Organization:Regional Cooperation Council
Regional Cooperation Council | |
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 Participating South-East European states | |
| Headquarters | Sarajevo[1] |
| Type | Intergovernmental organization |
| Participants | 46[2] |
| Leaders | |
• Secretary General | Amer Kapetanovic[3] |
| Establishment | |
• RCC established | 2008 |
Website https://www.rcc.int/home | |
The Regional Cooperation Council is a cooperation framework established in 2008 to facilitate cooperation and development in South Eastern Europe. It's secretariat is based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Background
The Regional Cooperation Council[4] was established at a 2008 meeting of foreign affairs ministers from the South-East European Cooperation Process to superceed the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe. The organization was founded by SEECP participants and is funded in part by the European Union to further promote European integration and cooperation. The RCC is led by a Secretary-General, currently Amer Kapetanovic and consists of 46 participants. Participants are made up of the SEECP countries, along with other countries and supranational organizations who are interested in the stability and development of the region.[5]
A major project of the RCC is the development of the Regional Economic Area (REA), to better integrate South East European economies. The status of the REA had been uncertain with competing integration projects like the 2019 Open Balkan initiative.[6] However on 2 July 2023, Albanian prime minister Edi Rama stated the Open Balkans project is over and the countries will revert back to the Berlin Process.[7]
Participants
- South-East European states
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Greece
Kosovo
Moldova
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Romania
Serbia
Slovenia
Turkey
- Other states
Austria
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Finland
France
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Norway
Poland
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
- Organisations
Council of Europe- Council of Europe Development Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- European Investment Bank
European Union- International Organization for Migration
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
United Nations- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- World Bank
- Former participants
United States (withdrew in 2026)[8]
Structure
Leadership
- List of Secretaries General[9]
- Hido Biščević (2008-2012)
- Goran Svilanović (2013-2018)
- Majlinda Bregu (2019-2024)
- Amer Kapetanovic (2025-present)
See also
- South-East European Cooperation Process
- Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe
- Central European Initiative
References
- ↑ https://unu.edu/regional-cooperation-council
- ↑ https://www.rcc.int/pages/96/participants
- ↑ https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2024/06/14/amer-kapetanovic-appointed-as-the-new-secretary-general-of-the-regional-cooperation-council/
- ↑ https://www.rcc.int/pages/2/about-us
- ↑ "About Us". https://www.rcc.int/pages/2/about-us.
- ↑ Maksimović, Sandra (6 March 2020). "What happened to the "mini-Schengen"?". Centre for Contemporary Politics. https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2020/03/06/what-happened-to-the-mini-schengen/.
- ↑ Taylor, Alice (3 July 2023). "Rama: Open Balkan fulfilled its mission, time to focus on Berlin Process". www.euractiv.com. https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/rama-open-balkan-fulfilled-its-mission-time-to-focus-on-berlin-process/.
- ↑ "These are the 66 global organizations the Trump administration is leaving" (in en). 2026-01-08. https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-global-organizations-un-daaa4c9f459d7a492536a1a4e3b7697c.
- ↑ https://www.rcc.int/pages/53/secretary-general
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