On 28 April 2008, the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Hido Biščević, presented the media with RCC priorities, staff and premises. The event was also attended by the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Erhard Busek.

Biščević and Busek stressed that the RCC establishment represented a historical step forward for the countries of the region, as they for the first time took ownership and leadership of regional cooperation into their own hands.