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13-14 December 2006: Background information about the Western Balkans COSAP

The Conference of the European Integration Parliamentary Committees of States participating to the Stabilisation of Association Process (Western Balkans COSAP) has been established in June 2005 as a tool to promote fundamental internal reforms through the common pursuit of EU integration.

The Conference has a rotating Chairmanship and meets regularly to discuss issues related to the Stabilisation and Association Process. Apart from the meeting held in Skopje on 13-14 December 2006, the Western Balkans COSAP met previously in Sarajevo and in Zagreb.

The first meeting, held on 16-18 June 2005, marked the establishment of the Conference itself, while the latter, held on 5-6 March 2006, focussed on the role and functioning of this regional forum and on the cooperation between the SAP National Parliaments and the European Parliament through the activities of the joint Parliamentary committees.

The Western Balkans COSAP participated also as a Special Guest to the meetings of the Conference of Community and European Affairs Committee of the Parliaments of the EU (COSAC).

Joint Statement: Skope, 13-14 December 2006

EC: Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2006-2007

EC: The Western Balkans on the road to the EU: consolidating stability and raising prosperity

December 2006:  PC Matrix Dec. 2006

On 16 October 2006, the Stability Pact and the European Parliament held in Zagreb the second round of seminars in the framework of the Parliamentary Troika (European Parliament, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly), aimed at the Chairs of relevant Committees of SEE Parliaments.  [Link: More Information]

Parliamantary Co-operation Task Force Report, Regional Table in Prague -
15 - 16 November 2005

Parliamantary Cooperation Report , Regional Table in Sofia - 17-19 May 2005

Progress Report , January -June 2004, presented in Portoroz, 7 June 2004

Study Paper , Stability Pact explores new directions in the area of Parliamentary Cooperation, presented in Portoroz, 7 June 2004

Proposal for a web site with a view to set up and maintain a Parliamentary Information Network for SEE; April 27th, 2004.

Activity Report , Cavtat, May 2003

Activities and Outlook , June 2002

Conclusions of the Chair , Bucharest, 7 June 2002

Tirana Declaration : Enhancing Security and Political Stability through Economic Co-operation: Progress on the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, Tirana, 16 October 2002

Conclusions of the Presidency , Brussels, 18 September 2001

Declaration of the Stability Pact Parliamentary Summit
Zagreb, September 13, 2000

Report on Parliamentary Cooperation , Budapest, 24 January 2000

Working Meeting on the Parliamentary Dimension of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Brussels, 16 December 1999

Conferences and Meetings within the Parliamentary Dimension

Projects on Parliamentary Cooperation