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Chronology of Regional Cooperation Among the Parliaments from Western Balkan countries

2013

Launch of NPC website – December 2013

2013

Regional training for parliamentary staff on parliamentary oversight of IPA funds in Skopje, Macedonia – November 2013

2013

Regional conference on parliamentary oversight of IPA funds Ohrid, Macedonia – Agreement to share best practises and support further development of oversight mechanisms - October 2013

2013

NPC board meeting Ohrid, Macedonia – Rebranding the Network name, logo, website and agreement on bilateral and multilateral activities among parliaments from the Western Balkans – October 2013

2013

NPC board meeting in Skopje, Macedonia. Establishment of a governance structure, four NPC working groups, rules of procedure and action plan for the work of NPC – July 2013

2013

Regional conference on competition policy in Budva, Montenegro. Agreement to establish a board and governance structure for NPC – June 2013

2013

Regional study Economic and European Perspectives of Western Balkan Countries, as a roadmap of the project published, January 2013

2012

Regional project related to the work of Western Balkan parliaments initiated by Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Baseline for the WFD Programme: Western Balkans - Parliaments and Regulatory Reform of the Economic Legal Framework, drafted, April 2012.

2012

Regional conference/ Regional Workshop of The Regional Network Of Parliamentary Committees for Economy and Finance of the Western Balkan Countries: The Role of Parliaments in the Process of Deciding on Priorities: Cutting Public Spending or Stimulating the Economy, held on March 3rd , 2012, in Belgrade, Serbia

Organizers of the conference: Serbian Parliament, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade

Proceedings drafted and published in June 2012

2008-2009

Parliamentary regional conference was held March 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia

Conference was hosted by Serbian Parliament

Donors of the conference: World Bank/IFC and GTZ

Declaration of cooperation among Western Balkan parliaments was signed related to the: The Role of Parliaments in Promoting Competitiveness and Economic Growth by Improving the Business Environment in Western Balkan Economies

Network of Parliamentary Committees for Economy of the Western Balkan countries was established

2008-2009

OECD/GTZ Project

Improving the Process of Economic Reform Legislation in Western Balkan Countries

Regional conference held in October 2008 in Milocer, Montenegro

Regional Project published in 2009; Editor: Slavica Penev

Idea for establishing a regional network of parliamentary committees for economy and finance supported

2008

OECD/GTZ Project

Improving the Process Of Economic Reform Legislation in Albania

Project published in 2008; Authors: Slavica Penev, Ahmet Mancellari, Zhani Shapo

Idea for establishing a regional network of parliamentary committees for economy and finance initiated

2007

OECD/GTZ Project

Improving the Process Of Economic Reform Legislation in FYR Macedonia

Project published in 2007; Authors: Slavica Penev, Marjan Madzovski

2006

OECD/GTZ Project

Improving the Process of Economic Reform Legislation in Montenegro

Project published in 2006; Authors: Slavica Penev and Sanja Filipovic

2005

OECD Project

How to Improve the Legislative Process in Serbia and Bosnia And Herzegovina - The Path from the Government Proposal to the Enactment in the Parliament

Project published in 2005; Authors: Slavica Penev, Andreja Marusic, Fikret Causevic at al.

2004

Friedrich Ebert Foundation and OECD

The Role of Parliaments in Economic Policy and Institutional and Legal Reforms in South East Europe held in Dubrovnik (2004)

The idea for the regional project was conceived at this conference