Brdo-Brijuni Process Explained
Brdo-Brijuni Process |
Native Name Lang: | Proces Brdo-Brijuni |
Map: | Brdo-Brijuni Process.svg |
Formation: | (at the presidential level) |
Type: | Diplomatic conference |
Language: | None, de facto English |
The Brdo-Brijuni Process (Slovenian: Proces Brdo-Brioni) is an annual multilateral event in the Western Balkans. It was initiated in 2013 by Slovenian president Borut Pahor and Croatian president Ivo Josipović. The first official meeting was in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia. The main focus of the Process is the enlargement of the European Union 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. The 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).
In 2014, the Berlin Process was initiated by then-Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, in which all of the Brdo-Brijuni Process countries are included as well.
Meetings
!Year!Host country!Host!Attendees!Guest(s)!Source2010 | Belgrade, Serbia5 July 2010 | President Boris Tadić | President Stjepan Mesić Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Bamir Topi President Fatmir Sejdiu President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Traian Băsescu President László Sólyom President Heinz Fischer President Danilo Türk President Georgi Parvanov | President François Hollande | [1] |
2011 | Tirana, Albania30 July 2011 | President Bamir Topi | President Ivo Josipović Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Boris Tadić President Jakup Krasniqi President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Traian Băsescu President Pál Schmitt President Heinz Fischer President Danilo Türk President Georgi Parvanov | President François Hollande | [2] |
2012 | Belgrade, Serbia31 January 2012 | President Boris Tadić | President Ivo Josipović Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Bamir Topi President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Traian Băsescu President János Áder President Rosen Plevneliev President Borut Pahor President Heinz Fischer | President François Hollande | [3] |
2013 | Murfatlar, Romania8 September 2013 | President Traian Băsescu | President Ivo Josipović President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić President János Áder President Rosen Plevneliev President Borut Pahor President Heinz Fischer | President François Hollande | [4] |
2014 | Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria26 November 2014 | President Rosen Plevneliev | President Borut Pahor President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Nebojša Radmanović President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić President János Áder President Traian Băsescu President Ivo Josipović President Heinz Fischer | Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel | [5] |
2015 | Valandovo, North Macedonia1 August 2015 | President Gjorge Ivanov | President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić President Atifete Jahjaga President Tomislav Nikolić President Filip Vujanović President Heinz Fischer President Klaus Iohannis President János Áder President Rosen Plevneliev
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2016 | Vienna, Austria20 June 2016 | President Doris Bures | President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani President Hashim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović Member of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović President Klaus Iohannis President János Áder President Rosen Plevneliev
| President Sergio Mattarella | [6] |
2017 | Çorovodë, Albania1 March 2017 | President Ilir Meta | President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Borut Pahor Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović President Hashim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Aleksandar Vučić President Alexander Van der Bellen President János Áder President Klaus Iohannis President Rumen Radev
| President Frank-Walter Steinmaier | [7] |
2018 | Sibiu, Romania9 May 2018 | President Klaus Iohannis | President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Ilir Meta Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović President Hashim Thaçi President Milo Đukanović President Aleksandar Vučić President Gjorge Ivanov President Rumen Radev President Alexander Van der Bellen President János Áder | Prime Minister Boyko Borisov President of the European Council Donald Tusk | [8] |
2019 | Nikšić, Montenegro7 July 2019 | President Milo Đukanović | President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Chairman of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović President Hashim Thaçi President Ilir Meta President Aleksandar Vučić President Stevo Pendarovski President Rumen Radev President Klaus Iohannis President Alexander Van der Bellen President János Áder | President Andrzej Duda High Representative of the Union Federica Mogherini | [9] |
