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48th Meeting of the RCC Board, 15 March 2023 in Sarajevo (Photo: RCC/Armin Durgut)

Bregu: Continued all-inclusive regional cooperation remains key in strengthening economic resilience of Western Balkans
15 Mar 2023

Sarajevo – “External risks arising from the current geopolitical crisis and the rise in commodity prices reinforce the purpose of the Common Regional Market agenda. Continued all-inclusive regional cooperation remains the key towards strengthening economic resilience of the Western ...

RCC Secretary General at 47th RCC Board meeting Sarajevo on 9 November 2022 (Photo: RCC/Armin Durgut)

RCC Board participants praise the organisation, congratulate its Secretary General on the excellent, for our region extremely important job done
09 Nov 2022

Sarajevo – Opening the 47th meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Board in Sarajevo today, the RCC Secretary General, Majlinda Bregu, shared very positive outcomes of regional cooperation presented in the last couple of weeks during the Berlin Process Summit and related meetings. 

RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu at SEECP Ministerial Meeting in New York (Photo: RCC)

RCC co-organises SEECP foreign ministers' meeting in New York
24 Sep 2022

New York – "Entire South East Europe finds itself facing similar challenges and similar opportunities, from energy security to food crisis, and regional cooperation is the key for them in the period to follow," said Majlinda Bregu, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation ...

RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu with Minster of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias at the Meeting of SEECP Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Thessaloniki on 10 June 2022 (Photo: RCC/Armand Habazaj)

Bregu: We defined and put forward the leading regional cooperation & integration frameworks, now one market is the ultimate goal of Western Balkans
10 Jun 2022

Thessaloniki - The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Majlinda Bregu took part at the South East Europe Cooperation Process events - the meeting of SEECP Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Summit of SEECP leaders - in Thessaloniki today. The meetings’ participants ...

14th RCC Annual Meeting took place in Thessaloniki, Greece on 9 June 2022 (Photo: RCC/Armand Habazaj)

Bregu: As long as we continue to subscribe to dialogue, compromise and cooperation, we invest in long-term stability, security and prosperity
09 Jun 2022

Thessaloniki – “Under the political guidance of SEECP and in consultations with all relevant actors and stakeholders, RCC identified those gaps in which the region should invest with technical as well as political capital. These all fall under the category of sustainable development, ...

Annual meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council to take place on 9 June 2022 in Thessaloniki (Design: RCC/Sejla Dizdarevic)

Champion of Regional Cooperation to round off 14th RCC Annual Meeting
08 Jun 2022

Sarajevo/Thessaloniki – Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is to hold its 14th Annual Meeting on Thursday, 9 June in Thessaloniki. RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu will present the RCC Annual Report and major accomplishments and results of the organisation in the past year while putting ...

From right to left: RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu, Head of Political Department Amer Kapetanovic and Head of Office of the Secretary General Elda Kalaja heading the 46th RCC Board Meeting on 18 May 2022 in Sarajevo (Photo: RCC/Armin Durgut)

Bregu: With slowed growth & inflation, higher energy & food prices, Western Balkans will have to amp-up regional cooperation
18 May 2022

Sarajevo - It is very difficult to sugar-coat the severity of economic effects of the war on the Western Balkans. It is equally difficult to accurately predict the true and longer-term impact, or to identify the opportunities for the region along the way. Our realities today are drastically ...

RCC Secretary General, Majlinda Bregu with the Head of RCC Political Department, Amer Kapetanovic and Head of Office of the Secretary General, Elda Kalaja heading the 45th meeting of the RCC Board on 16 March 2022

Bregu: European perspective important for socio-economic progress, but also for security and stability
16 Mar 2022

Sarajevo/Tirana – “The times we are living in are not glamorous, on the contrary these are dark moments. We are all heartened and deeply saddened by the unjust war Ukrainian people are going through. The economic impact of the war stretches beyond Ukraine's borders. Concern ...

RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu took part at the informal meeting of SEECP foreign ministers in Brussels on 15 November 2021 (Photo: RCC/Jerome Hubert)

Bregu: The antidote to slowing down EU enlargement process is more ambitious integration of Western Balkans in the EU single market policies
15 Nov 2021

Brussels/Sarajevo: “European perspective of the Western Balkans is the drive that makes the process of cooperation beneficial to all in the long-term. I believe EU has all the leverage needed to keep the EU perspective in WB alive. Without a credible path to EU membership, the WB could ...

RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu at the 44th RCC Board Meeting held on 15 October 2021 (Photo: RCC/Ani Media)


15 Oct 2021

Sarajevo – “European perspective of Western Balkans is the drive that makes the process of cooperation beneficial to all in long-term. It is of highest importance that both the region and the EU deliver on the respective commitments – particularly when we take into account ...

Armed Violence Monitor – Perpetrators of Firearm Incidents in South East Europe in 2020

98% of firearm incidents perpetrators in the region are men
16 Jul 2021

Sarajevo/Belgrade - 3,566 perpetrators of firearm incidents were reported in South East Europe (SEE) in 2020. For 2,700 perpetrators whose gender was specified, 98% or 2646 are men and only 2% or 54 are women, reveals the latest regional Armed Violence Monitor report, issued by the South Eastern ...

RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey at the SEECP Summit held in Antalya on 17 June 2021 (Photo: RCC/Murat Yilmiz)

Bregu: Voice, concerns, hopes & expectations of the people from the region are core of the RCC work
17 Jun 2021

Antalya – Leaders of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) approved the RCC-developed strategy for socio-economic development of South East Europe (SEE) in the next decade – SEE2030 Strategy, at their Summit held in Antalya, Turkey today. 

13th Annual Meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council took place on 16 June 2021 in Antalya, Turkey (Photo: RCC/Murat Yilmaz)


16 Jun 2021

Antalya – “Last year, ruled by the pandemic has definitely showcased the extent of our interconnectivity and interdependency and demonstrated that in cooperating, we boost our strengths and resilience. It is clear that regional socio-economic integration is crucial for regional ...

Secretary General Majlinda Bregu hosting the 42nd RCC Board meeting held in online format on 11 March 2021 (Photo: RCC)

Bregu: 77% of Western Balkans citizens agree that the relations in the region are better than a year ago
11 Mar 2021

Sarajevo/Tirana – “The months since our last meeting in October have been difficult with the onset of new Covid-19 waves and new variants of the virus turning things topsy-turvy with a downward spiralling. In terms of regional cooperation, the big good news was the success of 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 ...

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 ...

Head of Political Department at the Reginal Cooperation Council (RCC) Amer Kapetanovic addressing future diplomats from South East Europe (SEE) at the 4th SEECP Seminar for Young Diplomats, in Pristina on 10 February 2020 (Photo: RCC/Valdrin Xhemaj)


10 Feb 2020

Pristina – “There are achievements, success stories, but there are also bilateral disputes in our region as well as a lot of mistrust and suspicion. Bilateralism sometimes threatens to diminish regionalism. But what is the art of diplomacy if not finding a way to work around disputes ...

Secretary General of the RCC, Majlinda Bregu met with Croatian Prime Minister, Andrej Plenković in Zagreb, 19 November 2019 (Photo: RCC/Damir Zizic)


19 Nov 2019

Zagreb – “Priorities of the Croatian 6-month Presidency of the European Union (EU) Council beginning in January 2020 stressing the usage of full potential of infrastructure and human resources, connectivity and networking of the economies, mesh well with the regional cooperation goals ...

Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Majlinda Bregu, at the informal ministerial meeting of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), held in New York on 25 September 2019 (Photo: RCC/Elda Kalaja)


25 Sep 2019

New York/Sarajevo - “Two months ago in Poznan, we launched a challenge for the region: a free travel agreement - based on the spirit and the word of already existing set of bilateral agreements which allow free travel with ID cards. This regional agreement should be facilitated by RCC as ...

Majlinda Bregu (in the middle), Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Genoveva Ruiz Calavera (right), DG NEAR Director for Western Balkans and Maciej Popowski (left), Deputy Director General at the EC’s DG for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations at the informal meeting with the Western Balkans’ Ministers of Foreign Affairs organized by the RCC in New York on 24 September 2019 (Photo: RCC/Studio Fadil Berisha)


24 Sep 2019

New York/Sarajevo – “It’s beyond Poznan time, which makes it the right moment for the Western Balkans to show its strengths and ownership on the EU future of the region. We should address shortcomings of the Regional Economic Area and adjust it to fit our realities – include social ...

Participants of the SEECP Summit that took place in Jahorina, Bosnia and Hezegovina, on 9 July 2019 (Photo: RCC/Vedran Kurtes)


09 Jul 2019

Sarajevo – “By thanking Bosnia and Herzegovina for excellent cooperation in the past year of their Chairmanship-in-Office (C-i-O) of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), their contribution in leading and advancing regional cooperation through the SEECP framework, I would ...

Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council Majlinda Bregu with Deputy Secretary General Gazmend Turdiu (right) and BiH SEECP C-i-O representative Goran Behmen (left) at the 37th meeting of the RCC Board, on 16 May 2019 in Sarajevo (Photo: RCC/Alma Arslanagic-Pozder)


16 May 2019

Sarajevo – “It is stock-taking time, to see what the RCC has been doing, both the accomplishments and the effects of the regional cooperation process on the people in the region, with many of the most pressing issues in the Western Balkans embedded in our work”, said Secretary General ...

RCC Board met for the 36th time with the new RCC Secretary General, Majlinda Bregu, chairing the meeting for the first time, in Sarajevo on 14 March 2019 (Photo: RCC/Armin Durgut)


15 Mar 2019

Sarajevo – Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, Majlinda Bregu, for the first time since the inception of the duty, chaired the meeting of the organisation’s Board at the RCC Secretariat offices in Sarajevo, yesterday. 

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic (top first-left), at the SEECP Summit held at Brdo pri Kranju Slovenia, on 24 April 2018. (Photo: Aleš Beno - Anadolu Agency)


24 Apr 2018

Brdo pri Kranju – The leaders of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) participants commended and congratulated the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), for serving as a sui generis organisation promoting regional cooperation in South East Europe, approving at the same time ...

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic (fourth left), with SEECP foreign ministers at the formal meeting held on 23 April in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia. (Photo: MFA Slovenia)


23 Apr 2018

Brdo pri Kranju - Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) appointed Majlinda Bregu as Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), starting on 1 January 2019 and of Igor Luksic as RCC Secretary General starting on January 2022, ...

10th RCC Annual Meeting, held on 23 April 2018 in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia. (Photo: RCC/Tamino Petelinsek)


23 Apr 2018

Brdo pri Kranju – The 10th Annual Meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), held in Brdo pri Kranju today, endorsed the RCC Annual Report 2017/2018 and the nominations of Majlinda Bregu as the next RCC Secretary General for the term 2019-2021 and Igor Luksic for the term 2022-2024.

34th Meeting of the RCC Board, held on 15 March 2018 in Sarajevo. (Photo: RCC/Ratka Babic)


15 Mar 2018

 Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General Goran Svilanovic presented the Report on the organisation's activities in the last quarter of the past year at the first meeting of the Board of in 2018, held in Sarajevo today.

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic. (Photo: RCC/Armin Durgut)


15 Mar 2018

Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) marked its 10th birthday by presenting a brief overview of the past 10 years of the organisation’s activities to its partners, stakeholders and friends and awarding the EXIT Festival as Champion of Regional Cooperation  for 2017, at ...

Meeting of the RCC Board, held on 18 October 2017 in Sarajevo. (Photo: RCC/Alma Arslanagic-Pozder)


18 Oct 2017

Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General Goran Svilanovic presented the report on activities of the RCC Secretariat in the period 1 April – 31 August 2017 to the RCC Board at the meeting in Sarajevo today. The Board also heard the information and plans on ...

RCC Secretary General Goran Svilanovic (right) and EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn, at the RCC-hosted informal meeting of the Western Balkans six foreign ministers, held on 20 September 2017 in New York. (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)


20 Sep 2017

New York – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Goran Svilanovic hosted an informal meeting of the Western Balkans foreign ministers, with the participation of the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn, organized on ...

RCC Secretary General presenting organisation’s work at meeting of SEECP Foreign Affairs Ministers and Summit of Heads of State and Government in Dubrovnik, 30 June 2017 (Photo: RCC/Ratka Babic)


30 Jun 2017

Dubrovnik - Annual Report of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) 2016/2017 was endorsed by the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Ministers of Foreign Affairs and consecutively by the Heads of State and Government at the meetings held in Dubrovnik today.

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 ...

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic having presentation at 1st SEECP Seminar for Junior Diplomats in Zagreb, 12 June 2107. (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)


12 Jun 2017

Zagreb – Goran Svilanovic, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) together with the host, Tomislav Lendic, Croatian Assistant Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (MFEA) in charge of Southeast Europe opened the 1st South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Seminar ...

