UPUTSTVO ZA PLAĆANJE KNJIGA IZ SRBIJE

1. Popuniti narudžbenicu na sajtu EPuS.

2. Odabrane knjige platiti opštom uplatnicom u pošti/banci.

Podaci za popunjavanje uplatnice su:
• Svrha uplate – kupovina (navesti tačan naziv knjige);
• Primalac – Evropski pokret u Srbiji, Kralja Milana 31/II, 11000 Beograd;
• Broj dinarskog računa: 170-230012003-83;

3. Na opštoj uplatnici obavezno ostaviti ime, prezime i tačnu adresu.

4. Posle evidentirane uplate, knjiga će biti dostavljena poštom. Troškove poštarine snosi kupac. Rok isporuke je 2-5 dana.

5. Ukoliko želite isporuku putem brze pošte/kurirske službe neophodno je kontaktirati osoblje Evropskog pokreta u Srbiji putem imejl adrese: books@emins.org i naznačiti ime kurirske službe kojom želite da Vam knjiga bude isporučena. Troškove isporuke snosi kupac. Rok isporuke je 1-2 dana.

6. U slučaju dodatnih pitanja ili eventualnih problema pri naručivanju knjiga, kontaktirati osoblje kancelarije Evropskog pokreta u Srbiji putem imejl adrese: books@emins.org ili telefona 011 3640 174.

UPUTSTVO ZA PLAĆANJE KNJIGA IZ INOSTRANSTVA

1. Popuniti narudžbenicu na sajtu EPuS.
2. Odabrane knjige platiti u EUR prema sledećem uputstvu:

• Svrha uplate – kupovina (navesti tačan naziv knjige);
• Primalac – Evropski pokret u Srbiji, Kralja Milana 31/II, 11000 Beograd, Republika Srbija;
• SWIFT: BACXRSBG
• Broj računa za plaćanje u EUR:
UniCredit Bank Serbia /RS35170000023001200577

3. Troškove bankarske provizije snosi kupac.
4. Na potvrdi o plaćanju obavezno ostaviti ime, prezime i tačnu adresu (ulica, grad, država).
5. Posle evidentirane uplate, knjiga će biti dostavljena FeDex-om. Troškove poštarine snosi kupac. Rok isporuke je 10 dana.
6. U slučaju eventualnih problema kontaktirati osoblje kancelarije Evropskog pokreta u Srbiji putem imejl adrese: books@emins.org ili telefona 00 381 11 3640 174.

SPOLJNA POLITIKA SRBIJE

Strategije i dokumenta

Knjiga "Spoljna politika Srbije: strategije i dokumenti" jeste rezultat rada na projektu "Definisanje strategije spoljne politike" koji je otvorio prostor za izradu tri različite strategije spoljne politike Srbije i predloga Strategije Foruma za međunarodne odnose EPuS. Na izradi strategija, koje su poslužile kao osnova za brojne javne debate, su radili studenti završnih godina fakulteta i mentori i asistenti iz Foruma. Knjiga ima i očiglednu dokumentarnu vrednost, jer sadrži i Zbirku dokumenata o spoljnoj politici Srbije od 1804. godine do danas. Dokumenta koja ukazuju na postojanje strateškog razmišljanja o spoljnoj politici Srbije u određenom istorijskom trenutku, bez obzira na državni okvir, imaju za cilj da omoguće studentima, članovima univerzitetske zajednice, diplomatama u procesu obrazovanja ili u službi i široj javnosti da se upoznaju sa dva veka bogate srpske spoljnopolitičke aktivnosti.

SPOLJNA POLITIKA SRBIJE
Strategije i dokumenta

SADRŽAJ

PREDGOVOR – Evropski pokret u Srbiji

I PREDLOZI ZA STRATEGIJU SPOLJNE POLITIKE SRBIJE

1. Strategija Foruma za međunarodne odnose Evropskog pokreta u Srbiji
2. Strategija tima A
3. Strategija tima B
4. Strategija tima C

II SPOLJNA POLITIKA SRBIJE POSLE 1804. GODINE: IZBOR DOKUMENATA

1. Uvod – dr Stanislav Sretenović, Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
2. Izbor dokumenata /Priredili: dr Đorđe N. Lopičić i dr Stanislav Sretenović/
1. Ičkov mir, 1807.
2. Paulučijeva konvencija, 1807.
3. Delovi Ustava, 1838.
4. Ilija Garašanin, Načertanije, Program spoljašnje i nacionalne politike Srbije na koncu 1844. godine
5. Memoar J. Ristića na Kongresu u Berlinu 12. /24./ jun, 1878.
6. Govor Jovana Ristića na tajnoj sednici Narodne skupštine u Kragujevcu, 13. /25./ jul, 1878.
7. Milovan Milovanović, Naša spoljašnja politika, Beograd, 1894.
8. Protesna nota Srbije velikim silama povodom aneksije Bosne i Hercegovine, 7. oktobar, /24. septembar/ 1908.
9. Ekspoze Nikole Pašića o spoljnoj politici Srbije u Narodnoj skupštini, 16/29. oktobar, 1913.
10. Niška deklaracija, 1914.
11. Deklaracija srpske Vlade o spoljnoj politici i ciljevima rata, Krf, 17. mart, 1918.
12. Deklaracija Vlade koju je predsednik Ministarskog saveta Ljubomir Davidović pročitao na 59. redovnom sastanku privremenog Narodnog predstavništva 23. avgusta, 1919. godine
13. Govor predsednika Ministarskog saveta dr Milenka Vesnića, održan na 116. redovnom sastanku Privremenog narodnog predstavništva Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca 31. avgusta, 1920. godine u Beogradu
14. Ekspoze ministra inostranih dela dr Momčila Ninčića o spoljnoj politici naše zemlje dat povodom diskusije o budžetu Ministarstva inostranih dela na VII redovnom sastanku Narodne skupštine 8. juna, 1923. godine.
15. Ekspoze ministra inostranih dela dr Ninka Perića dat na 61. redovnom sastanku Narodne skupštine 20. marta, 1927. godine povodom diskusije o budžetu Ministarstva inostranih dela
16. Odgovor ministra inostranih dela dr Vojislava Marinkovića dat na 9. redovnom sastanku Narodne skupštine 23. novembra, 1927. godine povodom kritika učinjenih u diskusiji o interpelaciji narodnog poslanika Svetozara Pribićevića i drugova o našem međunarodnom položaju
17. Govor ministra inostranih poslova g. Bogoljuba Jevtića, održan na 34. redovnom sastanku Senata, 30. marta, 1933. godine, prilikom diskusije o budžetu Ministarstva inostranih poslova
18. Ekspoze dr Milana Stojadinovića, predsednika Ministarskog saveta i ministra inostranih poslova na sednici Narodne skupštine od 4. marta, 1937.
19. Ekspoze dr Milana Stojadinovića u Narodnoj skupštini od 9. marta, 1938. o spoljnoj politici Jugoslavije
20. Ekspoze ministra inostranih poslova Aleksandra Cincar - Markovića od 9. marta, 1939. prilikom diskusije o budžetu ministarstva inostranih poslova
21. Saopštenje Vlade o neutralnom stavu, Beograd, 4. septembar, 1939.
22. Anonimni članak o neutralnom držanju Jugoslavije u ratu, 1940.
23. Govor predsednika Vlade, Dragiše Cvetkovića, posle potpisivanja Protokola o pristupanju Jugoslavije Trojnom paktu, u dvorcu „Belvedere”, 25. marta, 1941.
24. Govor potpredsednika Vlade Slobodana Jovanovića naslovljen „Srpski narod u sadašnjoj svetskoj krizi“, radio London, 22. avgust, 1941.
