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11 November 2025 | News
10th Regional Security Coordination Conference Opens in Skopje
Skopje – The 10th Regional Security Coordination Conference (“Jumbo”) opened today in Skopje, bringing together ministers, senior officials, and security practitioners from the Western Balkans, Italy, and the European Union to mark a decade of regional cooperation in strengthening shared security and resilience.
10 November 2025 | News
A Decade of Shared Security: 10th RCC ‘Jumbo’ Conference Brings Regional and International Security Practitioners to Skopje
Skopje/Sarajevo - The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Ministry of Interior, and in partnership with the Government of North Macedonia, is organising the 10th Annual Regional Security Coordination Conference (“Jumbo”), taking place on 11-12 November 2025, in Skopje.
07 November 2024 | News
Bregu: Our commitment to building a resilient, adaptive, and forward-looking security framework is a must
Sarajevo - The 9th Regional Security Coordination Conference dubbed “Working Together in Times of Global Uncertainties”, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy and Ministry of Interior of Italy, opened today in Sarajevo.
14 November 2023 | News
Bregu: Brain Drain is Becoming not just Human Capital but Security Issue Too
Rome - "Migration is becoming one of the biggest problems of today, because countries are emptying. Not just those that result in the inflow of migrants to our region, but also because of the emigration from our region further to the west. Hence, the term of security challenges is dramatically changing. Security challenge is not just conflict resolution or prevention but it is also climate ...
18 November 2022 | News
Bregu: 82.9% of Western Balkan citizens agree that regional cooperation can help in improving economic resilience
Rome/Sarajevo – “The EU and the Western Balkans share many evolving, borderless security threats, from radicalisation, violent extremism, and return of Foreign Terrorist Fighters to irregular migration, organised crime, corruption, disinformation and cyber-attacks. Such joint priorities have been re-validated by the war in Ukraine by also making clear the important role of ...
06 December 2021 | News
Bregu: EU and Balkans security challenges are becoming ever more interrelated amidst new global threats
Paris/Sarajevo – “The European Union and the Western Balkans security challenges are becoming ever more interrelated and connected to a set of a new global threats. We have to face that we are at an inflection point. We might soon be facing a crisis—a humanitarian and security crisis, as security issues are common, so common and collective should also be our response,” ...
20 November 2020 | News
Over-securitisation of illegal immigration can be dangerous, but neglecting its detrimental potential can be equally dangerous too
Sarajevo – “Illegal immigration is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon which no single country can fix alone. We should take into account the opinion of 63% of Western Balkan citizens who perceive it as a direct security threat. Over-securitisation of this issue can be dangerous, but neglecting its detrimental potential can be equally dangerous too. Currently, bilateral and regional ...
05 December 2019 | News
RCC: We need dynamic regional responses to modern security challenges
Trieste – “83% of Europeans agree that fake news is a threat to democracy, yet it has become a new normalcy, sitting between a freedom of speech and freedom to hate. Fake news is vastly contributing to hate speech which adds fuel to the fire of nationalism and violent extremism, especially on social media. That is a path towards youth radicalisation, a global problem, to which ...
06 December 2018 | News
Svilanovic: Cyber security became new hotspot and serious challenge at global, regional and local level
Istanbul – The Third Regional Coordination Conference for Counter-Terrorism (CT) and Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in South East Europe (SEE), organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) in cooperation with the Government and the Ministry of Interior of Turkey, together with Integrative Internal Security Governance Initiative (IISG), opened in Istanbul, ...
30 November 2017 | News
RCC: Second Regional Coordination Conference for Counter-Terrorism and Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism opens in Brdo pri Kranju
Svilanovic: Departures from the region to Syria and Iraq almost completely stopped by mid-2016 Brdo near Kranj – Second Regional Coordination Conference for Counter-Terrorism (CT) and Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in South East Europe (SEE), discussing the enhancement of cooperation and coordination of CT and P/CVE programmes and activities in the region, commenced ...
11 November 2016 | News
Tirana: Stepping up regional response in fight against radicalization, violent extremism, terrorism and foreign terrorist fighters in South East Europe in the focus of the RCC-organised conference
Tirana - For the first time in this format key international partners, regional organisations and representatives of governments from South East Europe (SEE) gathered to discuss and agree upon practical recommendations and future steps in fight against radicalization, violent extremism, terrorism and foreign terrorist fighters in the region, at the regional conference organized by the Regional ...