№04 The Berlin-Process for the Western Balkans: Gains and Challenges for Kosovo Cover Image

№04 The Berlin-Process for the Western Balkans: Gains and Challenges for Kosovo
№04 The Berlin-Process for the Western Balkans: Gains and Challenges for Kosovo

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Civil Society, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Transport / Logistics
Published by: BPRG Balkans Policy Research Group
Keywords: Western Balkan; Berlin Process; regional cooperation; transport; Civil Society;
Summary/Abstract: The Berlin Process is a German-led European initiative whose goal is to facilitate regional cooperation between the Western Balkans Six (WB6) countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – with a view to help them fulfill criteria to join the European Union (EU). Launched by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2014, its most important component is the so-called “Connectivity Agenda”, which first aimed to link the WB6 together in the fields of transport and energy, and later expanded into youth exchanges and economic connections. Summits in Germany, Austria, France and Italy helped establish communication between Balkans leaders, and design several infrastructure projects and new regional initiatives. Yet, ahead of the next 2018 Berlin Process Summit in London, many pressing issues remain intact, and cooperation between WB6 governments has not improved much.

  • Page Count: 30
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Language: English