Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, the German Foreign Office, the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (as Chair of the SEECP) and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe are organising an international conference entitled:

Regional Co-operation Challenges 2007/2008

From the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe to the Regional Co-operation Council:

Enhancing the Voice of the Region

to be held in Zagreb, Croatia, on September 8-9, 2006.

More than 100 participants from South Eastern Europe, the European Union and the international community will debate how to ensure a sustainable framework for regional co-operation post Stability Pact.  Following the decision of the meeting of the Regional Table in May 2006, the Pact will be replaced by a Regional Co-operation Council with SEE countries taking the ownership of this regional co-operation framework.

Regional co-operation is one of the conditions for EU membership and something that the Stability Pact monitors on behalf of the EU.  Moreover, regional co-operation is something that the countries in any region of Europe, being members of the EU or not, are involved in, from the Visegrad Group, to the Regional Partnership, the Baltic Co-operation Council and the Nordic Council….

For the programme, please click here

Speeches:

• Speech by H.E Prime Minister of Croatia dr Ivo Sanader
• Speech by Minister of State Erler
• Speech of Special Co-ordinator Erhard Busek

Media accreditation form is available by clicking here.  Please send it by e-mail to the Office of the Spokesperson of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: urglas@mvpei.hr

More information is available from the Office of the Spokesperson of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (Tel: +385 1 4569 964 or E-mail: urglas@mvpei.hr) or from the Stability Pact Spokesperson Dragan Barbutovski
(Tel: +32 2 401-8725, Mobile: +32 498 982-984 or E-mail: press@stabilitypact.org)