25. Govor Kralja Petra II povodom potpisivanja jugoslovensko-grčkog sporazuma, London, 15. januar, 1942
26. Ekspoze maršala Tita o spoljnoj politici Jugoslavije održan na zajedničkoj sednici Savezne skupštine i Skupštine naroda 1. aprila, 1946
27. Govor Edvarda Kardelja na zasedanju Generalne skupštine OUN, 1949
28. Članak Koče Popovića, državnog sekretara za inostrane poslove, o evropskoj saradnji i integraciji, 1954
29. Ekspoze državnog sekretara za inostrane poslove Koče Popovića u Saveznoj narodnoj skupštini o spoljnoj politici FNRJ, 1955.
30. Ekspoze o aktuelnim pitanjima međunarodnih odnosa i spoljnopolitičkoj aktivnosti Jugoslavije državnog sekretara za inostrane poslove Mirka Tepavca na zajedničkoj sednici Veća naroda i Društveno-političkog veća Savezne skupštine, 16. jul, 1969.
31. Ekspoze saveznog sekretara za inostrane poslove Miloša Minića na sednici Saveznog veća skupštine SFRJ, 20. decembar, 1974.
32. Ekspoze Raifa Dizdarevića, saveznog sekretara za inostrane poslove, u Skupštini SFRJ, 9. april, 1985. godine
33. Ekspoze saveznog sekretara za inostrane poslove Budimira Lončara na sednici Saveznog veća Skupštine SFRJ o aktuelnim pitanjima ostvarivanja spoljne politike Jugoslavije, 29. jun, 1988.
34. Govor predsednika Vlade Savezne Republike Jugoslavije, Milana Panića u Saveznoj skupštini povodom završetka Londonske konferencije, Beograd, 4. septembar, 1992.
35. Uvodno izlaganje Dobrice Ćosića, predsednika Savezne Republike Jugoslavije, na sednici oba veća Skupštine o međunarodnom položaju i bezbednosnoj situaciji u zemlji, 16. oktobar, 1992.
36. Uvodno izlaganje Ilije Đukića, saveznog ministra za inostrane poslove, na sednici oba veća Skupštine o međunarodnom položaju i bezbednosnoj situaciji u zemlji, 16. oktobar, 1992.
37. Reč Zorana Lilića, predsednika Savezne Republike Jugoslavije na prvoj sednici Komiteta za obeležavanje 50. godišnjice Ujedinjenih nacija, 14. mart, 1995.
38. Tekst Radoja Kontića, predsednika Vlade SR Jugoslavije o miru, stabilnosti i saradnji u regionu, 1997.
39. Predlog platforme za alternativnu spoljnu politiku Foruma za međunarodne odnose, Beograd, 18. februar, 1997.
40. Izlaganje Momira Bulatovića, predsednika Savezne Vlade, u Saveznoj skupštini povodom donošenja odluke o pristupanju Savezne Republike Jugoslavije savezu Rusije i Belorusije, Beograd, 12. april, 1999.
41. Ekspoze Gorana Svilanovića, saveznog ministra za inostrane poslove, u Saveznoj skupštini SR Jugoslavije, Beograd, 24. oktobar, 2001.
42. Govor naslovljen „Učenje iz prošlosti i građenje bolje budućnosti“ Vojislava Koštunice, predsednika Vlade Republike Srbije, održan na desetom godišnjem Solunskom forumu, Solun, 25. maj, 2004.
43. Govor Borisa Tadića nakon preuzimanja dužnosti predsednika Republike Srbije, Beograd 11. jul, 2004.
44. Ekspoze Vuka Draškovića, ministra spoljnih poslova, u Skupštini Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd, 21. decembar, 2004.
45. Izlaganje Vuka Jeremića, ministra spoljnih poslova Republike Srbije, na Prvoj konferenciji ambasadora Republike Srbije, Beograd, 16. decembar, 2007.

