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The South East European Co-operation Process (SEECP) was launched on Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
's initiative in 1996. At the Bulgaria-chaired meeting in Sofia
Sofia

Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
, the SEE countries laid the foundations for regional co-operation for the purposes of creating an atmosphere of trust, good neighbourly relations and stability.

A special characteristic of SEECP is that it is an original form of co-operation among the countries in the region launched on their own initiative, and not on the initiative of some other international organisations or countries.






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The South East European Co-operation Process (SEECP) was launched on Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
's initiative in 1996. At the Bulgaria-chaired meeting in Sofia
Sofia

Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
, the SEE countries laid the foundations for regional co-operation for the purposes of creating an atmosphere of trust, good neighbourly relations and stability.

A special characteristic of SEECP is that it is an original form of co-operation among the countries in the region launched on their own initiative, and not on the initiative of some other international organisations or countries. In that regard, the SEECP seeks to define itself as an authentic voice of SEE, complementary to the Stability Pact
Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe was an institution aimed at strengthening peace, democracy, human rights and economy in the countries of South Eastern Europe from 1999-2008....
, SECI or the Stabilisation and Association Process
Stabilisation and Association process

In talks with countries who have expressed the wish to join the European Union , the EU typically concludes European Union Association Agreement in exchange for commitments to political, economic, trade, or human rights reform in a country....
.

The basic goals of regional co-operation within SEECP include the strengthening of security and political situation, intensification of economic relations and co-operation in human resources, democracy, justice, and battle against illegal activities. It is the intention of the SEECP to enable its members to approach the European
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
 and Euro-Atlantic
NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949....
 structures through the strengthening of good neighbourly relations and transformation of the region into an area of peace and stability.

Membership

  • Founding members:
    • (joined as Serbia and Montenegro
      Serbia and Montenegro

      The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro , was a Political union of Serbia and Montenegro, which existed between 2003 and 2006. The two republics, both of which are former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, initially formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992....
      )
  • Joined later:
    • (2005)
    • (2006, before that it had observer status)
    • (2007)


Structure

The SEECP is a regional non-institutionalised process co-ordinated by the presiding country. The SEECP presidency lasts for one year and is rotated among the members. The presiding country presents the Process at international meetings and hosts the annual meeting of heads of state and government, foreign ministers meeting and a number of annual meetings of political directors. Depending on the situation, the presiding country can call extraordinary meetings.

Chairmanship

Presiding country is changed each year:
  • 1996-1997, Bulgaria
  • 1997-1998, Greece
  • 1998-1999, Turkey
  • 1999-2000, Romania
  • 2000-2001, Republic of Macedonia
  • 2001-2002, Albania
  • 2002-2003, Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia)
  • 2003-2004, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • April 2004 - May 2005, Romania
  • May 2005 - May 2006, Greece
  • May 2006 - May 2007, Croatia
  • May 2007 - May 2008, Bulgaria


Meetings held

Meetings of heads of state and government:
  • 2-4 November 1997, Crete
    Crete

    Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
  • 12-13 October 1998, Antalya
    Antalya

    Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean Sea coast of southwestern Turkey. It is the capital city of Antalya Province Provinces of Turkey. The population of the city was 775,157 in the 2007 census....
  • 12 February 2000, Bucharest
    Bucharest

    Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
  • 25 October 2000, Skopje
    Skopje

    Skopje is the Capital of and List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population of the country, as well as its political, cultural, economic, and academic centre....
     (extraordinary meeting)
  • 23 February 2001, Skopje
    Skopje

    Skopje is the Capital of and List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population of the country, as well as its political, cultural, economic, and academic centre....
  • 28 March 2002, Tirana
    Tirana

    Tirana is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania. It was founded in 1614 by Sulejman Pasha and became Albania's capital city in 1920....
  • 9 April 2003, Belgrade
    Belgrade

    Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on international waterway, at the confluence of the Sava River and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula....
  • 21 April 2004, Sarajevo
    Sarajevo

    Sarajevo is the Capital and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,065 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 419,030 people in the Sarajevo Canton ....
  • 21 May 2008, Pomorie
    Pomorie

    Pomorie is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast....


Foreign ministers meetings:
  • 6-7 July 1996, Sofia
    Sofia

    Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
  • 5-6 June 1997, Thessaloniki
    Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece....
  • 8-9 June 1998, Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
  • 19 March 1999, Bucharest
    Bucharest

    Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
  • 2 December 1999, Bucharest
    Bucharest

    Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
  • 14 July 2000, Ohrid
    Ohrid

    Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
  • 16 May 2001, Tirana
    Tirana

    Tirana is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania. It was founded in 1614 by Sulejman Pasha and became Albania's capital city in 1920....
  • 9 June 2003, Sarajevo
    Sarajevo

    Sarajevo is the Capital and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,065 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 419,030 people in the Sarajevo Canton ....
  • 22 October 2004, Bucharest
    Bucharest

    Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
  • 01 March 2007, Zagreb
    Zagreb

    Zagreb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the Culture of Croatia, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Cinema of Croatia, Economy of Croatia and Government of Croatia center of the Croatia....


See also

  • Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe (SP for SEE)
  • Central European Free Trade Agreement
    Central European Free Trade Agreement

    The Central European Free Trade Agreement is a trade agreement between Non-EU countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe....
     (CEFTA)
  • Central European Initiative
    Central European Initiative

    The Central European Initiative or CEI , is a political, economical, cultural and scientific international organisation founded in 1989. It now counts 18 member states: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, S...
     (CEI)
  • Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
    Southeast European Cooperative Initiative

    The Southeast European Cooperative Initiative is an international organization aimed to combat and improve coordination against transborder crime in Southeast Europe....
     (SECI)
  • Black Sea Economic Co-operation (BSEC)