Newsletter 25/2013

March 21, 2013

 
IN FOCUS
Goran Svilanovic, RCC Secretary General (Photo: RCC/Dado Ruvic)

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SOUTH EAST EUROPE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: A VEHICLE TO BETTER 2020, by Goran Svilanovic, RCC Secretary General

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) marked its fifth anniversary last month. Over these five years of its existence, we saw important steps forward in connecting our region... 

 
OUR SOUTH EAST EUROPE

INTERVIEW with Zlatko Lagumdzija, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Proactive approach and common responsibility necessary for successful regional cooperation

 

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INTERVIEW with Renata Vitez, Director of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Secretariat

CEFTA - the Champion of Regional Cooperation in South East Europe 

 

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Regional economic cooperation at the heart of the EU enlargement process

Regardless of the global economic crisis and continuing uncertainty of the Eurozone, the European Union (EU) is continuing the enlargement process...

The European Commission, in consultation with the RCC, acceding countries and other institutions, is working on finalising the new Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) programme, applicable from 2014 (Photo: http://www.eib.org/)

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FROM BRUSSELS ANGLE
Jelko Kacin, Member of European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo* (Photo: AudioVisual Department of the European Parliament)
INTERVIEW with Jelko Kacin, Member of European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo*

Strict EU conditionality is in the best interest of the accession countries and the enlargement itself   read more

 
GUEST COMMENTATOR
Tamás Szemlér, Dean of the College of International Management and Business Budapest Business School, Hungary (Photo: courtesy of Mr Szemlér)
"The European Union (EU) membership has for long been seen in many Central, Eastern and Southern European countries as a major political and economic objective..."
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Tamás Szemlér
Dean, College of International Management and Business Budapest Business School, Hungary

     
ACTIVITIES IN BRIEF

Regional Cooperation Council’s Board amends organization’s statute to allow participation of Kosovo*

5 years of Regional Cooperation Council marked in Sarajevo

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EVENTS CALENDAR

RCC EVENTS

20.03.2013 - 21.03.2013

17th meeting of the ERI SEE Governing Board and Consultative Body, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

10.04.2013

First meeting on Research, Development and Innovation dimension of SEE 2020 strategy, Vienna, Austria

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CULTURAL EVENTS IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE

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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.