III IZVORI I LITERATURA

1. Arhivi
2. Objavljeni izvori
a. Zbirke dokumenata
b. Dnevnici, memoari, pisma, govori
3. Ugovori
4. Literatura

BOOK INFO

Regional Initiatives and Multilateral Cooperation in the Balkans

The book represents an updated version of the Duško Lopandić’s book „Regional Initiatives in South-East Europe“, which was originally published in 2001 by European Movement in Serbia and the Institute for International Politics and Economics in Belgrade.
The new edition offers a clear, interesting and comprehensive perspective of the development of the complex structure of multilateral cooperation in South – East Europe in numerous fields. Moreover, the authors offer their evaluation of the processes in question and propose possible directions for further development of regional multilateralism in this geographic area. The book is in English language.

FOREWORD

Ten years after the appearance of Duško Lopandić’s invaluable study „Regional Initiatives in South Eastern Europe“, the reader can now avail of a new, expanded and even more attractive edition, produced in tandem with Jasminka Kronja, another specialist in this vast area. Together they offer a lively, intriguing and comprehensive picture of the complex process of multilateral linkage and cooperation taking place in South Eastern Europe in an ever increasing number of fields. In this already running tide of state administrations of the particular countries, business circles, universities, the media, non-government organisations, various branches of the European Union, international financial and other organisations and many European and non-European donor countries, choosing an appropriate range of subjects and analytical methods, introducing a measured historical perspective and paying due attention to those who play a dominant role in guiding these processes while judging the value of each initiative was no easy task. The last section raises important questions, to which the study gives only partial answers, but the authors provide a final diagnosis and possible scenarios for the further development of regional multilateralism in the Balkans.
How will this evolve from its present form, a series of concentric circles with the Western Balkans at its heart, surrounded by EU members Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Slovenia, on the outer rim a large, strong Turkey and small, underdeveloped Moldova? Are we about to see a new European macro-region that will follow in the path of the Nordic Council, or a loose arrangement that will disintegrate as more candidate countries enter the EU? Will the new Strategy for the Danube Region, presently being formulated under EU auspices, give added impetus or sap the energy of dynamic multilateral cooperation in South Eastern Europe? Are we witnessing the forging of firm, longterm links, or is this a study of mere transient and ephemeral forms that have served to fill a political, social, developmental and time vacuum in the Western Balkans? The authors do not offer direct answers to these questions, but their wide-ranging analysis provides a basis on which to predicate potential outcomes.
It seems that the intervening ten-year period saw the final stages of the fragmentation of the region, and at the same time the first signs of its reintegration. In his celebrated article on „The Yugosphere“, Tim Judah envisages the growth of the latter process, deducing it in fact from the same documentary material provided by the authors of this book. In later discussion and interviews, he compares the process of reintegration to the tide, an inexorable and unstoppable course of events. The gathering speed at which an ever increasing number of local independent mechanisms and institutions of regional cooperation are emerging, not simply in response to pressure and/or financial inducement from outside the region, helps confirm this point of view. It should be remembered that reports covering over 40 regional structures in South Eastern Europe showed the Western Balkans to be the only countries participating in almost all of them. The presence of other countries of the region is significantly less: their participation in the total number of mechanisms and organisations of multilateral cooperation is between a fifth and a half, indicating that the driving force of reintegration is in fact in the Western Balkans, however strange this may sound to some, or however politically unappetising it may appear.
Exponents of the new regionalism from Björn Hettne to Mario Telò stress the importance of the institutions. The new regionalism obviously includes voluntary jurisdictional forms of integration, implying the need for more developed and/or uniform solutions for the whole in relation to its parts. We might ask: how much do the numerous regional initiatives contribute to the general advancement and strengthening of institutions in South Eastern Europe? Or is it perhaps the strengthening of institutional capacities in the member countries that has given birth to such a plethora of multilateral institutions? One thing is certain: in both cases, the countries of the region, directly or indirectly, are meeting their obligations stemming from the process of European integration. Here the connection between regional cooperation and European integration is very visible.
Ultimately, there are specific interests behind the institutions providing the framework for some of the activities through which multilateral cooperation manifests itself. When establishing and developing regional cooperation, were interests guided only by the prospect of European integration, and some of the countries by the interests of the EU (if they were already members), or was it only authentic regional interests that were established or even recognised? It may be said that the characteristics of these interests and those who uphold them differ from one field of cooperation to another. Economic cooperation, science, culture, sport, the civil society, local communities, all have already beaten their own paths to cooperation without too much intervention on the part of the institutions – these came later. With increasing frequency, however, it is the governments that stand firmly behind key projects in the infrastructure, energy or transport. Here the European Union has stimulated and assisted the emergence of institutions of cooperation. New bodies of interest are being set up directed at making multilateral cooperation sustainable in the longterm. Much has been built up over the past ten years. This book describes the underlying architecture, but the structure is still fragile, susceptible to shocks and periodic breakdown, and requiring much patient work.
This book can certainly play an important part in a variety of ways: as a written and well documented chronicle of regional cooperation in South Eastern Europe; as a basis for serious professional debate, reexamination, analysis and assessment of regional cooperation; as a source for students and researchers; as a guideline when selecting suitable policies, mechanisms and areas of cooperation; and last but by no means least, as intriguing and compelling material for the curious reader, interested in the future of the Balkans. For the media, this is a source of valuable information and appraisal which will help lift the veil from this hitherto somewhat opaque subject.

Jelica Minić,
Deputy Secretary-General,
Regional Cooperation Council

CONTENTS AUTHORS’ COMMENT 11

FOREWORD (JELICA MINIĆ, PhD) 13

PART ONE
DEVELOPMENT OF MULTILATERAL COOPERATION
IN THE BALKANS: A GENERAL VIEW 17

1.
INTRODUCTION: MULTILATERAL COOPERATION AS A MODERN FORM OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 19
2.
REGIONAL INITIATIVES IN THE BALKANS: INCENTIVES;
OBSTACLES TO COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION 24
2.1. Evolution, objectives and activities of certain regional initiatives 25
2.2. Basic characteristics of certain initiatives 28
2.3. Organisation of certain regional initiatives and how they function 30
2.4.
Instruments of cooperation in regional initiatives –
„soft law“ in international organisations 32

