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Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) serves regional cooperation in South East Europe to spark development and growth to the benefit of its people

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RCC Secretary General @amer_kap for @TheEconomist on EU integration, #WesternBalkans, #BerlinProcess and more.

Check it out 👉🏻 https://t.co/ISDA9sUbq3

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[Amer Kapetanovic @amer_kap]

Honoured by The Economist’s invitation to contribute ahead of the Berlin Process Summit in London. I tried to explain why regional cooperation remains vital -and how it can help the Balkans finally lay its ghosts to rest.

https://t.co/jfFK77HXpO

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Take a peek into the Launch Event of the #ESAP3 2026 PES Benchlearning Cycle in the #WesternBalkansSix

@rccESAP project is implemented by RCC & #fundedbyEU

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RCC Secretary General @amer_kap met with @Bertbuch, @Elysee Adviser and @troccazrene, France’s Special Envoy for the Western Balkans today in #Paris ⏭️ to discuss shared priorities, regional growth and new opportunities to deliver tangible results through #RegionalCooperation across #SouthEastEurope.
Glad to see France’s continued support for regional cooperation, both as an important partner and as a participant in the RCC Board.

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[Amer Kapetanovic @amer_kap]

Honoured to host Minister @benjaminhaddad at the RCC. A consistent advocate of the European future of South East Europe and the Western Balkans, his visit sends a strong message of France’s enduring engagement in our region. At a time of growing geopolitical uncertainty, such commitment to cooperation, connectivity, and European integration matters more than ever.

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Following the Fireside Talk, Minister Delegate & RCC SG held a bilateral meeting focused on EU enlargement momentum, France’s continued engagement in the region and more.

France is an important partner and a participant in the RCC Board, supporting regional cooperation as a tool for stability, connectivity and a stronger European future of #SouthEastEurope.

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RCC hosted @francediplo Minister Delegate for Europe @benjaminhaddad today in #Sarajevo ⏭️ for a meeting with RCC Secretary General @amer_kap and Fireside Talk with youth from #WesternBalkansSix

Minister Delegate Haddad, RCC SG Kapetanović and #WB6 youth talked on EU, regional cooperation, youth participation, and the future of the region ⏭️ at Fireside talk organised by EU-funded and RCC-implemented #WBYL2 project.

Read more 👉🏻 https://t.co/PleTpwXUt4

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"Security cooperation must remain practical, professional and result-oriented. We need stronger use of existing mechanisms, better connection between training and daily work, and faster exchange between institutions facing the same threats." – Mr Aner Zuković, RCC

[UNDP SEESAC @UNDP_SEESAC]

Borders are only as strong as the cooperation behind them 🌎🤝

That is why, today in Sarajevo, customs & border police representatives meet to share practices, identify risks and strengthen joint action against illicit firearms trafficking 👇

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RCC Secretary General @amer_kap met with @UN_BiH Resident Coordinator @ArnhildSpence at RCC HQ in #Sarajevo today ⏭️ with green and digital transition, and strengthening regional cooperation for more inclusive growth as some of the topics of the meeting.

Joint efforts to turn shared priorities into tangible progress for citizens and businesses across #SouthEastEurope remain at the heart of cooperation.

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RCC Head of Programme Department Danijela Gacevic today at the @EU_EESC's EU–Western Balkans Civil Society High‑Level Conference in #Vienna on Enlargement and European Security: Public Expectations, Political Readiness and Civil Society’s Role ⏭️ European security has to reflect citizens’ expectations for stability, trust, resilience, and accountability. Civil society has a crucial role in bridging public concerns and political readiness, ensuring that security policies are not only effective, but also inclusive and anchored in the needs of people.

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Thank you @RTV_Slovenija for the opportunity to talk for the feature-documentary show “Mednarodna obzorja” on #youth in the #WesternBalkansSix ⏭️ a topic close to us, as RCC is home to the successful EU-funded Western Balkans Youth Lab project.

Find a full episode at 👉🏻 https://t.co/eMC9dqaa96

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#WBYL

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Wishing all who observe, an Eid filled with peace, joy, and cherished moments with family and friends.
Eid Mubarak! 🤍

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RCC Secretary General @amer_kap in the newest edition of Business Magazine on economic growth, regional connectivity, and preparation for European Union integration while also taking a retrospective on the 18 years of the Regional Cooperation Council.

Regional cooperation is not an alternative to EU integration. It is its accelerator.