32nd meeting of the RCC Board in Sarajevo on 16 May 2017 (Photo: RCC/Haris Calkic)


16 May 2017

The Annual Report of the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) 2016 – 2017 has been accepted by the organisation’s Board, at its 32nd meeting in Sarajevo today.

New York (Photo: www.humanrightsvoices.org)

Connection, Communication, Cooperation in South East Europe
22 Sep 2016

Sarajevo/New York - Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Secretary General Goran Svilanovic attended the informal meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), organized on the margins of the 71st Session of the United Nations (UN) ...

The ninth RCC Annual Meeting took place on 31 May 2016 in Pravets, Bulgaria. (Photo: RCC/Ivan Petkov)

RCC embarks on new three-year working cycle as the Strategy and Work Programme for 2017-2019 gets endorsed at the organisation’s Annual Meeting
31 May 2016

Pravets – The new three-year Strategy and Work Programme (SWP) of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) was endorsed at the organisation’s ninth Annual meeting in Pravets (Bulgaria) today. The meeting, co-organized with the Bulgarian Chairmanship-in-Office 2015-2016 of the South-East European ...

The foreign ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) endorsed the Annual Report of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) 2015-2016 and the new three-year Strategy and Work Programme (SWP) of the RCC today in Pravets (Bulgaria). (Photo: EC/Kjartan Bronsson)


31 May 2016

Pravets, 31 May 2016 - Meeting in Pravets (Bulgaria) today, the foreign ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) endorsed the Annual Report of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) 2015-2016 presented by the RCC Secretary General Goran Svilanovic, as well as the new ...

Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Mitov hosted the Second Informal Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) on 2 February 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria. (Photo: RCC/Dorin Vremis)

SEECP ministers discuss migration issues
02 Feb 2016

“In this year, we will continue to see rising hopes for more progress on the European and Euro-Atlantic integration path of the South East European region”, said the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) at this morning’s informal meeting of the Ministers of Foreign ...

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic (seventh right), at a meeting on 30 September 2015 in New York, USA. (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

RCC and regional issues discussed in New York
01 Oct 2015

New York – Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, attended an informal meeting of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Foreign Ministers yesterday in New York. The meeting was hosted by Daniel Mitov, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign ...

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, participates at a conference on energy security and energy infrastructure in South East Europe, in Sofia on 15 September 2015. (Photo: IGMO President, Ellen Wasylina)


15 Sep 2015

Energy Security and Energy Infrastructure in South East Europe are the focus of a two-day conference that started in Sofia today, organised by the Bulgarian Chairmanship-in-office of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) and opened by the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borissov.

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic (first left), and Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Bozhidar Lukarski (second left), at the conference focusing on the state of regional economy and ways to improve it, in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 19 June 2015. (Photo: RCC/Gordana Demser)


19 Jun 2015

The Bulgarian Chairmanship-in-Office of the South East European Cooperation Process (CiO SEECP) has kicked off its activities with the two-day event in Sofia focusing on the state of regional economy and ways to improve it. Taking part in today’s round table which gathered representatives ...

RCC Secretary General Goran Svilanovic briefs the Ambassadors of the South East European (SEE) countries accredited in Brussels, 5 June 2015 (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)


05 Jun 2015

Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Goran Svilanovic met today with the Ambassadors of SEECP participants accredited to EU and NATO in Brussels as well as with EC Director General Christian Danielsson.  

Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic (Photo: RCC)

SEECP summit approves appointment of Goran Svilanovic as RCC Secretary General
26 May 2015

Tirana/Sarajevo, 26 May 2015 – Meeting in Tirana today, the participants of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) summit approved the appointment of Goran Svilanovic for a second three year term as the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Secretary General. The Declaration ...

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 ...

SEECP Foreign Ministers Meeting, Tirana, Albania 22 May, 2015 (Photo: @Petrit)


22 May 2015

Meeting in Tirana today, the Foreign ministers of the South- East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) unanimously appointed Goran Svilanovic for a second term as the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Secretary General. The ministers also adopted the Annual Report of the RCC ...

JHA Ministerial Conference Budva 16-17 May 2015 (Photo by the Government of Montenegro)

Justice and Home Affairs Ministers agree on stepping up cooperation in the joint fight against terrorism
17 Apr 2015

SARAJEVO/BUDVA, 17 April 2015 – Ministers of Interior and Justice from South East Europe (SEE) agreed on the importance of a common approach to prevention, detection and fight against terrorism in the region, at the Ministerial Conference on Justice and Home Affairs that ended in Budva, ...

