In view of the upcoming Western Balkans Summit in Paris scheduled for July 2016, forty high level representatives of the six Western Balkans governments and of other countries of the Berlin Process met in Vienna on April 25, 2016, at the follow-up high-level conference of the Vienna Western Balkans Summit – “Western Balkans: Energizing the Enlargement Process by Solving Bilateral Disputes”. The Vienna conference was an opportunity to present the BiEPAG toolbox and the proposed template for the country reports on progress made, which were both perceived as important for solving the bilateral issues and finding solutions, which will support the EU accession process of the WB region. All the participants presented their innate support for the process of resolving the bilateral disputes and the general notion was that all stakeholders must build on the successes of the last year signing of the Declaration on solving the bilateral disputes. They also stressed the role of regional cooperation on the EU route and the role that the RCC has and will continue to have in the process. More information is available here.
Source: European Fund for the Balkans