This is a Power Point Presentation about the Activities of the Western Balkans Contact Group, which was created in 2004.

Composition :

15 Members of the EESC (European Economic and Social Committee)
⋆5 representatives of the Employers Group
⋆5 representatives of the Employees Group
⋆5 representatives of the Various Interests Group (farmers, consumers, NGOs)
2 years term. 2008-2010 (ongoing term).

General Objectives

* Link, develop contact, and cooperate with a wide range of locally active CSOs.
* Bring added-value, i.e civil society expertise, to the work done by the other EU institutions in the WB.
* Bring expertise to encourage the development of civil and social dialogue in the WB (creation and/or development of national Economic and Social Councils ; platforms of CSOs ; etc…).
* Assist in informing Brussels-based actors on the difficulties and needs of civil society of the Western Balkans.
* Develop inter institutional cooperation in those fields.