At the beginning of the new millennium, with the end of the Kosovo war and the achievement of relative stability in the region, regional cooperation entered a new phase. [...] The purpose of the BP was to reaffirm the EU's dedication to enlargement in the region, by focusing on issues of regional and economic cooperation, and underscoring the importance of sustaining the momentum on reforms that would advance the process. [...] From the very beginning, the summit chair’s conclusions clearly mentioned the key role of civic actors, presenting them as “independent, active, engaged and respected partners”32 whose participation could help “build the participatory democracies that the WB are striving to become”33 and contribute to “making the BP more relevant for the integration of the region and the perspective of the integra. [...] OBCT’s participation in the work of the preparatory meeting of the CSF in July 2024 in Skopje and the participant observation in the 2023 Tirana meetings allowed us to directly verify the considerable quality of the contribution of civil society actors in the WB. [...] The Western Balkans Six participants asked The European Council should enable the European for the continuous support of EU and the EU Commission to make use of the existing participating States for the efforts of the mechanisms for immediate reporting and Western Balkans in the area of strengthening triggering of sanctions for violations or rule of law, fight against organized crime backsliding i.
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Table of Contents
- Table of contents 3
- INTRODUCTION 4
- Methodology 5
- Chapter 1 An Excursus Of Regional Cooperation In The Western Balkans 5
- Central European Initiative Black Sea Economic Cooperation 5
- Royaumont Process for Stability and Good Neighbourliness 5
- South East European Cooperation Process 6
- Southeast European Cooperative Initiative 6
- Stability Pact for South East Europe Stabilisation and Association Process 6
- Regional Cooperation Council 7
- RCC 7
- Berlin Process BP 7
- Open Balkans 7
- Regional Youth Cooperation Office RYCO 8
- 1.1 Mapping of active regional initiatives 8
- RESPA 11
- Southeast Europe Police Chiefs Association SEPCA SEELS 11
- RAI MARRI 12
- Chapter 2 Case Study The Berlin Process 12
- 2.1 The berlin process over the years 12
- 2.2 A decade later work still in progress 16
- 2.3 Civil society at the margins 18
- 2.4 Berlin process and Open Balkans alternative or complementary 21
- Chapter 3 Towards A Common Regional Market And Gradual Integration To The Eu 22
- CONCLUSION 28
- ANNEXES 30