3.
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW:
INITIATIVES FOR MULTILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE BALKANS FROM WORLD WAR I TO THE END OF THE BIPOLAR ERA 35
3.1.
Cooperation and integration of Balkan countries in the early
20th century 35
3.2.
Attempts at multilateral cooperation in the interwar period (1930–1940:
the Balkan Conferences and the Balkan Pact) 37
3.2.1. History of the Balkan Conferences (1930–1933) 37
3.2.2. The Balkan Conferences: Main Proposals 41
3.2.3. The Balkan Pact – epilogue to the Balkan Conferences 45
3.2.4.
Instead of a conclusion: the Balkan Conferences –
product and victim of their time 48
3.3.
Attempts at Balkan integration in World War II and
during the cold war period 49
3.3.1.
Yugoslavia and Greece: the Pro-western Balkan Union project 49
3.3.2. Communist project for a Balkan (con)federation 50
3.3.3.
Second Balkan Alliance/Balkan Pact (1953–1955) –
a short-lived idea of regional cooperation 51
3.4.
Reviving the idea of multilateral cooperation in the Balkans
during détente 54
3.4.1. Multilateral meetings at technical level (1975–1987) 54
3.4.2. Conferences of foreign ministers of the Balkan countries (1988–1990) 55

PART TWO
MULTILATERAL COOPERATION INITIATIVES IN
SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE 59

INITIATIVES FOR THE BALKAN REGION 61

1.
THE SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN COOPERATION PROCESS (SEECP) – Autochthonous initiatives 61
1.1. Launching the South East European Cooperation Process 61
1.2. Participants in the South East European Cooperation Process 62
1.3.
Key Meetings of the South East European Cooperation Process and Documents Adopted 65
1.3.1. The 1996–2002 period 65
1.3.2.
Chairmanship of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro,
April 2002–April 2003. 70
1.3.3. The 2004–2010 period 72
1.4.
Charter on Good Neighbourly Relations, Stability,
Security and Cooperation in South Eastern Europe 77
1.5. Assessment of the South East European Cooperation process 79

2.
STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE - SPSEE
- origin, development and end of an initiative - 82
2.1. Reasons for and origins of the SPSEE 82
2.2. Main phases in development of the SPSEE 83
2.3. Founding document of the SPSEE 84
2.4. Participants and organisation of the SPSEE 85
2.5. SPSEE: Development and principle projects 89
2.5.1. Working Table I on democratisation and human rights 91
2.5.2.
Working Table II on economic reconstruction,
development and cooperation 93
2.5.3. Working Table III on security issues 97
2.6.
Results achieved by the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe:
an assessment 99

3. REGIONAL COOPERATION COUNCIL - RCC
– from regional stabilisation to active cooperation,
assuming responsibility for progress - 102
3.1. Formation of the Regional Cooperation Council 102
3.2. Regional Cooperation Council: Mission and objectives 105
3.3. tasks and rules of procedure of the Regional Cooperation Council 106
3.4. Regional Cooperation council: Activities 108
3.5.
Regional Cooperation council: Strategy and work programme
for 2011–2013. 112
3.6 Work of the Regional Cooperation Council: an assessment 115

4. CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT – CEFTA
- from Central Europe to the Balkans - 117
4.1. The first CEFTA 117
4.1.1. The first CEFTA: Founding and development 117
4.1.2. The first CEFTA: Organisational structure 119
4.1.3. The original CEFTA agreement 120
4.1.4. Results of the first CEFTA 121
4.2. The new CEFTA 2006 122
4.2.1. Renewal of CEFTA 123
4.2.2. The„Modernised“ CEFTA 2006 124
4.2.3. Concluding the CEFTA 2006 agreement: advantages for Serbia 126

OTHER REGIONAL INITIATIVES IN THE BALKANS 129

1. CENTRAL EUROPEAN INITIATIVE- CEI
– two decades of multilateral cooperation 129
1.1. Origins of the CEI 129
1.2 CEI: Development and areas of cooperation 130
1.3. CEI: Organisation, principles and functioning 133
1.4. CEI: Activities 136
1.4.1. Areas of political cooperation 136
1.4.2. Political cooperation and the interests of certain countries 140
1.4.3. Areas of economic and technical cooperation 141
1.5. Assessment of the work of the CEI: strengths and weaknesses 143

2.
BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION – BSEC
- economic cooperation and political challenges - 146
2.1. Origins of the BSEC; participants 146
2.2. Key stages in developing cooperation 148
2.3. Permanent Bodies 150
2.4. BSEC Charter – an important step in promoting cooperation 153
2.5.
Enhancing cooperation between the BSEC and the European Union
(„Black Sea synergy“) 154
2.6. BSEC: results and weaknesses 155
2.7. An assessment of the role of the BSEC 158

