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55th Western Balkans Follow-up Committee meeting

Event
Hearing with CSOs of Kosovo*
HOTEL INTERNATIONAL PRISHTINA, RR. SHKUPI, VETERNIK
Pristina, KOSOVO

This years' meeting of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee outside of Brussels took place on 29 March 2023 in Pristina, Kosovo, and it included a hearing with the local civil society organisations (CSOs).

The goal of the hearing was to listen to the views on the role of civil society in Kosovo as well as to hear their concerns, and to convey these messages to the political authorities of Kosovo and of the EU.

The following topics were discussed at the hearing:

  • 2023 European Year of Skills: skills, education and youth policy in Kosovo
  • State of social dialogue in Kosovo
  • Enabling civic space in Kosovo

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29/03/2023

15th meeting of the EU–Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee

Event
JCC Meeting
Rue Belliard 99
Brussels
Belgium

The EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) held its 15th meeting on 21 April 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. It is a platform established within the institutional framework of the EU‑Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), enabling representatives of both the EU and the Serbian civil society to monitor the country's accession negotiations, discuss issues of common interest and point out concerns to be tackled on the Serbian path towards the European Union.

21/04/2023

16th meeting of the EU-Montenegro Joint Consultative Committee

Event
JCC Meeting
Hotel Ramada Boulevard of Sava Kovačević 74
Podgorica
Montenegro

For the 16th time, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Montenegro held the Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC). The JCC is a civil society platform established between the EESC and Montenegrin civil society. It complements with a civil society point of view the EU institutional framework related to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EU and Montenegro. This joint institution allows civil society organisations on both sides to monitor the country's accession negotiations. It is also a platform to discuss issues of common interest and to inform the public at large on the challenges ahead during the accession period.

 

This 16th JCC took place in Podgorica and tackled issues such as:

02/03/2023

14th meeting of the EU–Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee

Event
Resavska 13–15
Belgrade
Serbia

The EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) will hold its 14th meeting on 29 November 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a platform established within the institutional framework of the EU‑Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), enabling representatives of both the EU and the Serbian civil society to monitor the country's accession negotiations, discuss issues of common interest and point out concerns to be tackled on the Serbian path towards the European Union.

29/11/2022

Youth Policy in the Western Balkans – An essential element for the future of the region and Europe

Event
Prague
Czech Republic

The Western Balkans Civil Society High-Level Conference brought together EESC members, civil society representatives from the countries of the Western Balkans, as well as Czech officials and members of organised civil society. The conference complemented the work the EESC has already been undertaking by organising the Western Balkans Civil Society Forum every two years since 2006.

The main topics on the agenda were:

16/09/2022

Meeting of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-Up Committee

Event
Hearing with Civil Society from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Skenderija 3a
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina

This years' meeting of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee outside of Brussels took place on 24 May 2022 in the Delegation of the European Union in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and included a hearing with the civil society organisations (CSOs).

24/05/2022

15th meeting of the EU-Montenegro Joint Consultative Committee

Event
JCC Meeting
Brussels
Belgium

For the 15th time, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Montenegro held the Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC). It took place in Brussels and tackled issues such as: Current state of play in EU-Montenegro relations including 2021 Montenegro Report / Revised enlargement methodology – Cluster 1: The Fundamentals of the Accession Process, with a special focus on Economic Criteria, Public procurement, Statistics and Financial Control and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic / Overview of the civil society situation in Montenegro.

A joint declaration was adopted at the meeting and distributed to all relevant EU institutions, as well as to the Montenegrin authorities.

11/04/2022

12th meeting of the EU-Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee

Event
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia Resavska 13 – 15
Belgrade
Serbia

It is a platform established within the institutional framework of the EU‑Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), enabling representatives of both the EU and the Serbian civil society to monitor the country's accession negotiations, discuss issues of common interest and point out concerns to be tackled on the Serbian path towards the European Union.

26/11/2021

8th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum

Event
Conference
Skopje
North Macedonia

Topics on the agenda: how to enhance the accession process – a credible EU perspective for the Western Balkans; the contribution of CSOs to the Green Agenda and sustainable development of the Western Balkans as part of the EU accession process; the state of social dialogue, as well as enabling civic space in the Western Balkans.
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30/09/2021 01/10/2021

7th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum

Event
Tirana
Albania

The EESC organised its 7th Western Balkans Civil Society Forum in Tirana on 16-17 April 2019.

The main topics on the agenda were the role of civil society organisations in promoting regional cooperation (trade and investment, connectivity and people to people relations), the state of social dialogue, as well as enabling civic space in the Western Balkans.

It brought together approximately 180 participants, including a broad range of civil society representatives from the EU and the Western Balkans, as well as representatives of EU institutions, international organisations and governments of the region.

16/04/2019 17/04/2019

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