Przno/Budva, Montenegro, Ministerial conference on Justice and Home Affairs, 16-17 April 2015 (Photo: RCC/Ratka Babic)

Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Conference on Terrorism in Budva, 16-17 April 2015
16 Apr 2015

Ministry of Interior of Montenegro, Ministry of Justice of Montenegro, Ministry of Interior of Slovenia and Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), as operational Secretariat of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), are organising a Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Conference ...

RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic. (Photo RCC)


11 Dec 2014

The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Goran Svilanovic, met today in Sarajevo with the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Troika (The “Troika” consists of the previous, current and next Chair in office of the SEECP, in this case - Romania, Albania and ...

The RCC participated in the formal meeting of the SEECP Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Bucharest on 20 June 2014. (Photo RCC/Erhan Turbedar)


20 Jun 2014

The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Goran Svilanovic, participated in the formal meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Southeast Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP), in Bucharest today. The Ministers approved the Annual Report of the RCC Secretary General ...

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 ...

Participants of the meeting of SEECP Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held on 29 June 2011, in Becici, Montenegro. (Photo: Courstesy of Montenegrin Government)


27 Sep 2012

As South East European ministers discuss measures to consolidate cooperation, RCC Secretary General Biscevic is awarded Bulgarian Golden Laurel medal


23 Sep 2011

Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Hido Biscevic, took part in an informal meeting of ministers of foreign affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII), held in New York ...

Hido Biscevic, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council. (Photo/Europe by Satellite)


21 Jun 2011

Hido Biscevic, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), took part in the ministerial meeting EU-Western Balkans: Western Balkans Forum, held in Luxembourg yesterday.


15 Jun 2011

The role of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) in the context of the Parliamentary Dimension of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) was recognized as important by the participants of the 9th Conference of the SEECP Speakers of Parliament, which took place in Becici, Montenegro, ...


15 Mar 2011

In a Joint Statement adopted in Budva today, Ministers of Defense of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) stressed the importance of defense and security cooperation in fostering general stability and development in the region.


15 Dec 2010

A conference of National Councils of the European Movement in South East Europe, which gathered representatives of ten countries from the region, was held in Podgorica today. The event was co-organized by the European Movement of Montenegro and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat, ...

RCC Secretary General, Hido Biscevic (left), welcomes Montenegrin Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nebojsa Kaludjerovic, at the RCC premises in Sarajevo, 29 July 2010. (Photo RCC/ Selma Ahatovic-Lihic)


29 Jul 2010

The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Hido Biscevic, held today in Sarajevo consultations with Montenegrin Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nebojsa Kaludjerovic, representing the rotating Chairmanship-in-Office of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) ...

RCC Secretary General, Hido Biscevic (right), and RCC Expert on Parliamentary Cooperation, Mimika Loshi, at the 8th conference of SEECP speakers of parliament in Istanbul, Turkey, 7 June 2010. (Photo by Turkish SEECP CiO)


07 Jun 2010

The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Hido Biscevic, participated today in the 8th meeting of speakers of parliament of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) participating states, held in Antalya. The event was organized by the Republic of Turkey, which ...


09 Apr 2010

Hido Biščević, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), took part in a conference of ministers of economy and finance of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), which is being held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 8-10 April 2010.

Participants of a preparatory meeting for the 8th Conference of Speakers of Parliament of the South-East European Cooperation Process, Sarajevo, BiH, 31 March 2010. (Photo RCC/Selma Ahatovic-Lihic)


31 Mar 2010

A two-day preparatory meeting for the 8th Conference of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Speakers of Parliament ended in Sarajevo today with the participants agreeing on the outline programme and discussing the main aspects of the final declaration of the Conference.


09 Oct 2009

The RCC Secretary General Hido Biščević participated in Istanbul in the first informal meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) under the Turkish SEECP Chairmanship.


23 Oct 2008

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic signed today in Bucharest the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Charter on Good Neighborly Relations, Stability, Security and Cooperation in Souheastern Europe, thus fully formalizing Montenegro’s participation in the SEECP.


27 Jul 2008

The RCC Secretary General Hido Biscevic participated in the annual informal meeting of Heads of Government of Southeast European (SEE) countries organized by the Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer in Salzburg on 27 July 2008.


19 May 2008

On 19 May 2008, the political directors of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) are meeting in Pomorie, Bulgaria, to prepare for the Ministerial and Summit meetings on 20 and 21 May.