The 2021 EU-Western Balkans Summit organized by Friends of Europe took place on the 7 December. The Summit aimed to engage with themes such as sustainable recovery, trade and investment, youth issues, and the role of civil society to foster pathways to regional cooperation, resilience, and inclusion. BCSDN’s Executive Director took part in the session titled “Talking to the inside out: new routes for bridging the gap”, discussing the state of civil society in the region and the role of EU in engaging with civil society in the Western Balkans. The other panellists in this session, dedicated to the impact of the local and the regional governments on the development of the Western Balkans, the support to grassroots initiatives and the private-civil sector partnerships, were the Macedonian Minister for Education and Science, the Serbian Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue, and the Mayor of Tirana. Read more here.
Source: BCSDN
