Regional Cooperation Council

Newsletter 23/2012

November 20, 2012

IN FOCUS

Amna Redzepagic, Expert on Infrastructure, RCC Secretariat (Photo: RCC/Dado Ruvic)

CONNECT TO EUROPE TO CONNECT EUROPE, by Amna Redzepagic, Expert on Infrastructure, RCC Secretariat

A major portion of transport investments in the South East European (SEE) countries were realized during 1970s and 1980s. And, with the impact of the 1990s wars,..

OUR SOUTH EAST EUROPE

INTERVIEW with Sinisa Hajdas Doncic, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Croatia Joint infrastructure planning and approach to EU and international financial institutions of great importance for South East Europe	read more

INTERVIEW with Gordana Comic, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia/ Member of the Working Group on Parliamentary Cooperation in South East Europe We parliamentarians have to support regional cooperation: it contributes to social, democratic and economic development of our countries	read more

Single European Sky on Western Balkans Horizon An Agreement signed in Stockholm in April 2008 on the establishment of the Implementation of the Single European Sky in South East Europe (ISIS) Programme was the first step...	read more

Climate changes know no borders Climate changes have impact on societies worldwide. South East Europe (SEE), just as many other regions in the world,..	read more

A YEAR OF TANGIBLE PROGRESS, by Gjergj Murra, Expert in Parliamentary Cooperation, RCC Secretariat The year 2012 has witnessed a good progress in parliamentary cooperation in South East Europe (SEE)...	read more

FROM BRUSSELS ANGLE

Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament (Photo: http://www.ceuropeens.org )

INTERVIEW with Martin Schultz, President of the European Parliament

We would welcome single, efficient forum that involves parliaments of all the countries of the region read more

Fabrizio Barbaso, Deputy Director General, Directorate General Energy, European Commission (Photo: courtesy of Mr. Barbaso)

INTERVIEW with Fabrizio Barbaso, Deputy Director General, Directorate General Energy, European Commission

Energy Strategy aims to put the energy sector in South East Europe on a sustainable path read more

GUEST COMMENTATOR

Esref Gacanin, President of the Association of Consulting Engineers, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Photo: courtesy of Mr. Garcanin)

"Transport is an economic activity with high social expenses, and is usually a development precondition or an important development accelerator..."
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Esref Gacanin
President of Association of Consulting Engineers, Bosnia and Herzegovina

"In the political and legal thinking of the 19th century state diplomacy and parliaments were two completely separate worlds..."
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Michael Ehrke
Director of Regional Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Office, Belgrade, Serbia

ACTIVITIES IN BRIEF

	Economy ministers of Western Balkans agree on 11 targets for regional economic growth by 2020
	Museums network in South East Europe established at ministerial conference in Skopje
	3rd road congress agrees on further development of road infrastructure in South East Europe
more activities

EVENTS CALENDAR

RCC EVENTS

22.11.2012

Regional Conference ‘New Skills for New Jobs in the Western Balkans – a key platform for promoting economic and social development’, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

more RCC events

CULTURAL EVENTS IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE

more cultural events

Published (from April 2010 to December 2013) by: Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat

Editor: Dinka Živalj
Contributor: Ratka Babić
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The publication of this newsletter has been made possible through a financial support by the Federal Republic of Germany.

The views expressed in the articles/interviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Regional Cooperation Council and its Secretariat.

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