Through comprehensive participation, the conference will discuss relevant issues related to energy policies, renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, modern trends in thermal energy and mining and solar energy. The event will contribute to exchanging experience, information and research results as well as enhanced cooperation and communication between participating institutions with the prospects to strengthen business relations and links.

It will bring together representatives of governments, utilities, regulatory commissions, industry, business, municipalities, civil society, international and regional organizations, consultants, consumer groups, research, development and educational institutions, universities and independent experts.

The event is being co-organized by the Tuzla Fair, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat and the Association for Solar Energy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, will present the organization’s Annual Report on regional cooperation in South East Europe 2012-2013 and the RCC Strategy and Work Programme 2014-2016. The report and the strategy are expected to be endorsed by the meeting participants, who will also discuss developments in regional cooperation in South East Europe within the RCC framework.

The event is being co-organized by the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Chairmanship-in-Office 2012-2013 of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the RCC Secretariat.

The event aims to foster and underpin cooperation and communication between public relation departments of security institutions and public service media from South East Europe, international organizations and partners, through dialogue and exchange of information, views and ideas, in order to motivate more open relations and environment in the region.

This is third in a series of conference dedicated to the subject topic on public service media and security in South East Europe. The first event was held in Zagreb in November 2011, followed by an event in city of Pula, in May 2012.

It is co-organized by the RACVIAC – Centre for Security Cooperation, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat, the Ministry of Defense of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the NATO Public Diplomacy Division and the Croatian Radio and Television (HRT).

The conference will discuss ways to strengthen regional cooperation in air traffic, focusing on more efficient and safer air navigation services provision in the regional airspace. A Letter of Intent on Joint Service Provision Area in South East Europe is expected to be signed by involved partners.

The event is being co-organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat and the Montenegrin Civil Aviation Agency. It will bring together representatives of Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs) of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Chief Executive Officers of national Air Navigation Service Providers and of Hungarocontrol will also take part in the conference.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

The 20th meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Board will hear a report by the RCC Secretary General Goran Svilanovic on activities of the organization’s Secretariat in the period February-April 2013, primarily in relation to results achieved in the implementation of the RCC Strategy and Work Programme 2011-2013, as well as information on the work planned for the future period.

The Annual Report of the Secretary General on regional cooperation in South East Europe 2012-2013 will be presented at the meeting for the Board’s acceptance. The RCC Strategy and Work Programme 2014-2016 will also be introduced to the Board for adoption. 

The RCC Board meets three times a year and is chaired by the RCC Secretary General. The Board provides the RCC with operational guidance and supervision. It consists of those RCC participants contributing to the budget of the RCC Secretariat as well as the European Union.

The 12th meeting will continue discussing ways to advance practical coordination and harmonization of activities between the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Troika (Serbia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Romania), the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat and the European Union. This relates in particular to the implementation of priorities of the SEECP Chairmanship-in-Office 2012-2013 and the RCC Strategy and Work Programme 2011-2013, as well as to other issues of importance for the work of the RCC and regional cooperation in SEE.

The main purpose of the meeting is to provide an insight into activities of the Regional Cooperation Council's Task Force on Culture and Society (TFCS) and its Secretariat since the last meeting in November 2012, and to review planned activities for the period to come. It is being organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) TFCS Secretariat.

The event will focus on the final selection of flagship projects competing for the 2.8 million euros EU funds for rehabilitation of SEE cultural heritage, as well as on the visibility aspects of Ljubljana Process II and its future.

The second day of the 5th meeting of the TFCS will be used for presentation of the SEE 2020 Strategy, focusing on the creative and cultural sectors dimension of the Strategy. It will discuss goals, development process and mechanisms in these areas. The meeting is an opportunity for the members of the RCC Task Force on Culture and Society to define a possible role of the TFCS in the process of development and implementation of the SEE 2020 Strategy.

It will bring together coordinators of national climate change adaptation networks from Croatia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia as well as representatives of the Austrian Red Cross, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme, Environmental Improvement Center and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat.

The event is being co-organised by the SEEFCCA and the RCC Secretariat with support of the Austrian Red Cross.

The meeting will discuss current national labor mobility initiatives and explore the potential for full regional labor mobility in South East Europe. Participants will also discuss national labor market governance challenges and priorities, which include issues related to flexicurity (job flexibility and security), labor administration and its capacities, social dialogue, labor market information systems, and policies to address marginalized groups or informal employment.

The event will gather representatives of ministries of labour from the Western Balkans and of relevant organisations. The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat is organizing this meeting in the context of South East Europe (SEE) 2020, a regional development and growth strategy with a clear focus on employment creation.

The meeting will present the Smart Growth pillar of the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy, and discuss education targets of the Strategy, with an aim to adopt and prepare them for approval by the SEE ministers of education possibly during the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training, which will be held in Torino on 7 May 2013.

The meeting, which is being organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat, will gather national representatives of Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe (ERI SEE) Governing Board, national contact points for the Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training as well as regional experts and partners. 

The regional workshop is being organized in compliance with the Conclusions of the 17th Meeting of the ERI SEE Governing Board, held on 20 and 21 March 2013 in Sarajevo.