Interviews/Articles/Speeches
RCC SG for "EUpravo zato"
27 MAY 2025 | INTERVIEW
In the interview for "EUpravo zato" initiative, Amer Kapetanović, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), emphasizes that the EU's Growth Plan offers a historic opportunity for the Western Balkans to accelerate European integration and economic development. He notes that while the region is closer to EU membership than five years ago, significant reforms and political maturity are still needed. The Growth Plan, valued at approximately 6 billion EUR, aims to bridge the socio-economic gap between the Western Balkans and the EU by fostering regional cooperation, economic integration, and access to parts of the EU's single market. Kapetanović highlights strong public support for regional collaboration, citing that 82% of citizens favor such efforts, and stresses the importance of transforming this consensus into tangible actions to ensure a prosperous future for the region.
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RCC SG for Al Jazeera Balkans
22 MAY 2025 | INTERVIEW
RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic spoke for Al Jazeera Balkans' "Recite Al Jazeeri" (Tell Al Jazeera) show. Kapetanovic spoke regional employment and workforce dynamics, Common Regional Market and the challenges and potential of power of regional cooperation for the Western Balkans and South East Europe.
Entire interview in Bosnian language is below.
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RCC Secretary General for publication "Connecting The Region"
08 APRIL 2025 | INTERVIEW
In the interview, Amer Kapetanovic, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), underscores the RCC’s focus on creating tangible benefits for citizens and businesses through initiatives that advance both regional integration and sustainable development. Kapetanovic emphasizes the importance of regional cooperation to access EU Growth Plan funds, highlighting successes like the elimination of roaming charges and the boost in trade. He also addresses the region's progress on the Common Regional Market and the green and digital transitions, stressing the need for political commitment and the challenge of tackling issues like youth migration, poverty, and inequality.
The entire interview is available on the link, pg 82-83
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RCC Secretary General for Skopje-based Alsat TV
02 MARCH 2025 | INTERVIEW
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic in a TV interview on Skopje-based Alsat TV’s "Programi 200" discussed the importance of regional cooperation, the tangible benefits it has brought to citizens, RCC’s future plans, the current geopolitical landscape, and efforts to strengthen cooperation across Southeast Europe.
RCC Secretary General for A2 CNN TV
02 MARCH 2025 | INTERVIEW
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic in a TV interview for Tirana-based CNN exclusive news channel affiliate A2 TV’s "Off the Record" with Andrea Dangli on Common Regional Market’s tangible benefits for the Western Balkan citizes, RCC’s future plans, the current geopolitical landscape, and efforts to build regional cooperation across South East Europe.
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RCC Secretary General for Montenegrin Vijesti
05 FEBRUARY 2025 | INTERVIEW
Montenegrin new portal Vijesti piblished an intervju with the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Amer Kapetanovic.
"Larger market means more people, more options, better self-regulation which could lead to lower prices", said Kapetanovic highlighting the benefits of implementing the Common Regional Market.
Entire interview is available on the links below.
RCC Secretary General for N1
10 JANUARY 2025 | INTERVIEW
In his first TV appearance as a Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Amer Kapatanovic spoke at the live TV show "Dan uzivo". Kapetanovic spoke about the importance of regional cooperation, concrete benefits for the citizens of our region it yielded so far, and RCC's plans for the future, but also on the fact that RCC is not only about the Western Balkans Six, but about enhancing cooperation in the entire South East Europe.
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