2020 | Skopje, North Macedonia8 August 2020 | President Stevo Pendarovski | President Borut Pahor President János Áder President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Ilir Meta Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik President Aleksandar Vučić President Vjosa Osmani President Klaus Iohannis President Milo Đukanović President Rumen Radev President Alexander Van der Bellen |
2021 | Sibiu, Romania25 May 2021 | President Klaus Iohannis | President Zoran Milanović President Ilir Meta Chairman of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Vjosa Osmani President Stevo Pendarovski President Milo Đukanović President Aleksandar Vučić President János Áder President Alexander Van der Bellen President Borut Pahor President Rumen Radev | President Emmanuel Macron (canceled due to schedule overlap – committed to attend future meeting)[10] | [11] |
2022 | Belgrade, Serbia1 September 2022 | President Aleksandar Vučić | President Zoran Milanović President Bajram Begaj Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović President Vjosa Osmani President Stevo Pendarovski President Milo Đukanović President Nataša Pirc Musar President Katalin Novák President Alexander Van der Bellen President Klaus Iohannis President Rumen Radev | | [12] |
2023 | Szeged, Hungary14 July 2023 | President Katalin Novák | President Nataša Pirc Musar President Zoran Milanović President Bajram Begaj Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Denis Bećirović Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović President Vjosa Osmani President Jakov Milatović President Aleksandar Vučić President Rumen Radev President Alexander Van der Bellen President Klaus Iohannis President Stevo Pendarovski | |
2024 | Mitrovica, Kosovo14 June 2024 | President Vjosa Osmani | President Nataša Pirc Musar President Tamás Sulyok President Zoran Milanović President Bajram Begaj Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Denis Bećirović Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović President Jakov Milatović President Klaus Iohannis President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova President Rumen Radev President Alexander Van der Bellen President Aleksandar Vučić | |
2025 | Vorau, Austria1 January 2025 | President Reinhold Lopatka | President Aleksandar Vulin President Tamás Sulyok President Bajram Begaj President Ivan Penava Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Denis Bećirović Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović President Vjosa Osmani President Klaus Iohannis President Jakov Milatović President Kostadin Kostadinov President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova President Nataša Pirc Musar | | [13] | |
Meetings by host country
Host Slovenia | 4 | 2013, 2017, 2021, 2022 |
Croatia | 2 | 2014, 2015 II |
North Macedonia | 2 | 2018, 2023 |
Montenegro | 1 | 2015 I |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2016 |
Albania | 2019 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Predsednik republike Borut Pahor je danes gostil srečanje voditeljev Brdo Process. www.up-rs.si. 2020-01-01.
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Predsednik republike Borut Pahor je danes gostil srečanje voditeljev Brdo Process. www.up-rs.si. 2020-01-01.
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Predsednik republike Borut Pahor je danes gostil srečanje voditeljev Brdo Process. www.up-rs.si. 2020-01-01.
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Predsednik republike Borut Pahor je danes gostil srečanje voditeljev Brdo Process. www.up-rs.si. 2020-01-01.
- Web site: Merkel dala snažnu potporu europskoj perspektivi regije. Hrvatska radiotelevizija. 2020-01-01.
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Predsednik Pahor na srečanju voditeljev Brdo Brijuni v Sarajevu. www.up-rs.si. 2019-12-31.
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Srečanje voditeljev Brdo - Brijuni Process. www.up-rs.si. 2019-12-31.
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Predsednik Pahor na srečanju voditeljev Brdo Brijuni v Skopju. www.up-rs.si. 2019-12-31.
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Srečanje voditeljev Brdo Brijuni Process v Tirani. www.up-rs.si. 2019-12-31.
- Web site: [FOTO] Macron trebao stići kao počasni gost na samit Brdo-Brijuni; datum mu nije 'išao na ruku' ]. T-portal .
- Web site: Predsednik Republike Slovenije Predsednik Pahor je priredil srečanje voditeljev pobude Brdo-Brijuni Process. www.up-rs.si. 2021-05-17.
- Web site: 11th meeting of Brdo-Brijuni Process leaders. www.gov.si. 2023-10-12.
- Web site: Brdo-Brijuni 2023. pretsedatel.mk. 2023-10-12.