Brdo-Brijuni Process

Brdo-Brijuni Process (Slovene: Proces Brdo-Brijoni) is an annual multilateral event in the Western Balkans. It was initiated in 2013 by President of Slovenia Borut Pahor and President of Croatia Ivo Josipović. First official meeting was in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia. Main focus of the Process is the enlargement of the EU with countries of the Western Balkans. Similar meetings were held at the prime-ministerial level in 2010 and 2011 by then-Prime Ministers of Slovenia and Croatia, Borut Pahor and Jadranka Kosor. Brdo-Brijuni process includes Slovenia and Croatia (EU Member States) and candidates and potential candidates for EU membership from the Western Balkans (Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo).

Brdo-Brijuni Process

Participating EU states     Participating non-EU states
Formation	July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25) (at the presidential level)
Type	Diplomatic conference
Membership	EU states:  Croatia  Slovenia Balkan states:  Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Montenegro  Kosovo  North Macedonia  Serbia Guests:  France (2013)  Germany (2014, 2017)  Austria (2015 I, 2015 II)  USA (2015 II)  EU (2015 II, 2018, 2019)  Italy (2016)  Bulgaria (2018)  Poland (2019)
Official language	None, de-facto English

In 2014 Berlin Process was initiated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in which all of the Brdo-Brijuni Process countries are included as well.

Current representatives

• 
  Slovenia
  Borut Pahor
  President
• 
  Croatia
  Zoran Milanović
  President
• 
  Serbia
  Aleksandar Vučić
  President
• 
  Montenegro
  Milo Đukanović
  President
• 
  Kosovo
  Hashim Thaçi
  President
• 
  Albania
  Ilir Meta
  President
• 
  North Macedonia
  Stevo Pendarovski
  President
• 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Šefik Džaferović
  Chairman of the Presidency

Meetings

Year	Host country	Host	Attendees	Guest(s)	Source
2013	Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia 25 July 2013	President Borut Pahor	President Ivo Josipović President Bujar Nishani President of the Presidency Nebojša Radmanović President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić	President François Hollande	[1]
2014	Dubrovnik, Croatia 15 July 2014	President Ivo Josipović	President Borut Pahor President Bujar Nishani Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović Member of the Presidency Nebojša Radmanović President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić	Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel	[2]
2015	Budva, Montenegro 8 June 2015	President Filip Vujanović	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Tomislav Nikolić	President Heinz Fischer	[3]
	Zagreb, Croatia 25 November 2015 Extraordinary meeting	President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	President Borut Pahor President Bujar Nishani Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović Member of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović Member of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić	President Heinz Fischer Vice-President Joseph Biden President of the European Council Donald Tusk	[4]
2016	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 28-29 May 2016	President of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani President Hasim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Aleksandar Vučić	President Sergio Mattarella	[5]
2017	Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia 3 June 2017	President Borut Pahor	President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani President of the Presidency Dragan Čović President Hasim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Aleksandar Vučić	President Frank-Walter Steinmaier	[6]
2018	Skopje, North Macedonia 27 April 2018	President Gjorge Ivanov	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Ilir Meta President Hasim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Aleksandar Vučić	Prime Minister Boyko Borisov President of the European Council Donald Tusk	[7]
2019	Tirana, Albania 8-9 May 2019	President Ilir Meta	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović President Hasim Thaçi President Milo Đukanović President Aleksandar Vučić	President Andrzej Duda High Representative of the Union Federica Mogherini	[8]
2020	Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia 29 June 2020 (Postponed)	President Borut Pahor

Meetings by host country

Country	Host
Slovenia	3	2013, 2017, 2020
Croatia	2	2014, 2015 II
Montenegro	1	2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina		2016
North Macedonia		2018
Albania		2019

References

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