Signing of an Agreement on Continuation of Cooperation between RCC and ETF

  • 22.11.2017
  • Brussels, Belgium

Goran Svilanovic, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and Cesare Onestini, newly appointed Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF) are to sign an Agreement on Continuation of Cooperation between the two organizations in Brussels, on 22 November 2017. 

The signing ceremony would also be attended by Genoveva Ruiz Calavera, Director for Western Balkans at European Commissions (EC) Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) and Kiril Kiryakov, International Policy Officer-External Relations and Enlargement at EC’s Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.  

The past cooperation agreement between the RCC and ETF was signed for the period 2014-2017. The need for continuation of cooperation stems from SEE 2020 Strategy and Multi-Annual Action Plan (MAP) on Regional Economic Area in Western Balkans, endorsed at the Western Balkans Summit in Trieste in July 2017. 

The signing of the agreement on continuation of cooperation between RCC and ETF in human capital development was organised on the occasion of the Vocational Skills Week 21-24 November 2017.