The 8th EESC Western Balkans Civil Society Forum was organized in Skopje on 30 September and 1 October, bringing together in a hybrid event over 100 participants, including representatives of civil society, EU institutions, international organisations and governments of the region. The main topics were how to enhance the accession process, the contribution of CSOs to the process; the post-COVID recovery, the state of social dialogue, as well as enabling civic space in the Western Balkans. BCSDN’s Executive Director Biljana Spasovska took part in the inaugural session, along with EESC President Christa Schweng, Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, State Secretary at the MFA Slovenia Gašper Dovžan, EEAS Head of WB Task Torce Jasna Jelišić, and RCC Representative Tanja Mishevikj. On Day 2 of the event, several BCSDN member representatives took part in the panel “Achieving an enabling civic space in the Western Balkans”. Read more here.
Source: BCSDN
