The delegation to Turkey, which undertook a three-day mission to Ankara and Izmir, was composed of Mr Manthos Mavrommatis (Gr I), Mr Jose Antonio Moreno Díaz (Gr II), Mr Panagiotis Gkofas (Gr III) and administrators Mr Javier Admettla Fernandez (REX section) and Ms Panagiota Theodoropoulou (the president's private office).

The delegation to Bulgaria was composed of Evgeniy Ivanov (Bulgaria, Employers Group), Veselin Mitov (Bulgaria, Workers Group) and Bogomil Nikolov (Bulgaria, Various interests Group), supported by Milen Minchev, EESC secretariat.