Background Documents:

Session 1. Overall Framework

The Stabilisation and Association Process and CARDS Assistance 2000-2006 (18 pages, pdf, 95 KB)
prepared by the European Commission

Building Peace in South East Europe:
Macroeconomic Policies and Structural Reforms Since the Kosovo Conflict (43 pages, pdf, 215 KB)
prepared by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

Session 2. Tightening Economic Links

Stability Pact Working Table II Background Paper on Trade Liberalisation and Facilitation (MS Word)
prepared by the Stability Pact

Stability Pact Working Table II Background Paper on the Initiative for Social Cohesion (MS Word)
prepared by the Stability Pact

See also Dubrovnik Pledge (3 pages, pdf, 88 KB)

Stability Pact Working Table II Background Paper on the e-South East Europe Initiative (MS Word)
prepared by the Stability Pact

Creating a Liberal Trade Environment: Recent Progress in Trade Liberalization in South Eastern Europe (10 pages, pdf, 223 KB)
prepared by the World Bank

Transport and Energy Infrastructure in South East Europe (29 pages, pdf, 3.9 MB)
prepared by the European Commission

Water Strategy - Regional Approach for South Eastern Europe (26 pages, pdf, 102 KB)
prepared by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Air Traffic Regional Infrastructure Study for South East Europe (15 pages, pdf)
prepared by the European Investment Bank (EIB)

Report of the Chairman of the Infrastructure Steering Group (7 pages, pdf, 54 KB)

Session 3. Private Sector Development

Private Sector Development and the Role of the EBRD in South-Eastern Europe (51 pages, pdf, 277 KB)
prepared by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Public Private Partnerships (7 pages, pdf, 91 KB)
prepared by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Stability Pact Working Table II Background Paper: Private Sector Development (MS Word)
prepared by the Stability Pact

Stability Pact Working Table II Background Paper: Private Sector Development: Investment Compact (MS Word)
prepared by the Stability Pact

Session 4. Strategies for the priority areas under Working Table I and review of funding process of future actions

Stability Pact Background Papers for the Second Regional Conference
(MS Word documents)

Working Table I

• Support for Media in SEE
• The Regional Return Initiative
• Education and Youth

Working Table III

• Combating the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons
• Bolstering efforts to downsize regional military sectors: Strategy and Next Steps
• Security and Defence Issues: Overview
• Security Sector Reform

Sub-table on Defence and Security Matters:

• Mine Action: Stockpile Destruction, Training, Test and Evaluation
• Disaster Preparedness and Prevention (DPPI): Strategy and Next Steps

Sub-table on Justice and Home Affairs:

• SPOC: Stability Pact Fight against Organised Crime
• Migration and Asylum Initiative
• Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings
• National and Regional Management and Development of Border Control
• Regional Police Training Initiative - Process, Strategy and Next Steps

EU Justice and Home Affairs policy and the Western Balkans (4 pages, pdf, 20 KB)
prepared by the European Commission

Concluding Session

A Note on Global Donor Support for the South East Europe Region (7 pages, pdf, 26 KB)
prepared by the Joint European Commission/World Bank Office for South East Europe