3. ADRIATIC-IONIAN INITIATIVE - AII 160
3.1. Origins of the AII; members 160
3.2. AII: Organisation and functioning of the AII 161
3.3. Areas of cooperation 163
3.4. Concluding Remarks 165

4.
DANUBE AND SAVA RIVER BASINS
– numerous forms of cooperation 166
4.1. The Danube Commission 167
4.2. Working Community of the Danube Regions 168
4.3. International Commission for Protection of the Danube River 169
4.4. The Danube Cooperation Process - DCP 170
4.4.1.DCP: Origins and participants 170
4.4.2. Declaration on Establishment of the Danube Cooperation Processs 171
4.4.3. DCP: Functioning; key meetings 172
4.4.4. Concluding remarks 172
4.5. Danube Strategy 173
4.6. Danube Black Sea Task Force 174
4.7. International Sava River Basin Commission 174

PART THREE
A THEMATIC REVIEW: COOPERATION IN THE BALKANS:
PRIORITY AREAS 177
1. TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION 179
1.1. Trade and investment in the region 179
1.2 Forms and instruments of trade and economic relations in the region 181

2.
INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
IN THE BALKANS 184
2.1. The investment climate 184
2.2. Developing the infrastructure 187
2.2.1. Energy 187
2.2.2. Transport 189
2.2.3. Environmental Protection 190
2.2.4. Developing an information society 191

3. DEMOCRATISATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 194
3.1. Parliamentary cooperation 194
3.2. Building human capital 196
3.3. Cooperation on a civil society 199

4. SECURITY, DEFENCE AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING 204
4.1. Cooperation in Defence 204
4.1.1. Cooperation among defence ministers 204
4.1.2. Conference of the Balkan Chiefs of Staff 207
4.1.3. RACVIAC – Centre for security cooperation 208
4.1.4. The South-East Europe Clearinghouse 209
4.1.5.
South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for
the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons 210
4.1.6. The US-Adriatic Charter 211
4.2. Cooperation in the Police and the judiciary 212
4.2.1. Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative 212
4.2.2. Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative 213
4.2.3. Southeastern Europe Police Chiefs Association 214
4.2.4. Police Forum 215
4.2.5. Police Cooperation Convention for Southeast Europe 215
4.2.6. Women Police Officer Network 217
4.2.7. SECI Regional Centre for Combating Transborder Crime 217
4.3. Cooperation among Southeast European Prosecutors 219
4.3.1. Southeast European Prosecutors Advisory Group 219
4.3.2. Western Balkans Prosecutors Network 220
4.4. Cooperation in emergencies 220

PART FOUR
TOWARDS EUROPE: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE BALKANS 223

1. EUROPEAN UNION INTERESTS AND BALKAN DEVELOPMENT 225

2.
BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN SOME BALKAN COUNTRIES
AND THE EUROPEAN UNION 228
2.1. Republics of the former Yugoslavia 228
2.2. Other countries of South Eastern Europe 232

3. EUROPEAN UNION REGIONAL INITIATIVES IN THE BALKANS 234
3.1. Conditionality policy – a precondition for cooperation with the EU 234
3.2.
EU regional approach to South Eastern Europe (1996)
– Geographical span and motives for the initiative 235
3.3.
Stabilisation and association process: a key stage in EU policy on
Western Balkans 236
3.3.1. EU Stabilisation and Association Process: concept and progress 237
3.3.2. Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) 238
3.3.3.
EU – Western Balkan summits in Zagreb and Thessaloniki –
a basis for multilateral regional cooperation 239

4.
REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT- SAA 243

5. REGIONAL ASPECTS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT 244
5.1.
Community Assistance for Reconstruction,
Development and Stabilisation – CARDS 244v 5.2. Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance – IPA 246v
6. ACTIVE EU PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL PROJECTS 249
6.1.
Expansion of EU policies to the Western Balkans, enhancing
regional cooperation 249
6.2.
EU projects enabling people-to-people contact and
development of a civil society 252
6.3. Economic and social development; enhancing good governance 253

7. PART 4 - CONCLUSION 256

CONCLUSION
REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE BALKANS
IN THE 21ST CENTURY 259

ANNEXES 265

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FOR THE BALKAN REGION 267
TABLES 305
LITERATURE 321