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The Stability Pact's biannual Regional Table, its highest decision-making forum, will meet in the Bulgarian capital Sofia 17-18 May to discuss issues of regional ownership.
About 250 participants representing over 80 countries and organizations (including representatives of South Eastern European governments, EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland, the US, the European Commission and the European Council, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, OSCE, Council of Europe, OECD, World Bank, IMF and EBRD) will debate opportunities and challenges for the region to gradually take over ownership of various policy initiatives. As part of the region’s Euro-Atlantic integration prospects, the Stability Pact work focuses specifically on providing support to the countries of SEE in meeting membership criteria by fostering regional co-operation.
The meeting of the Regional Table will be preceded by a day (17 May) of theme-focused Working Table meetings where issues of regional ownership (Working Table I - Democracy), regional infrastructure and energy (Working Table II - Economy) and defence conversion (Working Table III – Security) will be debated.
9th Meeting, Sofia, 17-19 May 2005
Venue: Hotel Kempinsky Zografski
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Meetings of the three Working Tables and the Regional Table: Draft Programme
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Working Table meetings in Sofia, 17 May 2005
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Previous Regional Tables
8th Meeting, Skopje, 17-19 November 2004
7th Meeting, Portoroz, 7-8 June 2004
6th Meeting, Tirana, 4-5 December 2003
5th Meeting, Dubrovnik/Cavtat, 27 May 2003
4th Meeting, Thessaloniki, 16 December 2002
Extraordinary Meeting, Bucharest, 5 June 2002
3rd Meeting, Brussels, 27-28 June 2001
2nd Meeting, Thessaloniki, 8 June 2000
Informal Meeting, Thessaloniki, 7 June 2000
1st Meeting, Brussels, 16 September 1999
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