Regional Cooperation Council | |
|---|---|
 Logo | |
 Participating South-East European states | |
| Headquarters | Sarajevo[1] |
| Type | Intergovernmental organization |
| Participants | 46[2] |
| Leaders | |
• Secretary General | Amer Kapetanovic[3] |
| Establishment | |
• RCC established | 2008 |
Website https://www.rcc.int/home | |
TheRegional Cooperation Council is a cooperation framework established in 2008 to facilitate cooperation and development inSouth Eastern Europe. It's secretariat is based inSarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Regional Cooperation Council[4] was established at a 2008 meeting of foreign affairs ministers from theSouth-East European Cooperation Process to superceed theStability Pact for Southeastern Europe. The organization was founded by SEECP participants and is funded in part by the European Union to further promote European integration and cooperation. The RCC is led by a Secretary-General, currentlyAmer Kapetanovic and consists of 46 participants. Participants are made up of the SEECP countries, along with other countries and supranational organizations who are interested in the stability and development of the region.[5]
A major project of the RCC is the development of the Regional Economic Area (REA), to better integrate South East European economies. The status of the REA had been uncertain with competing integration projects like the 2019Open Balkan initiative.[6] However on 2 July 2023,Albanian prime ministerEdi Rama stated the Open Balkans project is over and the countries will revert back to theBerlin Process.[7]
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