News Archive
17 April 2025 | News
Zagreb: RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanović meets Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman
Zagreb – As part of the political consultations throughout the South East Europe (SEE), Amer Kapetanović, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), held an official meeting today in Zagreb with Gordan Grlić Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia.
12 April 2025 | News
Kapetanović: Regional cooperation is a foundation of stability and resilience
Antalya/Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General, Amer Kapetanović, participated in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2025, where he moderated the high-level panel discussion “Regional Ownership for a Prosperous Future in the Balkans.”
09 April 2025 | News
RCC SG at ESG Adria Summit: Regional cooperation is the foundation for future
Tivat – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General Amer Kapetanović took part in the ESG Adria Summit 2025, that started today in Tivat, delivering a keynote speech focused on advancing regional cooperation as a key to the European future of the Western Balkans. On the margins of the Summit, the RCC’s Western Balkans Youth Lab (WBYL) Project organized a Regional ...
03 April 2025 | News
Kapetanovic: Regional cooperation is key to building financial resilience to disasters
Geneva, Sarajevo - The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) organised a panel discussion on “Regional Cooperation in Disaster Financial Risk Sharing” on the margins of the 2025 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) for the UNECE region, at the UN Office in Geneva. The event, organised with support of RCC’s participants Greece, Romania, and Türkiye, brought ...
31 March 2025 | News
North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister Visits RCC in Sarajevo
Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia in charge of Good Governance Policies, Mr. Arben Fetai, at its headquarters in Sarajevo. Mr. Fetai met with RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanović to discuss ongoing regional cooperation efforts, with a particular focus on good governance and public administration reforms across ...
27 March 2025 | News
RCC SG Amer Kapetanović Meets with UN Assistant SG Ivana Živković
Istanbul – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Amer Kapetanović, met today in Istanbul with Ivana Živković, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to discuss ongoing and future ...
25 March 2025 | News
RCC Secretary General in an Official Visit to Ankara
Ankara – Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Mr. Amer Kapetanović, paid an official visit to Ankara, where he met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs, Mr. Mehmet Kemal Bozay, reaffirming the strong partnership between the RCC and Türkiye as its Board Participant in advancing regional cooperation, economic connectivity, and ...
14 March 2025 | News
RCC SG Amer Kapetanovic Visits Pristina to Strengthen Regional Cooperation
Pristina – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Amer Kapetanovic, continued his consultations with authorities across South East Europe with an official visit to Pristina. During his visit, Kapetanovic met with key officials, including the President Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and President of the Assembly Glauk Konjufca.
12 March 2025 | News
RCC Establishes SEE Network on Disaster Risk Insurance and Risk Sharing
Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) has officially launched the South East European (SEE) Regional Network on Disaster Risk Insurance and Risk Sharing, marking a significant step in enhancing disaster resilience across SEE. The decision, adopted today by the RCC Board, reflects a strong regional commitment to developing effective risk-sharing mechanisms, in line with the ...
11 March 2025 | News
Kapetanovic: Regional cooperation is crucial driver of stability in the Western Balkans
Sarajevo – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Amer Kapetanovic, met today with Denis Zvizdic, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konakovic, to discuss the role of regional cooperation in advancing economic and political stability ...
26 February 2025 | News
RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic in an Official Visit to Tirana
Tirana – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Amer Kapetanovic, met with the President of Albania, Bajram Begaj, and the Speaker of the Parliament of Albania, Elisa Spiropali, in Tirana today. The purpose of the visit, which is a part of the RCC Secretary General’s tour of the region, was to discuss regional cooperation agendas and progress made in ...
25 February 2025 | News
RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic Meets Top Officials in Skopje
Skopje – Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic has concluded a productive visit to North Macedonia, holding talks with President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, President of the Assembly Afrim Gashi, Minister for European Affairs Orhan Murtezani, and Andrej Lepavcov, Director of the Directorate for EU at the Ministry ...
21 February 2025 | News
RCC welcomes Minister of Labor and Social Welfare of Montenegro in its Sarajevo Headquarters
Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General, Amer Kapetanovic, welcomed Naida Nisic, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro, to the RCC headquarters in Sarajevo today. The meeting focused on regional cooperation in employment and labour mobility, with particular attention to the upcoming Ministerial Conference on Labour Migration, ‘Supporting ...
03 February 2025 | News
Common Regional Market is a path to a better, more secure future
Sarajevo – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Amer Kapetanovic, delivered a guest lecture titled Growth Plan: Walking the Talk – Regional Cooperation in Action at the Faculty of Political Science in Sarajevo today.
28 January 2025 | News
Empowering people, integrating economies, and growing together is the only way forward for our region
Bečići, Montenegro – Today, at the High-Level Conference on Regional Economic Integration, the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Amer Kapetanovic, presented the way in which the bold vision for the future of our region through the creation of the Common Regional Market (CRM) for the Western Balkans translates into actions across several key areas.
03 January 2025 | News
Amer Kapetanovic takes office as the Secretary General of the RCC
Sarajevo – Mr Amer Kapetanovic assumed his duties of the new Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) today, following the appointment by the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Foreign Ministers on 12 June 2024 in Skopje.