Read more 👉🏻 https://t.co/Rw6e8Fus7Q

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RCC welcomed Ambassadors and Embassy representatives to a briefing meeting on #SEE2030 Strategy Mid-Term Update hosted by RCC Deputy Secretary General @UmutErgezer, Head of Political department @JankovicPavle and Coordinator of the SEE 2030 Strategy @ShenoIseni in #Sarajevo today ⏭️ “The SEE2030 Strategy update is not about changing our ambition, but about making it more actionable. By sharpening the focus on resilience, inclusive growth and regional cooperation, and by placing public–private partnerships and competitiveness at the centre of implementation, we are strengthening a region-led framework that can deliver practical, feasible and tangible results for South East Europe,” said RCC Deputy Secretary General

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8th Board Meeting of the Integrative Internal Security Governance Initiative - #IISG, held in #Sarajevo marked a milestone ⏭️ as the Board members took note and welcomed the future integration of IISG into RCC security portfolio

This transition reflects a gradual move from project-based coordination towards a sustainable regional platform for governance coordination, support, implementation monitoring and donor harmonisation.

Within the RCC, the future Security Governance Hub is expected to provide political continuity, institutional sustainability and stronger links with broader #RegionalCooperation mechanisms, while preserving the expertise and regional ownership built through the IISG process.

Read more 👉🏻 https://t.co/lxM9Xw3e62

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RCC together with @ELIAMEPgr co-hosted side event at @GLOBSEC today in #Prague ⏭️ bringing together policymakers and experts to discuss how #RegionalCooperation and EU enlargement can jointly strengthen security, support economic convergence, and contribute to a more resilient #SouthEastEurope and Europe

In addition to RCC Head of the Political Department @JankovicPavle, the panel brought together:
- @VladoBilcik, Senior Fellow at GLOBSEC;
- Christian Schmidt, @OHR_BiH High Representative;
- Dr Predrag Zenović, Chief Negotiator of Montenegro;
- @profbagci, Professor at @METU_ODTU’s;
- Dr. Ana Krstinovska, Research Fellow at ELIAMEP,
- and Frauke Seebass, Visiting Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs

They discussed how #RegionalCooperation can make #EU integration more concrete & visible, and highlighted the importance of linking reforms with:
💼 economic opportunities,
🏛️ institutional trust
🛡️ and human security,
🇪🇺 so that enlargement is understood not only as a geopolitical process, but as a way to improve people’s daily lives.

Regional cooperation remains essential to ensuring that future EU accession strengthens the region’s resilience and connectivity.

Read more 👉🏻 https://t.co/K8lWNS5Hwq

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#GLOBSEC2026

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Tomorrow at #GLOBSEC2026, RCC and @eliamepgr to co-host the side session “From Policy to People: Security and Opportunity through Regional Cooperation and EU Enlargement” with RCC Head of Political Department @JankovicPavle, @OHR_BiH High Representative Christian Schmidt, @eliamepgr's Ana Krstinovska, Chief Negotiator of Montenegro Predrag Zenović, @GLOBSEC’s @VladoBilcik, @METU_ODTU’s @profbagci and German Institute for International and Security Affairs’s Frauke Seebass ⏭️ to explore how regional cooperation and EU enlargement can strengthen security, resilience, and opportunity for citizens in #SouthEastEurope.

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RCC Secretary General @amer_kap joined the opening of “Enhancing Skills for Public Employment Services” @wapesorg European Conference hosted by the Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina today in #Sarajevo.

“Public Employment Services are becoming strategic institutions as bridges between people and opportunities, employers and skills, education systems and labour-market needs, national reforms and European standards. Employment policy can no longer be treated only as social policy. It is now a competitiveness policy, demographic policy, productivity policy and part of the European integration agenda.” said RCC SG

Conference gathered Public Employment Services leaders, policymakers, practitioners, researchers and partners to exchange solutions for strengthening skills, cooperation and human-centred employment services in a transforming labour market.

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Just 5 days left until nomination’s for the Western Balkans Six Women Entrepreneurs of the Year 2026 are closed 👉🏻 so head out to https://t.co/cg6ppZyBoa and nominate your favourite woman entrepreneur

We’re looking for successful women entrepreneurs from #WB6 in these categories:
🌱 Green Woman Entrepreneur
👩🏻‍🎨 Artistic Woman Entrepreneur
👩🏼‍💻 ICT Woman Entrepreneur
🧳 Tourism Woman Entrepreneur
🙋🏻‍♀️ Young Woman Entrepreneur
🤳 Social Star Woman Entrepreneur

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59th RCC Board meeting held today in #Sarajevo

✅ reviewed and adopted the RCC Annual Report
✅ talked on progress under Common Regional Market, Green Agenda and security cooperation
✅ discussion on SEE2030, following recent endorsement of its 3 core deliverables, and more

“Regional cooperation is strongest when it delivers visible, practical results. Over the past year, RCC has worked to turn political commitments into operational tools, measurable progress and concrete regional outcomes. Our task now is to keep this agenda moving with discipline, transparency and shared ownership, because the credibility of regional cooperation depends on implementation,” said RCC Secretary General @amer_kap.

Read more 👉🏻 https://t.co/bHHutXbzII

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