Agenda for the Conference on Regional Security through Regional Ownership: A new Era of Cooperation? done in Ankara in 8-10 December 2009.
AGENDA
SEE regional security cooperation initiative is a crucial preventive element in overcoming any future security challenges. In this respect, the Southeast Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP), together with its Turkish Chairmanship is playing a key role in the regional stability improvement process.
Enhancement of regional ownership is accepted as an essential tool to ensure sustainability of the existing regional co-operation networks. It assumes progressive and suitable undertake of the responsibilities over the initiatives and organizations that actively contribute to the peace and stability in the SEE, by the region itself. This is an exceptional endeavour that promotes the idea of the lasting peace, stability and prosperity trough cooperation. RACVIAC and Turkish SEECP Chairmanship believe that regional ownership is one of the most powerful political tools in fostering regional stability and security, as well as supporting the economic development of the region. Thus, the Conference should provide SEE countries with the opportunity to discuss this highly important topic within the framework of established Conference purpose and objectives.
The purpose of the Conference is to contribute the enhancement of the synergy in the field of regional security cooperation in Southeast European (SEE) countries by enabling common platform for fruitful exchange of individual views, best practices and discussions on existing challenges, as well as required priorities and possible opportunities.
