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Regional Cooperation Council - RCC Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) serves regional cooperation in South East Europe to spark development and growth to the benefit of its people

The Regional Cooperation Council is an all-inclusive, regionally owned and led cooperation framework, launched on 27 February 2008 at the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Sofia. It functions as a focal point for regional cooperation in SEE and its key role is to spark development in the region to the benefit of its people. RCC helps prosperity and growth through regional action in SEE, while advancing European and Euro-Atlantic integration. We see our region as a prosperous place of dialogue, freedom and mobility, rich in cultural heritage, where each person feels safe and protected by the rule of law. The organization is headed by the Secretary General, Majlinda Bregu, and has a Secretariat based in Sarajevo, and a Liaison Office in Brussels.

RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic today at the Open Society Foundations's Civil Society & Think Tank Forum 2026 ses...
07/10/2026

RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic today at the Open Society Foundations's Civil Society & Think Tank Forum 2026 session “Competitiveness & Growth: From CRM to Single Market” together with CEFTA Director Pranvera Kastrati, Transport Community Director Talis Linkaits, Political Advisor to the Prime Minister and Sherpa for Regional Affairs Lorena Sekiraqa and Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Economist Branimir Jovanovic.

“The Common Regional Market has given us the framework, and now implementation has to catch up with ambition. The real test is whether the commitments we have made translate into fewer barriers, lower costs and more opportunities for businesses and citizens. Delivery is what will make regional integration credible and bring the Western Balkans Six closer to the EU Single Market,” said Kapetanović.

From freer movement and stronger regional value chains to investment, digitalisation and access to the EU Single Market, remains one of the region’s most concrete tools for closing the convergence gap.

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05/10/2026

Two days. One regional digital agenda. Western Balkans Digital Summit is coming to 🤖🌐

13–14 October is all about the 8th Western Balkans Digital Summit , bringing governments, businesses, international partners, academia and digital experts together for two days focused on what is shaping our digital future 👉🏻 digital public services, cybersecurity, AI, digital skills, digital transformation, stronger regional digital cooperation, and more.

Stay tuned!

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Today in , RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic took part in the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting under Montenegro’s 2026...
01/10/2026

Today in , RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic took part in the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting under Montenegro’s 2026 Presidency ⏭️ with security and resilience, economic and social convergence, and opportunities for the next generation at the heart of discussions.

“Regional cooperation is not a waiting room for European integration, and it is not a substitute for it either. It is the practical means of making this region, and by extension Europe, more resilient, more connected and more secure,” said Kapetanović.

From the and faster economic convergence to cyber, hybrid and disinformation threats, the message was clear: security, growth and the future of young people are closely connected.

“A more resilient Western Balkans is not a favour to Europe’s security. It is a direct contribution to it.”

Read more 👉🏻 www.rcc.int/news/1081/kapetanovic-at-berlin-process-foreign-ministers-meeting-a-more-resilient-western-balkans-is-a-direct-contribution-to-europes-security

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“Convergence will not be decided in declarations. It will be decided in the gap between what we sign and what we apply. ...
30/09/2026

“Convergence will not be decided in declarations. It will be decided in the gap between what we sign and what we apply. Let us close that gap together.” ⏭️ said RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic in today at the Economy Ministers’ Meeting today, calling for faster delivery of commitments ahead of the October Leaders’ Summit.

“Implementation is now the credibility test: the gap between a signature and what a company or a citizen actually experiences. We will do our part: our monitoring mechanism will show where delivery moves and where it stalls, and we will come back with concrete feedback,” said Kapetanović.

With the Action Plan already in place and at the core of the EU Growth Plan, the focus is now on delivery ⏭️
🚀 Supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses
💼 Facilitating investment
🌱 Advancing greener incentives
🔗 Strengthening the region’s links with European value chains and the 🇪🇺 Single Market

Read more 👉🏻 www.rcc.int/news/1080/kapetanovic-at-berlin-process-economy-ministers-meeting-implementation-is-now-the-credibility-test

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Today in , seven industrial parks and business zones from the signed MoUs with partners from the 🇪🇺, launching the ne...
30/09/2026

Today in , seven industrial parks and business zones from the signed MoUs with partners from the 🇪🇺, launching the new WB6–EU Industrial Parks Partnership facilitated by RCC.

From business matchmaking, supplier development and investment promotion to innovation, skills and greener industrial parks 👉🏻 the goal is to connect companies more directly with European value chains, customers, investors and technology partners.

“Today, we make the introductions. Tomorrow, we build business links,” said RCC SG Amer Kapetanovic.

The initiative is part of the regional economic deliverables ahead of the 2026 Summit and contributes to the RCC-coordinated Action Plan 2025–2028.

Read more 👉🏻 https://www.rcc.int/news/1079/7-industrial-parks-from-western-balkans-six-sign-mous-with-6-eu-counterparts-launching-new-partnerships

This morning RCC Secretary General opened the first panel of the Economic Conference Montenegro 2026 organised by Chamber of Economy of Montenegro as part of the this year’s Montenegro chairmanship of the , where he called for faster progress from regional fragmentation to scale.

Read the full speech 👉🏻 https://www.rcc.int/docs/811/speech-by-rcc-secretary-general-at-the-economic-conference-montenegro-2026

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27/09/2026

Weekend Media Festival mode: ON 📢

From regional cooperation to regional communication 👉🏻 RCC PR team at .hr in , with lectures, workshops, networking and plenty of fresh ideas on what’s next in media and communications.

A Weekend well spent.

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On the margins of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Week in RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic, took ...
25/09/2026

On the margins of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Week in RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic, took part at the meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs organised under the auspices of the Bucharest Chairmanships-in-Office of the Central European Initiative - CEI and the SEECP under the theme “Regional Cooperation in a Changing World: Delivering Stability, Resilience and Sustainable Growth through Trust-Based, Results-Oriented Cooperation,”

“Regional cooperation is no longer measured by what we agree with when politics is easy, but by what continues to work when politics becomes difficult. We cannot wait for a better political climate before we cooperate. It is through cooperation that we begin to create one,” said RCC SG.

It was good to hear SEECP foreign ministers welcoming RCC’s contribution to advancing regional cooperation and commending of the work in translating political commitments into concrete regional results.

While in New York, RCC SG met EU Special Representative Peter Sørensen and Hungary’s Deputy State Secretary for International Cooperation István Lakatos for exchanges on regional developments, cooperation, connectivity, economic development and the WB6’s European integration.

Read more 👉🏻 rcc.int/news/1077/kapetanovic-in-new-york-regional-cooperation-must-deliver-when-politics-becomes-difficult

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21/09/2026

The came to Žabljak, bringing ministers, experts and partners together for two packed days of decisions, discussions and new regional commitments. ⛰️♻️

The Third Annual Ministerial Meeting on the Green Agenda for the covered everything from ministerial discussions and the endorsement of the 2026 Ministerial Declaration, to new regional deliverables on climate adaptation, biodiversity, forest restoration, single-use plastics and Extended Producer Responsibility. 🌿📄

Day two moved from commitments to conversation, with panels and practical exchanges on plastic pollution, biodiversity and ecosystem restoration, monitoring and sustainable finance. 💬🌱

Two very full days of the Green Agenda! 💚

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