Albania to host SEE ministerial conference on investment

TIRANA, Sep. 26 – Albania will host in November 9 a Ministerial Conference of the South East Europe Investment Committee (SEEIC) that is to discuss on coordination of the investment in the region.
It will discuss and endorse targets for the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy, which have been formulated in the priority pillars of integrated, smart, inclusive, and sustainable growth within a good governance framework. It is to integrate the proposed regional targets into a coherent and ambitious document guiding further development and implementation of the SEE 2020 Strategy.
The countries have created economic teams for the South East Europe Investment Committee, representatives of national Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) coordination offices, European Commission, international organizations, donor and business community.
The SEEIC was established in 2007, based on the decision by participating members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and countries from South East Europe to create a high-level decision-making and coordination body to support the reform and implementation of policies promoting foreign and domestic investments in South East Europe. The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) officially took over the responsibility over SEEIC activities in November 2011. Currently Co-Chaired by the Government of Albania and the RCC Secretariat, the SEEIC comprises Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.