Since 2014, the Berlin Process has aimed to improve and intensify regional integration. It is designed to help accelerate the entire region’s closer alignment with the EU. The Berlin Process concentrates in this context on areas such as infrastructure development and connectivity, business, regional youth exchanges, reconciliation and science. With the establishment of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), the agreement to develop a Common Regional Market, the signing of the Regional Roaming Agreement and the creation of “green lanes” to speed up border procedures with key goods in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Berlin Process has brought significant results that are tangible for the people in the region and that are intended to prepare the region for accession to the EU.
In 2022 the Berlin Process was building on this progress. To this end, elements of the Common Regional Market action plan were to be driven forward.
Meetings at the Berlin Process Summit 2022:
• 20th October 2022 – Internal Affairs Ministers’ meeting;
• 21st October 2022 – Foreign Ministers’ meeting;
• 24th October 2022 – Energy Ministers’ meeting;
• 3rd November 2022 – Western Balkans Summit.
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