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CC: Presidents of the Western Balkans in Trieste
To implement regional economic area plan and CEFTA
30 January, 11:23
(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 30 JAN - How to implement in the most
effective way the measures of the multiannual action plan for a
regional economic area, adopted during the Western Balkans
Summit in Trieste last year, or how to eliminate the barriers to
facilitate business in the region and make it more attractive to
European and non-European investors.
This was the focus of the meeting attended by the Presidents of the Western Balkans Chambers of Commerce, business leaders, coordinators of Western Balkan governments delegated to implement the action plan for a regional economic area and representatives of the Secretariat of the Regional Cooperation Council of the Area and CEFTA in Trieste. The meeting began yesterday and will end today at the Venezia Giulia Chamber of Commerce.
The goal of the Secretariat is to create a favourable environment for businesses to increase investment, production and exports, growth and development and improve the competitiveness of the Western Balkan economies and businesses, getting ready to enter the EU's single market.
The implementation of the multi-annual action plan for the a regional economic area will also be carried out by the Investment Forum of the 6 Chambers of Commerce of the Western Balkans, established in August 2015 in the framework of the Berlin process, and by its Permanent Secretariat, which is based in the Venezia Giulia Chamber of Commerce in Trieste, inagurated during last year's Summit, with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.
''We strongly wanted the Secretariat to be Trieste-based - the chamber president Antonio Paoletti underlined opening the meeting - because in recent years our Chamber of Commerce developed extensive contacts and knowledge of the economies of the Balkan countries. Our activities and collaborations have developed widely in many localities of your territories, becoming a reference point for the Chambers and countries of the Western Balkan Region''. The annual plan of the joint activities and projects to be implemented by the Chambers of Commerce of the region, with the support of the European Union and the international donor community, was adopted today during the session of the board of directors of the investment forum of the six Chambers of commerce in the Western Balkans. The Trieste-based Permanent Secretariat will work on the implementation of the plan, which aims at developing and enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs. (ANSA).
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This was the focus of the meeting attended by the Presidents of the Western Balkans Chambers of Commerce, business leaders, coordinators of Western Balkan governments delegated to implement the action plan for a regional economic area and representatives of the Secretariat of the Regional Cooperation Council of the Area and CEFTA in Trieste. The meeting began yesterday and will end today at the Venezia Giulia Chamber of Commerce.
The goal of the Secretariat is to create a favourable environment for businesses to increase investment, production and exports, growth and development and improve the competitiveness of the Western Balkan economies and businesses, getting ready to enter the EU's single market.
The implementation of the multi-annual action plan for the a regional economic area will also be carried out by the Investment Forum of the 6 Chambers of Commerce of the Western Balkans, established in August 2015 in the framework of the Berlin process, and by its Permanent Secretariat, which is based in the Venezia Giulia Chamber of Commerce in Trieste, inagurated during last year's Summit, with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.
''We strongly wanted the Secretariat to be Trieste-based - the chamber president Antonio Paoletti underlined opening the meeting - because in recent years our Chamber of Commerce developed extensive contacts and knowledge of the economies of the Balkan countries. Our activities and collaborations have developed widely in many localities of your territories, becoming a reference point for the Chambers and countries of the Western Balkan Region''. The annual plan of the joint activities and projects to be implemented by the Chambers of Commerce of the region, with the support of the European Union and the international donor community, was adopted today during the session of the board of directors of the investment forum of the six Chambers of commerce in the Western Balkans. The Trieste-based Permanent Secretariat will work on the implementation of the plan, which aims at developing and enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs. (ANSA).
