for 2016. The total amount for these grants is 300.000 EUR.

Participants of the second meeting on donor coordination in the Western Balkans, held under RCC auspices on 23 March 2016 in Sarajevo. (Photo: RCC/Amer Kapetanovic)


23 Mar 2016

The Second meeting on Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), took place today in Sarajevo. The meeting brought together all the major donors who are active in the Western Balkans as well as representatives of international organisations ...

Sarajevo City Hall. (Photo: www.sarajevotimes.com)

RCC to host second donor coordination meeting in the Western Balkans
22 Mar 2016

SARAJEVO – The second Meeting on Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans, organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat, will take place in Sarajevo tomorrow. Getting a better understanding of regional donor interventions and helping align those interventions with region’s ...

A discussion on cooperation prospects between SEE economies and Turkey will be held under the umbrella of G20/B20 Conference today in Ankara. (Photo: https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara)


04 Sep 2015

Ankara, 4 September 2015 - The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Goran Svilanović, is to lead the panel on integration of South East Europe into the global markets, at the B20 meeting in Ankara today.

The 2015 RCC Annual Meeting took place in Tirana on 22 May 2015. (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania/Eriona Cami)

RCC Annual Meeting and presentation of the SEE Development Scoreboard
22 May 2015

Tirana/Sarajevo - The RCC’s (Regional Cooperation Council) Annual Meeting in Tirana today heard a strong endorsement of the organisation’s efforts in fostering economic recovery and speeding up the European integration process of the region. The meeting’s host, Albanian Foreign Minister ...

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic briefing the Austrian parliamentarians on the SEE 2020 Strategy in Vienna, 8 May, 2015 (Photo: RCC/Sanjin Arifagic)


08 May 2015

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, briefed Austrian parliamentarians today on the implementation of the SEE2020 Strategy, RCC’s primary instrument for boosting growth and jobs in the region’s economies.

Brussels hosts Regional Cooperation Day, dedicated to South East Europe, on 6 May 2015. (Photo: RCC/Jos L. Knaepen)

RCC’S Balkan Barometer Presented at the Regional Cooperation Day in Brussels
06 May 2015

Sarajevo/Brussels - The Regional Cooperation Day (RCC) kicked off in Brussels with a premiere of the Balkan Barometer (BB), a comprehensive survey encompassing public and business opinion and sentiment on crucial economic and development issues. The Balkan Barometer is a part of an RCC’s ...

Panelists at the meeting devoted to stocktaking and evaluation of the RCC’s SEE 2020 development Strategy implementation, Belgrade, 23 March 2015 (Photo RCC/Miros)


23 Mar 2015

“We have gathered here to assess what has been done in the implementation of Regional Cooperation Council’ (RCC) SEE 2020 Strategy, adopted by all the regional governments in November 2013”, said RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic. He stressed that the preliminary results of ...

The SEE 2020 strategy roadshow held in Skopje on 2 March 2015. (Photo RCC/Selma Ahatovic-Lihic)


02 Mar 2015

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Economy, Bekim Neziri, and Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Goran Svilanović, opened a meeting dedicated to the implementation and monitoring of the RCC’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 development ...

RCC hosted Meeting on Donor Corrdination in the Western Balkan, on 12-13 February 2015, in Sarajevo, BiH. (Photo RCC/Amer Kapetanovic)

RCC: Sarajevo hosts Meeting on Donor Coordination in Western Balkans
13 Feb 2015

SARAJEVO – The Regional Cooperation  Council (RCC) is hosting a two day meeting on Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans in Sarajevo this Thursday and Friday and bringing together all the major donor organisations and countries as well as recipients.

RCC hosted Meeting on Donor Corrdination in the Western Balkan, on 12-13 February 2015, in Sarajevo, BiH. (Photo RCC/Amer Kapetanovic)


13 Feb 2015

The two day Donor Coordination meeting hosted by the Regional Cooperation  Council (RCC) ended today in Sarajevo. Almost  a hundred participants from major donor countries and organisations as well as recipients took part in the mapping and coordination of donor activities in the ...

Conference dedicated to the monitoring and implementation of RCC’s SEE 2020 strategy, held in Tirana, Albania, on 9 February 2015. (Photo RCC/Selma Ahatovic-Lihic)


09 Feb 2015

“It’s a great pleasure to be with you here in Tirana to discuss the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy and the main developments in the past year” said Goran Svilanovic, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), at the conference dedicated to the monitoring and implementation ...

RCC roadshow on SEE 2020 strategy implementation, monitoring and promotion, in Podgorica, on 5 February 2015. (Photo RCC)


05 Feb 2015

More than 50 representatives of the Montenegrin administration, international organisations, the business community, academia and civil society organisations, gathered in Podgorica today for a conference dedicated to the monitoring and implementation of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s ...

The implementation of the RCC's SEE 2020 strategy, was the focus of the conference in Pristina, organized by the RCC Secretariat in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the OECD, on 3 February 2015. (Photo RCC/Selma Ahatovic-Lihic)

Employment and economic situation crucial for the region
03 Feb 2015

PRISTINA – The implementation of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy, was the focus of today’s conference in Pristina, organized by the RCC Secretariat in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Organisation for Economic ...

Participants of the first meeting of the RCC South East Europe 2020 Strategy's Governing Board, held on 19 June 2014 in bucharest, Romania. (Photo: RCC/Dejan Miholjcic)

Governing Board of the Regional Cooperation Council’s South East Europe 2020 Strategy meets in Bucharest
19 Jun 2014

BUCHAREST – The first ever meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy's Governing Board took place in Bucharest today. With low growth and unemployment as the greatest problems of the region, the SEE 2020 Strategy was developed by the RCC to assist ...

Bucharest will host the 2014 RCC Annual Meeting, on 19 June. (Photo RCC/Selma Ahatovic-Lihic)

RCC to Present its Annual Report and SEE 2020 Scoreboard on 19 June 2014 in Bucharest
06 Jun 2014

SARAJEVO – The 6th Annual Meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will be held in Bucharest, Romania, on 19 June 2014. It is expected to endorse the report of the RCC Secretary General on Regional Cooperation in South East Europe (SEE) 2013-2014, and to assess the implementation ...

Western Balkan journalists gather for a two-day workshop devoted to Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy, in Sarajevo, BiH, on 18-19 March 2014. (Photo: CEI)


19 Mar 2014

A two-day workshop devoted to Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy gathering journalists from the Western Balkan, ended in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, today.