A working group of regional experts on competitiveness was created in Sarajevo on 20th June, under the South East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) growth strategy, at a meeting hosted by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC).
The competitiveness dimension contained under the sustainable growth pillar of SEE 2020 will work to improve regional value chains in the Western Balkans, i.e. the ability of the countries to participate in different stages of manufactured goods production.
The meeting presented an outline of inputs for the strategy and agreed to have the first draft of SEE 2020 ready next month.
The RCC Secretariat and external advisors provided participants with a proposal for the strategy methodology and a schedule to guide the SEE 2020 process until the end of the year, by which time the strategy is to be adopted.
The meeting agreed on roles and responsibilities of national administrations and regional partners in the adoption, implementation and monitoring of the SEE 2020 strategy.
The meeting gathered representatives of economic teams and dimension coordinators for SEE2020, national IPA coordination officers, European Commission, external advisory team, and international and regional partner organizations, reads the press release from RCC.
