Final round of the Regular meetings of the stakeholder groups for the cross border regions :

Pcinja: October 30, Hotel ‘Vlasina’, Vlasina Lake, Surdulica, Srbija.
Prokletije-Bjeshket e Nemuna: November 01 – House of “Kelmendi”, Lepushe, Municipality Malesia e Madhe, Albania.
Sharra: November 02, Restoran ‘Kod Lipe’, Municipality Shtrpce, Kosovo*
Prespa: November 06, Hotel ‘Enkelana’ , Pogradec, Albania

The discussions on this meeting will be focused on the following topics:

• Experiences from the implementation of the activities relevant to Area Based Development Approach in 7 cross – border regions within the EU funded project: “Regional cooperation and networking in the field of agriculture, rural and economic development of cross-border areas”.
• Overview of the supported People to People events and Capacity Building Activities related to implementation of Area Based Development Approach in “Sharra” cross-border region, within the EU funded project “Regional cooperation and networking in the field of agriculture, rural and economic development of cross-border areas”.
• Diversification of economic activities in the rural cross-border areas through short value chains.

This activity is part of the EU funded project “Regional cooperation and networking in the field of agriculture, rural and economic development of cross-border areas” implemented by SWG.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence