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***Minutes of the Eighteenth Meeting of the SECI Agenda Committee***

*March 23, 2001 at 9 a.m.*

Venue: Federal Government Palace, Belgrade

The SECI Coordinator, Dr. Erhard Busek, chaired the Eighteenth Meeting
of the SECI Agenda Committee. SECI Participating States (Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
Greece, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, and Turkey) attended, together with Montenegro (observer) and
the Supporting States (Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, the
United States of America). There was no representative present from the
Republic of Moldova. The UN Economic Commission for Europe, the European
Commission, the World Bank, the Office of the High Representative and
the Black Sea Economic Cooperation were also present. He also welcomed
members of the SECI BAC who were in attendance. The SECI Coordinator
stressed the importance of holding the 18^th^ meeting in Belgrade.

# *Welcoming Remarks by the Host Country*

The newly appointed SECI National Coordinator for Yugoslavia, Ms. Jelica
Minic, welcomed the Agenda Committee to Belgrade. She stressed that it
was very important that Yugoslavia is now a part of SECI and she thanked
all the SECI countries for supporting Yugoslavia in the initiative. She
also added that SECI membership would also bring many opportunities for
the business community.

# *Adoption of the Conclusions of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Agenda Committee held on December 6,* 2000

The Conclusions of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Agenda Committee held
on December 6, 2000, in Zagreb were unanimously adopted.

# *Adoption of the Agenda*

The Agenda was unanimously adopted.

# *Report of the Coordinator*

The SECI Coordinator put special emphasis on developments in the
relationship between SECI and the Stability Pact and the fact that there
has still been no real movement towards a type of "meshing" agreement.

The Coordinator then announced that Will Keenan, the driving force
behind SECI at the UN/ECE will leave Geneva for new duties in Bangkok
and Heinrich Schatzmann will replace him. The Coordinator praised Mr.
Keenan for the great contribution he made to SECI since the very
beginning. The full report can be found in ***Annex 3***.

The SECI Coordinator then gave to floor to Ambassador Larry Napper, Head
of the Department for Central and Eastern European Assistance at the US
Department of State. Ambassador Napper is ultimately responsible for
SECI.

Ambassador Napper sent a very strong and clear message that the United
States continues to give full support for and partnership with SECI,
which he sees as a forum for practical cooperation in Southeast Europe.
He placed special emphasis on the work of the SECI Crime Center and the
task force on Combating the Trafficking in Human Beings. He asked all
those SECI countries that have not yet sent their financial
contributions to the Center to do so. He also pointed to the Trade and
Transport Facilitation in Southeast Europe (TTFSE) project as a concrete
example of success. Finally, he reaffirmed US support for the SECI
Coordinator and his staff.

# *The Impact of Recent Developments in the FRY on the Region*

The SECI National Coordinator for Yugoslavia, Ms. Jelica Minic, said
that SECI has become part of the internal process of the country.
Yugoslavia is joining other initiatives and processes and sees itself as
a member of CEFTA and EFTA. Regional cooperation is one of the major
foreign policy objectives. She was pleased to see that initiatives are
becoming more project oriented. She also mentioned the importance of the
Szeged Process in promoting transfrontier cooperation.

The Danube and Corridor X are crucial for regional development and the
MoU on Corridor X is of utmost importance. She expressed hope that the
issue of business visas will also soon be solved. Information
infrastructure and education and training are important because
Yugoslavia is in need on know-how in many fields.

The FRY proposed two concrete projects to the SECI Agenda Committee: the
first dealing with RoRo transport on the Danube and the second with the
exploitation of thermal resources. Both project experts gave a brief
presentation of the two projects. The SECI Coordinator then asked the
National Coordinator for Yugoslavia to prepare official project
proposals, which can then be circulated among the National Coordinators
prior to the next Agenda Committee meeting in Sarajevo in May 2001. The
proposals will be put on the agenda for Sarajevo and the National
Coordinators should be able to come prepared to discuss them on behalf
of their respective governments.

# *Report on the Advancement of Projects*

## 6.1 SECI Regional Center for Combating Transborder Crime

*Mr. Alexandru Ionas, Director of the SECI Regional Center, Bucharest*

General Ionas reported on the goals, objectives and structure of the
SECI Crime Fighting Center. All SECI countries have now ratified the
Agreement on information sharing. Romania has provided some 2.4 million
USD to finance the actual premises of the Center. He reported that
Croatia, Bulgaria, Moldova and Greece would send their liaison officers
in March or April. Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Hungary have sent
budgetary contributions. Task forces have been established for dealing
with trafficking in human beings (led by Romania), drugs (Bulgaria) and
commercial fraud (Croatia). Hungary has proposed a task force on stolen
vehicles. The full report can be found in ***Annex 4***.

The SECI Coordinator asked the National Coordinator for Yugoslavia to
check what legal preparations are necessary for Yugoslavia to join the
Agreement.

Mr. Iver Frigaard from INTERPOL said that there might be a possibility
for the SECI Center to have access to the INTERPOL data basis. He
stressed that INTERPOL fully supports this effort. The SECI Coordinator
asked all the countries to try to have all their obligations fulfilled
to the SECI Center by the next Agenda Committee meeting in Sarajevo. He
also announced that the September meetings of the Agenda Committee
Business Advisory Council and SECIPRO will be held in Bucharest at the
Center.

## 6.2 Commercial Arbitration and Mediation

## Mr. Samo Ivanchich Business Advisory Council 

This Agenda item was discussed prior than scheduled due to the early
departure of Mr. Ivanchich. Mr. Samo Ivanchich gave a progress report,
which highlighted that, an action plan for the establishment of a Center
for Commercial Arbitration and the expert group had adopted Mediation.
The Center will provide training programs for arbiters and mediators and
it will house an extensive resource library. The Center will also
closely cooperate and coordinate with the network of SECI Business
Support Offices through out the region. The full report can be found in
***Annex 5***.

## 6.3 SECI/World Bank Project on Transport and Trade Facilitation in Southeast Europe

*Gerald Ollivier, World Bank*

*Yannis Tsorbatzoglou, American College in Thessaloniki*

The representative from the World Bank, Mr. Gerald Ollivier, gave a
report on the progress of the SECI/TTFSE project. He welcomed the
support of the BAC and SECI PRO in this effort. The World Bank board has
approved the first six loans and TTFSE is now moving to Moldova and
Yugoslavia. Customs advisory teams have been set up in the four of the
six countries (Albania and Bosnia still need to be finalized) and are
trying to raise awareness among public officials on what types of issues
transporters face. One of the main goals of this effort is to develop
standard processing time for crossing border.

TTFSE has a Regional Steering Committee (RSC), which involves the
Customs directors from the region. The most visible result achieved so
far has been the collection of performance indicating data. Every loan
agreement has benchmarks and targets that need to be met. Reviewing the
business process at the borders is also essential thus the project has
established local teams at given sites that are evaluating and
recommending how the process can be more user friendly and how
transactions can be made more transparent.

Mr. Tsorbatzoglou gave report of the trade facilitation component of the
TTFSE program. Some 2.2 million USD will be channeled through local
partners (Koc University/American College of Thessaloniki/American
University in Bulgaria) to carry out this program. Koc University will
be responsible for developing the curriculum for training of trainers.
The American University in Bulgaria will develop the website, which will
contain the entire curriculum. He stressed that the BAC can play a key
role in getting feedback from the business community on the
effectiveness of the program. The SECI Coordinator said that it is
amazing to think what a long way we have come since March 1997 when this
entire effort was started. The full report can be found under ***Annex
6***.

## 6.4 Ad Hoc Working Group on the Reduction of Border Delays of Shuttle Trains

*Mr. Will Keenan, Economic Commission for Europe*

UN/ECE Representative Will Keenan gave a progress report on the work of
the group. He stressed that the group is now exploring more economical
solutions to digital fiber optic transmission systems.

## 6.5 Investment Promotion: Cooperation among Securities Markets in Southeast Europe

*Ms. Sevtap Taskiran, Capital Markets Board of Turkey*

Ms. Sevtap Taskiran from the Capital Markets Turkey reported that the
group is preparing a MoU on investment protection for regulators. The
MoU was sent out to the Agenda Committee in advance and the group awaits
comments. The SECI Coordinator said that a deadline for receiving
comments has to be fixed and the next meeting date set.

The Representative from Greece mentioned that since the last Agenda
Committee meeting in Zagreb, there has been no effort from the side of
the Istanbul Stock Exchange to contact the Greek authorities (concerning
the feasibility study). The SECI Coordinator urged both Athens and
Istanbul to sit down and negotiate a solution to this issue.

## 6.6. Development of Interconnection of the Electric Power Systems of the SECI Countries for a Better Integration to the European System

*Mr. Trajce Cerepnalkovski, ESM Skopje*

Mr. Cerepnalkovski reported that two projects are underway: the
subproject on Teleinformation systems and on Regional Project for
Transmission Network Management and Expansion Planning. USAID is funding
both efforts. This will further contribute towards achieving the goals
of the SECI Electricity Interconnection Project, which are to create
regional electricity market as well as to better integrate the
electricity systems of SECI countries with the Western European
electricity network. The full report can be found in ***Annex 7***.

## 6.7 Developments in other SECI projects

*Dr. Erhard Busek, SECI Coordinator*

The SECI Coordinator said that he discussed with the Hungarian Minister
of Interior that possibility of Hungary hosting a working group on cross
border cooperation of prosecutors as a part of the greater SECI crime
fighting effort. He also mentioned that the UN Protocol Model Law to
Prevent that Trafficking of Persons should be put on the level of
national legislation and a working group should also look into this
issue. He then asked the National Coordinators to ask their national
experts and governments to identify who can take the lead in these
efforts and come to Sarajevo in May ready to make concrete decisions.

Mr. Keith Sangway from the European Commission reminded that the
Stability Pact has a task force on trafficking with which SECI should be
in close coordination. The SECI Coordinator pointed out that SECI is a
part of this task force and the coordination is excellent.

The National Coordinator from Turkey said one also has to consider
whether the Model Law is based on European or Continental law.

# *7. Other Proposals*

## 7.1 "Regional Cooperation in Regulation of New Communications and Information Technologies"

*Ms. Jozica Puhar, National Coordinator for Slovenia*

SECI National Coordinator for Slovenia announced that things were a bit
slow at the start due to some changes in the Slovene government but now
there is full support for this effort and the first expert group
meetings will be held in April.

Mr. Keenan then reported from the first meeting of the Stability Pact
eSEE working group in Zagreb. He mentioned that the group was not aware
of the SECI project on telecommunications. The group is focusing on
three major areas: e-business, e-education and e-government. The SECI
National Coordinators for Slovenia (host of the SECI telecommunications
project) and Croatia (host of the SP project) are also national
coordinators for the Stability Pact, therefore it is important that an
agreement is worked out to avoid any unnecessary overlap or duplication.

## 7.2 Regional Network for the Efficient Use of Energy Resources (RENEUER)

Mr. Zdravko Genchev (Vice Chairman of the UNECE Energy Efficiency 21
Project) presented the regional energy project RENEUER -- Regional
Network for Energy Efficiency -- which aims to identify the regional
potential for energy efficiency, to identify potential partners, to
aggregate the regional potential for a series of energy projects and to
make projects attractive for strategic investors. He said that a small
working group consisting of himself, Dr. Busek and Christian Luger from
Siemens has met to discuss funding possibilities. It was decided that
the project's activities had to be packaged differently in order to
approach different donors.

The four major components of the project are investment, capacity
building, and legal framework and information dissemination. Mr. Genchev
stressed that SECI can play an important role in supporting the project
by keeping it on the agenda and lobbying for it.

The SECI Coordinator then mentioned some of the difficulties SECI faced
in trying to move forward with the energy efficiency zones project. He
said that the BAC had asked for a new exploratory group. He also said
that by breaking the project down into more doable components, it would
be easier to fundraise. He said that by Sarajevo, SECI should have a
clear cut picture what exactly it should do to promote this.

# *8. Report from the Stability Pact*

Mr. Sangway gave an overview of the current status of the Quick Start
Projects. He said that now the Stability Pact is moving into more of an
operational phase and thus there is a greater need for close
coordination with SECI. He urged the SECI National Coordinators to
closely communice with their Stability Pact counterparts. Ambassador
Napper also felt that ideally, the SECI National Coordinators and the
Stability Pact National Coordinators should be one in the same.

The SECI Coordinator said that perhaps this issue could also be
discussed in Sarajevo. He also mentioned a proposal that the SECI Agenda
Committee should meet prior to the meeting of Working Table II. Although
he said he would discuss this with the Chairman of Working Table II, Mr.
Saccomanni, setting dates would be problematic since the dates for SECI
meetings (especially BAC) have to be set well in advance. On a final
note, the SECI Coordinator mentioned that the Norwegian government gave
financial support to the SECI effort to improve the ferry boat services
between Vidin and Calafat.

# *9. Report from the Business Advisory Council to SECI*

Mr. Costa Carras, co-chair of the SECI BAC, reported on the meeting held
the day prior. He began by reading a resolution unanimously adopted by
the BAC, which condemns the outbreak of violence in and around Tetovo
(see ***Annex 8***). The BAC stresses that trouble in one country has
adverse effects on the entire region and Mr. Carras specifically pointed
to the problem of clearing bridge debris in the Danube.

He discussed the activities of the country committees for Croatia, the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Romania and Bulgaria.
The committees involve members of both the international and local
business communities in the respective country and focus on promoting
trade and investment. The BAC also heard reports from the Business
Support Offices (BSO) in Thessaloniki, Istanbul, Udine and Vienna. The
BSOs serve as an outreach to the business community.

Mr. Carras explained the relationship between the SECI BAC and the
Stability Pact BAC, stressing that the two bodies are different in
structure and approach yet closely cooperate through a few individuals
who are represented on both councils. He stressed that that SECI BAC has
a much better understanding of the business climate in the region since
2/3 of its members are from the region while 2/3 the Stability Pact
BAC's members come from outside the region. This group, however, has
better connections to the IFIs.

Finally, Mr. Carras mentioned the possibility of working with G-17 to
produce a SECI bulletin, which would contain valuable economic data and
sectoral analysis from the region. A working group is preparing a
proposal, which will be presented in Sarajevo.

# *10. Report from the SECIPRO meeting on 21 March*

Mr. Will Keenan reported on the main conclusions from the March 21, SECI
PRO meeting which was held at the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce and
Industry. The Chamber is serving as the secretariat to the newly
established YUPRO -- Yugoslav PRO Committee. SECIPRO concluded that by
focusing on key issues of trade facilitation, it could complement the
work of the Stability Pact working group on trade liberalization. In
doing so, there should be closer communication and coordination between
national experts in these two groups.

SECIPRO sees Corridor X as a priority area for development and should
write a letter to the governments of the region expressing concern over
the importance that should be attached to Corridor X. Furthermore,
SECIPRO should develop a concrete proposal, which specifically defines
its relationship with the TTFSE project. This proposal should be
submitted for discussion prior to the next SECIPRO meeting in Sarajevo
on May 23.

The recommendations from the results of the SECIPRO visa regime review
will be made available to the SECI Business Advisory Council and Agenda
Committee. Both these groups should put this issue on the agenda of
their next meetings in Sarajevo. Tatiana Hadjiemmanuel gave a brief
report on the activities of the Technical Secretariat of Corridor X. The
MoU can be found in ***Annex 9*** of this report.

Will Keenan recalled the very first meeting of the SECI Border Crossing
Facilitation working group in March 1997 and the four recommendations,
which it made. Four years later, the accomplishments of the groups are
truly remarkable. Mr. Keenan expressed his gratitude to the Agenda
Committee and SECI for a wonderful four years of excellent work.

The SECI Coordinator said that continued support from the ECE is
important for SECI's success. He then asked all the national
coordinators to lobby with their Ambassadors in Geneva in order to
guarantee this support.

# *11. Other Business*

There was no other business.

# *12. Date and venue of the 19^th^ SECI Agenda Committee Meeting*

The 19^th^ SECI Agenda Committee meeting will be held on May 25, 2001,
in Sarajevo. Subsequent meetings will be held in Bucharest on September
19 and in Geneva at the end of the year.

> ***Annex 1*** - Agenda
>
> ***Annex 2*** - List of Participants
>
> ***Annex 3*** - Coordinators Report
>
> ***Annex 4*** - Report from General Alexandru Ionas
>
> ***Annex 5*** - Report from Mr. Samo Ivanchich
>
> ***Annex 6*** - Report from Mr. Yanis Tsorbatzoglou
>
> ***Annex 7*** - Report from Mr. Trajce Cerepnalkovski
>
> ***Annex 8*** - Resolution
>
> ***Annex 9*** - MoU on Corridor X

***Annex 1***

[Eighteenth Meeting of the SECI Agenda Committee]{.smallcaps}

##### Agenda

March 23, 2001, at 9 a.m.

*Venue*: Federal Government's Palace

1.  Welcoming Remarks by the Host Country: *Ms. Jelica Minic, SECI
    National Coordinator, Yugoslavia*

2.  Adoption of the Conclusions of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Agenda
    Committee held on

December 6, 2000

3.  Adoption of the Agenda

4.  Report of the Coordinator: *Mr. Erhard Busek, SECI Coordinator*

5.  The Impact of Recent Developments in the FRY on the Region: *Ms.
    Jelica Minic, SECI National Coordinator, Yugoslavia*

6.  Report on the Advancement of Projects

> 6.1 SECI Regional Center for Combating Transborder Crime: *Mr.
> Alexandru Ionas, Director of the SECI Regional Center Bucharest*
>
> 6.2 SECI/World Bank Project on Transport and Trade Facilitation in
> Southeast Europe
>
> 6.3 Ad Hoc Working Group on the Reduction of Border Delays of Shuttle
> Trains: *Mr. Will Keenan, UN/ECE*
>
> 6.4 Investment Promotion: Cooperation among Securities Markets in
> Southeast Europe: Ms*. Sevtap Taskiran,Capital Markets Board of
> Turkey*
>
> 6.5 Commercial Arbitration and Mediation: *Mr. Samo Ivanchich, BAC to
> SECI*

6.6 Development of Interconnection of the Electric Power Systems of the
SECI Countries for a Better Integration to the European System: *Mr.
Trajce Cerepnalkovski, ESM Skopje*

> 6.6 Developments in other SECI projects: *Mr. Erhard Busek, SECI
> Coordinator*

7.  Other Proposals

8.  Regional Cooperation in Regulation of New Communications
    Technologies in Southeast Europe -- Proposal for a Feasibility
    Study: *Ms. Jozica Puhar, SECI National Coordinator, Slovenia*

9.  Regional Network for the Efficient Use of Energy Resources RENEUER:
    *Zdravko Genchev, Executive Director EnEffect*

10. Report from the Stability Pact

11. Report from the Business Advisory Council to SECI: *Mr. Costa
    Carras, Cochairman of BAC to SECI*

12. Report from the SECI PRO meeting on March 21: *Mr. Will Keenan,
    UN/ECE*

13. Other Business

14. Date and venue of the 19^th^ SECI Agenda Committee Meeting

***Annex 2***

**List of Participants**

At the 18^th^ SECI Agenda Committee

Belgrade, March 23, 2001

*Coordinator*: Dr. Erhard BUSEK

*Assistants*: Ms. Branislava STANKOV

Ms. Vera M. BUDWAY

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| *ALBANIA*                 |                                          |
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| *BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA*  | Mr. Radomir BOGDANOVIC                   |
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|                           | Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the |
|                           | FRY                                      |
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|                           | tel: +381-63-351566                      |
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|                           | fax: +381-11-184458                      |
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| *BULGARIA*                | Mr. Gancho Ganev                         |
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|                           | Ministry of Foreign Affairs              |
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|                           | tel: +359-2-739829                       |
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|                           | fax: +359-2-720127                       |
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|                           | email: seeurope@bg.government.bg         |
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|                           | Mr. Zdravko GENCHEV                      |
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|                           | EnEffect Center for Energy Efficiency    |
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|                           | tel: +359-2-963-1714                     |
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|                           | fax: +359-2-963-2574                     |
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|                           | email: zgenchev@eneffect.bg              |
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| *CROATIA*                 | Mr. Zeljko KUPRESAK                      |
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|                           | Ministry of Foreign Affairs              |
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|                           | *SECI and SP National Coordinator*       |
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|                           | tel: +385-1-4569918                      |
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|                           | fax: +385-1-4569950                      |
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|                           | email: ogi@mvp.hr                        |
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|                           | Mr. Zarko PETRAK                         |
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|                           | Ministry of Foreign Affairs              |
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|                           | tel: +385-1-4597721                      |
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|                           | fax: +385-1-4569950                      |
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|                           | email: ogi@mvp.hr                        |
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|                           | Ms. Bozena RUKAVINA                      |
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|                           | Ministry of Foreign Affairs              |
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|                           | tel: +385-1-4569801                      |
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|                           | fax: +385-1-4569950                      |
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|                           | email: ogi@mvp.hr                        |
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| *FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF      | Ms. Jelica MINIC                         |
| YUGOSLAVIA*               |                                          |
|                           | Ministry of Foreign Affairs              |
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|                           | *SECI National Coordinator*              |
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|                           | tel: +381-11-3618078                     |
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|                           | fax: +381-11-3618366                     |
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|                           | email: smipsep@yahoo.com                 |
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|                           | Mr. Mihajlo MILIVOJEVIC                  |
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|                           | University of Belgrade                   |
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|                           | Mr. Dejan RADOJCIC                       |
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|                           | University of Belgrade                   |
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|                           | tel: +381-11-5339181                     |
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|                           | fax: +381-11-3370364                     |
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|                           | email: eradojci@alfa.mas.bg.ac.yu        |
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| *GREECE*                  | Mr. Vassilis KANELLAKIS                  |
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|                           | Ministry of National Economy             |
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|                           | tel: +30-103286401                       |
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|                           | fax: +30-1-3286404                       |
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|                           | email: esecr@dos.gr                      |
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|                           | Mr. Nikolaos SYMEONIDIS                  |
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|                           | Ministry of National Economy             |
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|                           | tel: +30-1-3286-301                      |
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|                           | fax: +30-1-3286-094                      |
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|                           | email: esecr@dos.gr                      |
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|                           | Mr. Yanis TSORBATZOGLOU                  |
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|                           | ACT PMU                                  |
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|                           | tel: +30-31-398260                       |
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|                           | email: pmu@ac.anatolia.edu.gr            |
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| *HUNGARY*                 | ######### Mr. Jozsef Nyerki              |
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|                           | ######### Ministry of Foreign Affairs    |
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|                           | tel: +36-1-4581500                       |
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|                           | fax: +36-1-3559178                       |
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|                           | email: jnyerki@kum.hu                    |
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| *MOLDOVA*                 |                                          |
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| *ROMANIA*                 | Mr. Petre SOFRONIE                       |
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|                           | Embassy of Romania in the FRY            |
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|                           | tel: +381-11-3618327                     |
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|                           | fax: +381-11-3618339                     |
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| *SLOVENIA*                | Ambassador Jozica Puhar                  |
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|                           | Ministry of Foreign Affairs              |
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|                           | *SECI and SP National Coordinator*       |
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|                           | tel: +386-1-4782331                      |
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|                           | fax: +386-1-4782249                      |
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|                           | email: jozica.puhar@gov.si               |
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|                           | Mr. Tone KAJZER                          |
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|                           | Ministry of Foreign Affairs              |
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|                           | tel: +386-1-4782185                      |
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|                           | fax: +386-1-4782249                      |
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|                           | email: tone.kajzer@gov.si                |
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| *THE FORMER YUGOSLAV      | Mr. Viktor Dimovski                      |
| REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA*    |                                          |
|                           | Ministry of Foreign Affairs              |
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|                           | *SECI National Coordinator*              |
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|                           | tel: +389-02-115153                      |
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|                           | fax: +389-02-115790                      |
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|                           | email: dpgi@gov.mk.com                   |
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| *TURKEY*                  | Ambassador Mithat BALKAN                 |
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|                           | Ministry for Foreign Affairs             |
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|                           | *SECI National Coordinator*              |
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|                           | tel: +90-312-02871645                    |
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|                           | fax: +90-312-2871646                     |
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|                           | email: mbalkan@mfa.gov.tr                |
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|                           | Ms. Deniz CAKAR                          |
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|                           | Ministry for Foreign Affairs             |
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|                           | tel: +90-312-2871630                     |
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|                           | fax: +90-312-2868694                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email:dcakar@mfa.gov.tr                  |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Mr. Aril SEREN                           |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Istanbul Stock Exchange                  |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +90-212-2982320                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +90-212-2982348                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: arils@imkb.gov.tr                 |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Ms. Sevtap TASKIRAN                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Capital Markets Board of Turkey          |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +90-312-2222037                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +90-312-2213323                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: staskiran@spk.gov.tr              |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| SUPPORTING STATES AND     |                                          |
| INSTITUTIONS              |                                          |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *AUSTRIA*                 |                                          |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *CZECH REPUBLIC*          | Mr. Eduard Metela                        |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Ministry for Foreign Affairs             |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +420-2-24183197                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +420-2-24182075                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: edamet@hotmail.com                |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *ITALY*                   |                                          |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *SWITZERLAND*             | Mr. Jean-Daniel RUCH                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Embassy of Switzerland in the FRY        |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +381-63-304536                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +381-11-657253                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: Ambasuis@Eunet.yu                 |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *UNITED STATES OF         | Ambassador Larry NAPPER                  |
| AMERICA*                  |                                          |
|                           | US Department of State                   |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +1-202-6470853                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +1-202-6470414                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Ambassador Warren Clark                  |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | US Department of State                   |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +1-202-5371279                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +1-202-3632216                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: warclark@erols.com                |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Ms. Bernice POWELL                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | US Department of State                   |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +1-202-6473270                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +1-202-7367422                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Ms. Paula FEENEY                         |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | USAID                                    |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +1-202-7125735                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +1-202-2163181                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: pfeeney@usaid.gov                 |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION   | Ms. Larissa KAPITSA                      |
| FOR EUROPE*               |                                          |
|                           | Director of Coordinating Unit for        |
|                           | Operational Activities, Office of the    |
|                           | Executive Secretary                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +41-22-9174221                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +41-22-9170036                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: larissa.kapitsa@unece.org         |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Mr. Will KEENAN                          |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Regional Adviser and ECE Coordinator for |
|                           | SECI                                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +41-22-9172793                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +41-22-9170037                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: w.keenan@mbox.unicc.org           |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Mr. Heinrich SCHATZMANN                  |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Regional Adviser and ECE Coordinator for |
|                           | SECI                                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +41-22-9172793                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +41-22-9170037                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: heinz.schatzmann@unece.org        |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *EUROPEAN COMMISSION*     | Mr. Keith SANGWAY                        |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Directorate-General for External         |
|                           | Relations                                |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +32-2-2963372                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +32-2-2958081                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: keith.sangway@cec.eu.int          |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *WORLD BANK*              | Mr. Gerald OLLIVIER                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +1-202-4584023                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +1-202-6140900                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: golliver@worldbank.org            |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *BSEC*                    | Ambassador Tansug BLEDA                  |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +90-212-2296330                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +90-212-2296336                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: tbleda@superonline.com.tr         |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *INTERPOL*                | Mr. Iver FRIGAARD                        |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +33-4-72447218                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +33-4-72447261                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: d5elb@interpol.int                |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *BUSINESS ADVISORY*       | Mr. Costa CARRAS                         |
| *COUNCIL TO SECI*         |                                          |
|                           | tel: +30-1-3219398                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax:+30-103311976                        |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: colycarr@otnet.gr                 |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Mr. Vassili TAKAS                        |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +30-31-554684                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +30-31-541933                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: seci@sbbe.gr                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Mr. Samo IVANCHICH                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +386-4-1664400                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +386-4-2066446                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: samo.ivanchich@siol.net           |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *SECI PRO*                | Ms. Tatiana HADJIEMMANUEL                |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Hellaspro                                |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +30-31-257261                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +30-31-257263                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: hellaspro@ath.forthnet.gr         |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| **OBSERVERS**             |                                          |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *MONTENEGRO*              | Mr. Darko USKOKOVIC                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Prime Minister´s Office                  |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +381-81-242177                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +381-81-242329                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: dado@mn.yu                        |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *GERMANY*                 | Mr. Wolfgang GERSTMANN                   |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | Ministry for Economy and Technology      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +49-30-20147711                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: +49-30-20145560                     |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: gerstmann@bmwi.bund.de            |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| *OFFICE OF THE HIGH       | Mr. Michael H. HRYSHCHYSHYN              |
| REPRESENTATIVE*           |                                          |
|                           | Senior Advisor to the Principal Deputy   |
|                           | HR                                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | tel: +387-33-283526                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | fax: 387-33-283850                       |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | email: michael.hryshchyshyn@ohr.int      |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------+

***Annex 3***

**Coordinator´s Report**

**December 6, 2000 - March 23, 2001**

**December 7 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Mr. Jonas Widgren (Director of ICMPD)

**December 7 - Vienna**

-   Speech on "EU Enlargement" at the Symposium "Telecommunications in
    Central & Eastern Europe" organized by the Danube University Krems
    and the European Association for Telematics Applications

**December 8 - Bled (Slovenia)**

-   Speech at the Regional Business Meeting Point 2000 "FDI, Economic
    Development and Security in the Economies in Transition"

**December 11 - Vienna**

-   Conference on "US/GB model or the continental-European model of a
    social market economy"

**December 13 - Geneva**

-   Meeting with UN/ECE Executive Secretary Ms. Danuta Hübner and
    Austrian Ambassador to the U.N. Mr. Harald Kreid

**December 14 - Geneva**

-   Meeting with Ms. Susan Schorr (ITU)

**December 15 - Vienna**

-   Conference on "The role of the Central European small states in the
    EU"

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-   Speech on the "Strategy of the EU Enlargement" organized by the
    European Commission

**December 16 - Budapest**

-   Meeting with Hungarian Minister of Interior Sandor Pinter

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-   Meeting with Mr. Franz H. Kaps (The World Bank)

**December 22 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Vice-chancellor Ms. Susanne Riess-Passer

**January 5 - Klagenfurt**

-   Speech on "EU Enlargement" at the Workshop "Europe grows together"

**January 8 - Munich**

-   Meetings with Mr. Andreas Frommer at the Vereinigung Bayrische
    Wirtschaft

**January 10 - Bolzano**

-   Conference on "Th EU Enlargement: Chances and Challenges especially
    in agriculture and SMEs"

-   Conference on "A development strategy for SMEs in the border region
    Italy/Slovenia"

**January 11 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Mircea Dan
    Geoana

**January 13 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Mr. Peter Benesch (Austrian Ministry of Finance)

**January 16 - Ljubljana**

-   3rd Meeting of the SECI Expert Group on Commercial Arbitration and
    Mediation (attended by Mr. Nasi)

**January 19 - Berlin**

-   Meetings with Gerhard Schröder, Romano Prodi, Hubert Védrine, Valdas
    Adamkus, Vojislav Kostunica, Milan Kucan, Leonid Kucma during the
    presentation of the paper "After Reform: Future strategies for whole
    Europe - expectations of the Central and Eastern European Countries
    towards the EU"

**Vienna**

-   Internal Coordination Meeting of the Stability Pact Task Force on
    Trafficking in Human Beings (attended by Ms. Stankov)

**January 20 - Berlin**

-   Meetings with Henry Kissinger, Javier Solana, Rudolf Scharping,
    Grigorij Jawlinskij, Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, Günter Verheugen,
    Eduard Kukan, Janos Martonyi, Nadezhda Michailova, Tonino Picula,
    Pavel Telicka, Jacques Delors during the International Bertelsmann
    Forum 2001 "New Responsibilities: the European Policy on Security
    and Defense"

**January 23 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Mr. Alessandro Pasut and Mr. Giorgio Dominese (SECI BSO
    in Udine)

**January 23 - Vienna**

-   Conference on "The Process of EU-Enlargement with Special Regard to
    the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) and the
    Stability Pact"

**January 29 - Belgrade**

-   Discussion of the state of the Yugoslav/Serbian institutions based
    on the Serbian case study at the Second Meeting of the EastWest
    Institute´s Advisory Board for South Eastern Europe

**January 31 - Vienna**

-   Conference on "The Future of Europe: Euro - Enlargement -
    Telecommunication" organized by Raiffeisen Zentralbank

**February 1 - Vienna**

-   Speech on "Chances and Risks in the EU-Enlargement" organized by
    Austrian Freight Forwarders

**Münster**

-   Speech on "The political situation in Southeast Europe and the
    Foreign Policy of the EU" organized by Care

**February 2 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Mr. Christian Luger (Siemens)

**February 4 - Bucharest**

-   Meetings with DCM Susan Johnson, General Alexandru Ionas, General
    Ferenc Banfi and Ms. Gabriela Konevska

**February 5 - Bucharest**

-   Meetings with Austrian Ambassador Vetter von der Lilie, Minister for
    European Integration Ms. Hildegard Puwak, Deputy Chairman of the
    Foreign Policy Committee of the Parliament

-   Annual Meeting of the Resident Legal Advisors in Central and Eastern
    Europe in the SECI Regional Center for Combating Tans-Border Crime

**February 5 - Kefermarkt (Austria)**

-   EUREGIO-Press-Round-Table on "Austria and the Czech Republic
    together in the EU"

**February 6 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Austrian Minister of Interior Mr. Ernst Strasser

**February 7 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Mr. Peter Hasslacher (Austrian Chamber of Commerce),
    Mr. Alessandro Pasut (SECI BSO Udine), Mr. Giorgio Dominese (BAC to
    SECI)

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-   Meeting with Ms. Irina Vojackova (IOM - International Organization
    Migration)

**February 8 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Secretary General of BSEC Mr. Valeri Chechelashvili

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-   Meeting with Secretary General of the Federation of Austrian
    Industry Mr. Lorenz Fritz

**February 8 - Belgrade**

-   Stability Pact BAC Meeting

**February 12-14 - Bucharest**

-   8th Meeting of the Joint Cooperation Committee (attended by Mr.
    Dupont)

**February 16 - Vienna**

-   Conference on "Croatia newly discovered - the European dimension"
    organized by the Political Academy

**February 18 - Sarasota (Florida)**

-   Meeting with Mr. James Weber (Special Consultant, FBI retired)

**February 19 - Raleigh Durham**

-   Speech on "The future of EU foreign policy vis a vis the U.S.,
    especially in light of the experience in former Yugoslavia",
    International Law Society

**February 20 - Raleigh Durham**

-   Speech on "Development of Challenges in Eastern Europe and the role
    of the European Union\" at the \"Rethinking Development\" series

**February 22 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Ambassador Larry Napper, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo (US
    Department of State), Ms. Ann-Catherine Blank (US Mission to the
    OSCE), Mr. Ford Robertson (US Embassy Vienna), Ms. Susan Johnson
    (DCM, US Embassy Bucharest)

**Skopje**

-   Summit of the Heads of State and Governments of the countries
    participating in the SEECP and SEECP Economic Forum (attended by Ms.
    Budway)

**February 23 - Warsaw**

-   Speech on "The Future of Europe" Polish Administration Academy

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-   Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Wladyslaw Bartoszewski

**February 26 - Bologna**

-   Speech on "Austria and New Old Europe" at the School of Advanced
    International Studies

**February 28 - Vienna**

-   Donor Briefing Session for the Comprehensive Program for the
    Training Exchange and Cooperation to address Trafficking in Human
    Being in Southeastern Europe convened by ICMPD, IMP and SECI

-   Meeting with Mr. Veran Matic (editor in chief, ANEM, B92) at the
    conference on "Challenges and Chances for Cooperation between
    Austria and the FR of Yugoslavia in the Field of Media"

**March 5 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Mr. Zdravko Genchev (EnEffect) and Mr. Christian Luger
    (Siemens)

**March 6-7 - Skopje**

-   Signing of the MoU of the SECI Regional Transmission Planning
    Project (attended by Ms. Stankov)

**March 7 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Mr. Yanis Tsorbatzoglou

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-   Meeting with Slovene Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Dimitrij Rupel

**March 8 - London**

-   Meeting with Ministers of Foreign Affairs Mr. Robin Cook and Ms.
    Benita Ferrero-Waldner, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at
    the Conference "Political and Strategic Reasons for Enlargement"

**March 13 - Innsbruck**

-   Speech on "The perspectives of EU Enlargement after Nice between
    fulfilled Hopes and disappointed Expectations" at the Conference
    "The EU after Nice"

**Vienna**

-   Meeting with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Janos Martonyi at
    the Round-Table "Common Past - Common Future: Austria and Hungary"
    organized by the Diplomatic Academy

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-   Speech on "EU Enlargement - Tasks for Western and Eastern European
    Countries"

**March 19 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel

**March 20 - Vienna**

-   Meeting with Governor Klaus Liebscher (Austrian National Bank)

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-   Speech on "EU Enlargement - Chances and Risks (Ex-Yugoslavia)"
    organized by Raiffeiseninternational

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-   Speech on "EU Enlargement - Chances and Risks (Slovenia, Carinthia)"
    organized by the Chamber of Commerce

**March 21 - Belgrade**

-   Tenth meeting of SECI PRO

-   Coordination meeting of the SECI Business Support Offices and
    Business Information and Clearing Center

**March 22 - Belgrade**

-   Sixteenth Meeting of the Business Advisory Council to SECI

**March 22 - Belgrade**

-   Presentation of SECI\'s work in the fields of trade and transport,
    energy and crime fighting to Yugoslav Government officials and
    related institutions followed by a press conference

**March 23 - Belgrade**

-   18th meeting of the SECI Agenda Committee

***Annex 4***

**Report from General Alexandru Ionas**

Director of the SECI Regional Center for Combating Transborder Crime

Honored participants! Ladies and gentlemen!

Please allow me to thank you on behalf of the Management of the SECI
Center for the invitation addressed to us to attend the 18^th^ Meeting
of the SECI Agenda Committee.

Firstly, I want to present myself. I am Alexandru Ionas, director of the
SECI Regional Center for Combating Transborder Crime -- from Bucharest.
Few months ago, I was Deputy of the General Police Inspector of Romania
and I was responsible for the criminal (judicial) police, including
organized crime. Thus, I became involved in this project in which I
believed from the very beginning and I put all my hopes.

Before presenting the material on SECI Center I have prepared, I would
like to stress that the idea of this project was born in Vienna in 1998
and had as basis the generous idea to unite our forces, to cooperate
between ourselves the states from the Central and Southeast Europe, to
cooperate between the different law enforcement agencies from this
region in order to fight more effectively against crime, against
criminal structures, especially against human beings traffic, modern
slavery, traffic and consume of drugs, traffic of guns and stolen cars,
smuggling and financial crimes. Yes, the idea, the spark appeared in
Europe, and I cannot be otherwise than grateful to all those who got
involved and supported this project -- one of them is Dr. Erhard Busek
to whom I address my thanks in this way. It is not enough for parents to
give birth to a child, they have to teach him to walk and talk. This is
exactly what happened to the SECI Center; the idea, no matter how
generous, would have been lost without the material, financial and
managerial support offered by different governments and especially
Romania which provideda modern headquarters and the necessary equipment.

Further on, I would like to make a short presentation of the situation
in the region (Southeast and Central Europe) regarding the organised
crime, in order to stress the importance and the necessity for setting
up the SECI Center.

The biggest criminal organisations in the region globalize their
activities. I am saying that for the following reasons:

At global level, but especially in Southeast and Central Europe it is
carried out a process of integration and internationalization of the
criminal organisations, as a result of the continuous interaction
between them. This may lead to creating of a strong criminal system
which will represent an extremely serious threat for the states within
the region, for the democracy and human rights.

The main tool used by the criminal organisations (the organised crime
structures) IS NOT VIOLENCE, but CORRUPTION. The violence is the last
mean leading. Despite the power they have, their intention is not to
attend a "coup d'etat", but to empty the democracy of its own substance.

The traffic human beings, of guns and drugs, the corruption cannot be
measured at their real dimensions even though, virtually, they are
present everywhere.

The merchandise that is the object of transactions (drugs, guns a/o) is
not generally used in the country where it is produced, but it goes in
transit through a lot of states until it reaches its destination. Thus,
it goes through a lot of state frontiers, banks, companies, customs
offices a/o.

The globalization, erasure of frontiers, the free circulation of
individuals and goods is applicable only for the criminal organisations,
not for the law people who fight against major obstacles (legislation,
frontier)

The illicit money laundering -- they have to enter the normal circuit
without being discovered. They pass several illegal transactions, always
through other banks, other countries through sophisticated systems in
order to have a legal and correct appearance.

Because of this appearance, they can establish close relationships with
political leaders.

Concluding, the criminal organizations consist of people, money and
political relations. Those people must be arrested, the money must be
confiscated, and the political relations destroyed. This may be
accomplished only if the problems are dealt with whole seriousness,
through cooperation at international level and using political decision
-- this is why the setting up of the SECI Center has been so necessary
in this region.

In an imaginary map of crime our region is surrounded at East by the
Russian Mafia, at Southeast by Turkish and Albanian mafia and at West by
the Italian mafia, like a core of a nut surrounded by organised crime.
What can we oppose to that?

It is not effective to combat this phenomenon of unified and global
criminality by using 12 (twelve) legal systems, 12 legislations and a
lot of different judicial bodies with improperly paid staff and which
activates uncoordinated; the paradox is that each of them may become an
obstacle for the others. You see, I used the number 12 even though the
SECI Center gathers only 11 states, but either my colleagues, nor myself
cannot think of this international organization without Yugoslavia. We
hope that this country will be integrated as soon as possible to our
group, as it represents a major element for the stability in the region.

It is obvious that for effectively combating the organized crime, drugs
traffic the fight cannot be realized except at international level, and
the SECI Center can do it. How? Firstly, by close cooperation between
customs and police forces from all the member states which have to set
several realistic objectives:

-   to strengthen the cooperation between the states and the law
    enforcement agencies;

-   to eliminate the obstacles created by the legislation by setting up
    a common legislation (for the same crime to be previewed an unique
    punishment -- see the law RICO in United States);

-   the liaison officers, the authorities of each state to exchange
    information and data, to take action more quickly, more precise and
    more firmly in order to implement the imprisonment and confiscation;

-   the strengthening of the police forces, taking special actions,
    undercover agents, protection of witnesses a/o;

-   the destruction of the relations between the criminal organizations
    and politicians;

-   an effective system for tracking down the persons and goods;

-   combating money laundering a/o.

We have to understand that we are in a permanent war and we have to find
the best strategy in order to make sure that we win, that the leaders of
these criminal organizations will be judged and prosecuted no matter
where the tracks, connections, possessions and leaders will be. This is
also a commitment from our part that we will assure the freedom and
security in our present and future society.

***Annex 5***

**Report from Mr. Samo Ivanchich**

**ACTIVITY REPORT**

**Ljubljana, 19^th^ of March**

**A.** **The most important progress the experts made in past 3 months
is the adoption of the *ACTION PLAN FOR THE SECI COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
AND MEDIATION PROJECT* which will accelerate the establishment of the
centre.**

1.  The immediate priority is training in its part of application of the
    international instruments related to commercial arbitration in
    general and to the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in
    particular. The objectives of the training program will be:

    1.  Enhancement of the recognition and enforcement of arbitration,
        on the judiciary side, based on a better common understanding of
        the international instruments and of the role of arbitration.

    2.  Help minimize the time lag between the issuing of the
        arbitration award and its actual enforcement. As a result, the
        program will focus on the following items

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a.  The New York Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign
    Arbitral Awards 1958 (Lead agency for carrying out the courses:
    UNCITRAL)

b.  The IBRD Washington Convention on the Settlement of Investment
    disputes between States and Nationals of Other States 1965 (Lead
    agency for carrying out the courses: IDLI/SELDI)

c.  The European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 1961
    (Lead agency for carrying out the courses: UN/ECE)

d.  UNCITRAL Model Law on Commercial Arbitration (Lead agency for
    carrying out the courses: UNCITRAL)

2\. The training program will target:

Judges, under whose jurisdiction the recognition, enforcement and/or
annulment of arbitration awards falls;

Arbitrators and mediators, as well as potential lecturers who are
recommended by the relevant task teams (i.e. task teams no. 1 and 5);

Persons who are responsible for the administrative handling of the cases
in the judiciary system and for the execution of enforcement orders.

Those responsible for national policy in the area of commercial law.

The relevant lists will be provided by the Expert Group members as soon
as possible. The funds for the implementation of the courses will be
raised on a "course by course" basis.

B. The experts defined the role of the SECI Commercial Arbitration and
Mediation Promotion and Training Center

The SECI Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Promotion and Training
Center will perform the following tasks:

1\. Provide conference facilities (class rooms etc.) for the training
courses, if needed.

2\. Establish a library, which will receive English copies of
publications related to commercial arbitration and mediation in all SECI
Participating and Supporting States. The pooling of such publications
and of the information contained in them is absolutely necessary, in
order to provide efficient support to interested practitioners, lawyers
and businessmen involved in pending cases as well as to the training
program. As a first step, the Expert Group members shall provide English
copies of the relevant laws and statutes of arbitration institutions in
their country, if possible in electronic form.

3\. Compile and continuously update, on the basis of the data delivered
by the Experts the recommended lists of qualified commercial arbitration
and mediation experts, which will be provided in accordance with Article
5 of the Declaration of the SECI Expert Group on Commercial Arbitration
and Mediation, adopted in Ljubljana on October 9, 2000.

4\. Establish and continuously update a homepage on commercial
arbitration and mediation in Southeast Europe, in close cooperation with
the Arbitration and Mediation Institutions of the SECI Participating
States.

5\. Keep close contact with the SECI Business Support Offices in
particular and the SECI Business Support Framework in general, which are
the outreach to the business community at large, i.e. to the actual the
clients of the Project.

**C. The experts also agreed that the SECI Commercial Arbitration and
Mediation Promotion and Training Center** will be located in the
premises of the University of Ljubljana. All matters concerning
financing were delegated to task team number one for further
specification.

The SECI Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Promotion and Training
Center will function as an independent legal entity.

**D.** **It was further settled that until 15^th^ of March 2001**, the
Rapporteurs of the Task Teams will provide the SECI Office in Vienna
with an elaborated draft for the activity of the Task Team, bearing in
mind the Terms of Reference for the Task Teams of the SECI Expert Group
on Commercial Arbitration and Mediation.

**E. Summarizing**, I can tell that there is progress in the following
fields. **UNTIL THE 15^TH^ of March** the SECI coordinator in Vienna
nemely received from

1\. Task Team 1 a short activity notice that the discourse with the
representatives of the Ljubljana Law Faculty is progressing and that the
act, establishing an institute is drafted and will be finalized until
April 2^nd^ . (deloval bo kot *zasebni zavod*, ne poznam termina)

2\. Task Team 3 and 5 had sent a letter to Mr. Sekolec and are waiting
for his counterproposal, which of course has to be discussed. It
combines training, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

3\. Task Team 4 has sent a very detailed proposal concerning the
activities of Task Team 4 prepared by Mr. Chernev. For the time being it
is still a matter for internal discussion within this task team.

4\. Concerning Task Team 2, Mr. Uzelac will be contacted as soon as the
deadline (15.03.2001) expires.

In Ljubljana, 19^th^ of March, 2001

#### Prepared by

#### Samo Ivanchich & Miro Senica 

***Annex 6***

TRANSPORT AND TRADE FACILITATION TRAINING PROGRAM

ECA / WORLD BANK TTFSE PROJECT

# 

The following executive summary by the American College of Thessaloniki
(ACT) describes the contributors and their roles in implementing a
\$2,200,000 three-year ECA trade facilitation training program in
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia and
Romania. The program is part of the World Bank\'s Transport and Trade
Facilitation Program in Southeast Europe Project.

The overall philosophy of the project is structured on the understanding
that all deliverables and action benefit the TTFSE countries. There will
be no use of funds for non-ECA objectives, and a particular emphasis
will be given in executing the majority of actions within the TTFSE
environment. Only when there is an overarching merit will actions take
place in Greece and Turkey (Training of Pro- Managers - Training of
Trainers for Conventional Seminars) and even in these cases the
deliverable will be directly benefiting the TTFSE countries.

The components of the program include: capacity-building training for
Pro Committees at the American College of Thessaloniki; development of
trade facilitation curriculum and teaching methodology by Koc
University; training of trainers in trade facilitation by Koc
University; a Website for project participants to be designed and
operated by the American University in Bulgaria; development of distance
learning curriculum by the American University in Bulgaria; and an
exchange program between trade and transport professionals from the U.S.
and Southeastern Europe.

### The Project's Method

The project's purpose is to identify and minimize procedures and
practices common throughout Southeast Europe that slow the movement of
commercial trucks through border crossings along the main highways
within the region and that lead to the EU. To accomplish this goal, the
parties implementing the trade facilitation project will undertake the
following actions:

Through a multi-national consortium of Greek, Turkish and Bulgarian
colleges and universities, PRO Committees, and international
professional associations (the "Partners"), the Partners will develop
and provide instruction in a standardized trade facilitation curriculum
for use throughout the Balkans. This instruction, initially given in
classrooms and, in time, also available via distance learning tools,
will follow a methodology that is suitable for the culturally and
linguistically diverse audiences in the six countries. The educational
program's common feature in all of these countries is found in the fact
that the employees of the private enterprises, government agencies and
trade associations focused on transporting goods across international
boundaries in the Balkans share a common experience and have common
needs.

Since 1998, each TTFSE country has approached its effort to simplify and
harmonize its trade and transport procedures and practices with those of
its neighbours and the EU through a regional network of "border crossing
procedures committees" (referred to as "PRO Committees"). The Pro
Committees, which are non-governmental (often organized under the
auspices of the national Chamber of Commerce), yet which include as
active members representatives of key ministries, undertake inter-agency
reviews of their respective domestic trade, transport, taxation and
customs procedures, both legislative and practical. The Chambers of
Commerce and "PRO Committees" will be integral members of the
Partnership, and will foster the role of the private sector in
facilitating cross-border trade by eliminating procedural obstacles to
the efficient transport of goods across national boundaries in the
Balkans. Additionally, the project will establish teaming arrangements
with lead professional associations, such as the Geneva-based IRU
(international trucking association) and the Zurich-based FIATA
(international association of freight forwarders), to assist in training
truckers, freight forwarders and customs brokers in a core curriculum
that is consistent with the emerging EU certifications of professional
competency for truckers.

ACT will provide project management, as well as administrative, and
financial oversight for all aspects of the project, including the
activities and expenditures of every sub-grantee organization .

# PROJECT STRUCTURE

Annex 7

**Report from Mr. Trajce Cerepnalkovski**

SECI PROJECT GROUP ON DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCONNECTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
SYSTEMS OF SECI COUNTRIES FOR BETTER INTEGRATION TO EUROPEAN SYSTEM

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

ON REGIONAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING PROJECT

Skopje, 06-07 March 2001

## Introduction

The SECI Project Group on Development of Interconnections of Electric
Power Systems of SECI Countries for Better Integration to European
System has developed and adopted several project proposals over the past
two years to promote the development of the electricity grids in the
region and their interconnection with UCTE. Based on that and with
sponsorship from US Agency for International Development (US AID) the
Regional Transmission Planning Project was started. In this regard, the
Organizational Meeting was held on March 6^th^ and 7^th^ in Skopje. The
purposes of the meeting were to agree on a "project memorandum of
understanding" concerning the goals, scope, organization and funding of
the project and to define a work plan .

**Attendance**

The Meeting was attended by the representatives of the SECI countries,
namely, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of
Macedonia, Romania, Turkey, Slovenia and Yugoslavia. The ECE/UN, SECI,
US AID and CMS Energy from USA were also represented.

Greece and Hungary excused themselves and expressed that they are
willing to participate in the next activities on the Project.

## The Meeting

Mr. Nikola Cerepnalkovski, Chairman of the Project Group, Ministry of
Economy of the Republic of Macedonia, opened the Meeting and welcomed
the participants. He underlined the importance of this meeting,
especially in the light of the Stability Pact activities.

Dr. Goran Rafajlovski, General Manager of the Electric Power Company of
Macedonia (ESM), pointed out the important role of the activities of the
SECI Project Group, particularly on this project, for further
improvement of the regional cooperation.

Mr. Slav Slavov, representative of UN/ECE, recalled the activities of
the Project Group by referring to identification of subprojects and
adoption of the relevant terms of references (TORs), with a special
emphasis to the background of the project on Teleinformation System.

Dr. Robert F. Ichord, USAID, expressed "a good feeling for the
development of the regional SECI Teleinformation Project and the great
role of the Government of RM and ESM in the coordination of that
Project. He stressed that the new US administration is supportive of
these regional initiatives. Later , he introduced CMS as an USAID
contractor to provide expert support to this Project. In his
presentation (attached to this report) Mr. Ichord explained USAID
objectives, main strategic issues, regional mechanisms and addressed the
global scope, impact on regional development and market restructuring
and wider environment of this particular project,. Finally he expressed
his hopes that soon the legal problems for financial support of
Yugoslavia (Serbia) will be solved.

**Presentation of the draft "Project Memorandum of Understanding" and
"Work Plan"**

Mr. Patrick Miller, CMS Project Manager, Mr. David Duncan and Mr. Mike
Guerin from CMS presented the Draft Project Memorandum of Understanding
and the Draft Work Plan in more details (presentation is attached). They
also explained the "License Agreement" document necessary for software
purchasing.

**Status of "Transmission System Development" in SECI countries**

The representatives of the participating SECI countries presented the
status of their Transmission Systems and possible developments.
Presentations of the participants are attached to this report.

## Finalization and adoption of the Draft Project Memorandum

The Draft Project Memorandum was discussed and revised in accordance
with the comments of the meeting participants.

The resulting Memorandum of Understanding for SECI Electricity Project
on Regional Transmission Planning was adopted and signed by all SECI
parties present.

## Adoption of the Work Plan 

> In accordance with the discussions and comments of the participants
> the draft Work Plan was revised and adopted.

***Determination of the next steps***

The meeting agreed:

-   To follow up on the activities of the Project in accordance to the
    Schedule presented as Annex in the Work Plan (Exhibit #2);

-   Limited Use License Agreement for PSS/E software will be signed by
    the participating utilities and sent to Mr. Trajce Cerepnalkovski as
    soon as possible, but no later than 20 March 2001;

-   The PSS/E Software Training will be organized at the St. Naum Hotel
    in Ohrid, Macedonia;

-   As interest for PSS/E training was expressed, CMS will investigate
    possibility for expanding the number of students participating on a
    training session by no later than March 12;

-   Mr. Trajce Cerepnalkovski will send an Invitational Letter for
    training early next week;

-   The names of the members of the Steering Committee, Technical
    Coordinating Group and Working Groups, should be provided to Trajce
    Cerepnalkovski as soon as possible;

## Other business

Few issues were opened and discussed during the meeting:

-   USAID expressed the possibility to prolong the support on this
    Project in accordance with the developments in the work and the
    scope defined for future common work;

-   Interest for training in Feasibility, Economical and Financial
    preparation, development and evaluation of the Transmission Project;

-   Impact on restructuring and market reforms of the sector in the
    region;

-   Possibility for promoting the results of the work of this SECI
    Group;

-   Possibilities for better cooperation with other initiatives and
    donors and Stability Pact Program;

-   It was suggested that Mr. Trajce Cerepnalkovski participates on the
    next SECI Agenda Committee Meeting on March 23, 2001 in Belgrade to
    present the status of the Projects under this Project Group;

***Provisional Date of the Next Meeting***

> It was preliminary agreed that the next meeting of the Steering
> Committee will be held in June 2001 (date and place to be determined).

The participants expressed gratitude to the organizer, Government of the
Republic of Macedonia and ESM for the excellent organization of the
Meeting and the hospitality offered.

***Annex 8***

**RESOLUTION**

# PROPOSED BY THE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL TO SECI

The Business Advisory Council of SECI (BAC/SECI) meeting in Bled on
October 21^st^, 1999, and on the joint motion of its two co-Chairmen,
Mr. Costa Carras and Mr. Rahmi Koc, adopted the following Resolution:

1.  BAC/SECI at its last meeting in Vienna warmly welcomed the Stability
    Pact initiative and made some proposals for improvements in its
    text. It did this with a view to ensuring the utilization of the
    valuable experiences of the region already accrued by BAC/SECI and
    increasing the effectiveness of a process which will inevitably be
    administratively complex but needs to be capable of producing early
    results in vies of the immense needs of the region.

2.  BAC/SECI believes it is inconceivable that one can constructively
    surmount the existing barriers to investment and trade in the region
    without the close cooperation of businessmen from all sizes of
    enterprises, large, medium and small. BAC/SECI also believes it is
    essential to have, above all, the cooperation and commitment of
    enterprises originating from within the region or those countries
    adjacent to it which are already among the most active traders and
    investors within it.

> Within this overall outlook, the particular contributions the larger
> multinationals can make are both acknowledged and welcomed.

3.  In the interests of the region, BAC/SECI would prefer that business
    of all types and origins took part in the same BAC, but respects the
    wishes of countries participating in the Stability Pact to work
    through a BAC of a different range and size. It expresses the hope
    that there will be the maximum possible collaboration between the
    two BACs and invites the proposed Stability Pact BAC to hold its
    first meeting immediately after the next SECI/BAC in Budapest on
    December 14^th^. This would give the opportunity for members of the
    new BAC to meet and exchange views with members of SECI/BAC and
    obtain some benefit from their experience.

4.  Building on its success in the last three years, including but not
    limited to:

-   The setting up of PRO committees in most countries of the region,

-   The active support given to the negotiation and signature of the
    Athens Memorandum of Understanding of the Regional Ministers of
    Transport, signed on 24^th^ April 1999, concerning border-crossing
    and trade facilities,

-   The provision of valuable information from Greek, Italian and
    Turkish business on the climate for trade and investment in the
    individual countries in the region, including both incentives and
    disincentives faced by investors in the region,

BAC/SECI proposes to implement initiatives already discussed at its
meeting, including the setting up of country committees and the
involvement of a wider range of regionally involved companies in its
activities. SECI/BAC reiterates its earlier decision in favor of the
creation of SECI Business Promotion Offices in Istanbul, Thessaloniki
and Trieste, welcomes the fact that the office in Trieste is already
operational and the other two already financed, and trusts these will
prove of assistance to the Stability Pact process also.

***Annex 9***

# Memorandum of Understanding

**on the development of the Pan-European Transport Corridor X**

Desiring to promote international transport of goods and passengers
through making progress in the implementation of the Declarations of the
Second Pan-European Transport Conference in Crete in 1994 and the
priority transport Corridors supported by the conference and those
adopted during the Third Pan-European Transport Conference in Helsinki
in 1997 (including the report on adjustments to the Crete Corridors) as
a basis for further work, (1) considering that the development of
Corridor X will promote the relations between the participants, (2)
considering the great importance of co-operation in the development of
the multimodal Pan-European Transport Corridor X with regard to the
development of the road and especially the railway links for the benefit
of the Pan-European Transport infrastructure, (3) desiring to have
adequate interconnections with the Trans-European Transport Network of
the European Union, (4) taking also into consideration the developments
emerging from the Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment (TINA) in
the candidate countries for accession to the European Union, and the
development in the countries through which the Corridor passes, (5)
conscious of the fact that the infrastructure development is a long term
process, (6) welcoming action already undertaken on the Corridor by the
Participants concerned as well as international institutions (UN/ECE,
EC, ECMT ) and projects stemmed form their frames (e.g. UN/ECE TEM,
TER), (7) the signatories of the present Memorandum of Understanding,
following named "Participants".

**\
agree on the following Memorandum of Understanding as a further step
towards a common objective**:

1\. Aim

The aim of this Memorandum of Understanding is to co-operate in the
development of main and ancillary infrastructures on the multimodal
Pan-European Transport Corridor X. The development of the Corridor
should include maintenance, reconstruction, rehabilitation, upgrading
and new construction of main and ancillary infrastructures as well as
its operation and use with a view to fostering the most efficient and
environmentally friendly transport modes (infrastructure and services).
The co-operation furthermore aims at perceiving and defining
prerequisites and conditions for the most efficient use of funds and
know-how provided by public and private sources.

2\. Definition of the Corridor

The multimodal Pan-European Transport Corridor X
Salzburg-Ljubljana-Zagreb-Beograd-Nis-Skopje-Veles-Thessaloniki
including its branches A: Graz--Maribor-Zagreb and B: Budapest-Novi
Sad-Beograd and C: Nis--Sofia (Dimitrovgrad--Istanbul via Corridor IV)
and D: Veles--Bitola--Florina-via Egnatia to Igoumenitsa refers to the
road, rail and interconnection points for inland waterways, air,
maritime, intermodal and in particular combined transport
infrastructures, including ancillary installations such as signalling,
the installations necessary for traffic management, access links, border
crossing stations, service stations, freight and passenger terminals,
warehouses on the route of the Corridor as defined above.

3\. General rules on studies

The Participants wish to co-operate in undertaking studies necessary for
the realisation of this Memorandum of Understanding. The terms of
reference for studies should be co-ordinated between the Participants as
far as criteria, methodology and other aspects covered by this
Memorandum of Understanding are concerned. As a first task a complete
inventory of existing studies concerning the Corridor should be compiled
and the conclusions of these studies should be made available to all
Participants concerned, upon request. Subsequent studies will cover as
necessary:

-   state of the infrastructure on the Corridor

-   needs assessment

-   an overall concept for a co-ordinated development of the Corridor

-   the conditions necessary for international financial institutions
    and the private sector participation in the development and
    operation of the Corridor

-   questions such as prioritisation, feasibility or technical design of
    specific maintenance, reconstruction, rehabilitation, upgrading and
    investment measures, as well as use or operation of the
    infrastructure and related environmental aspects

-   organisational, legal, economic and social questions.

    The studies should be carried out according to best practice, taking
    due account of the requirements of the private sector and the
    international financial institutions, which should be involved
    during the different stages of planning, implementation, operation
    and use of the infrastructure. The Participants are prepared to
    co-operate in the question of financing of the necessary studies as
    appropriate. Tenders for studies should be launched according to
    rules agreed between all parties involved. Participants declare
    their readiness to take all necessary steps to ensure that the
    studies can be carried out efficiently, such as providing all
    assistance and information necessary for carrying out the studies.

4\. Exchange of information

The Participants are ready to make available to each other information
relevant to the development, use and operation of the Corridor. This
would include detailed data on the state of the infrastructure on the
Corridor, the traffic flows, waiting times at the borders, specific
maintenance, reconstruction, rehabilitation, upgrading, investment,
environmental and organisational measures planned or undertaken, and the
financial resources allocated or to be allocated to the development of
the Corridor from public or private sources. It would also cover the
legal framework for private participation in the development, use and
operation of the Corridor as well as relevant economic and social data
if they are not subject of concession contracts. Within the limits of
relevant law and if unanimously agreed by the Steering Committee,
results of studies should be compiled and their conclusions should be
made accessible on request to institutions concerned, demonstrating
substantial interest in contributing to the development of the Corridor.

5\. Technical standards and interoperability

The Participants are prepared to agree upon a common set of technical
standards necessary to secure optimal interoperability of all sections
of the Corridor, including the interoperability between various
transport modes. Such technical standards would cover electrification,
gauge and communications for the rail part of the Corridor; axle load
capacity and signalling systems for the road and rail part of the
Corridor; safety and environmental aspects and traffic management.
Standards set by the European Community Directives, the UN-ECE
Agreements on transport infrastructure or CEN, CENELEC and ETSI European
Standards for the various transport modes will be adhered to as
appropriate in order to secure interoperability.

6\. Border crossing and customs co-operation

Since excessive waiting times at border crossings may impede any
improvements resulting from the development of the Corridor, the
Participants wish to stimulate and promote, through a co-ordination of
actions with the competent authorities, the installation of joint border
crossing posts and joint controls as well as co-operation of customs
services in order to minimise waiting times and to improve long-distance
transport conditions for rail and road. Participants may stimulate and
promote necessary joint studies of the infrastructural and
organisational measures: e.g. standardisation of control procedures and
the possibilities for minimisation of waiting times at borders should be
studied and proposals for improvement should be made. Standards set by
International Agreements or the European Community should be adhered.

7\. Framework for private participation

The Participants intend to provide for an optimum of private sector
involvement in the development, operation and use of the Corridor. For
this purpose, a dialogue with the private sector and the international
financial institutions should take place during the planning and
realisation of studies. In all phases of co-operation under this
Memorandum of Understanding the private sector should be informed of
actions planned or undertaken and its comments should be taken into
account as far as possible. The Participants jointly aim to ensure the
development of the legal and financial conditions necessary for private
sector participation in the development and operation of the Corridor.
Participants might set up common bodies to carry out actions necessary
to develop the Corridor. Taking into account the national law they wish
to investigate possibilities of entrusting the implementation of the
goals of this Memorandum of Understanding totally or partially to
private enterprises.

8\. Steering Committee

A Steering Committee to be composed of representatives of the
Participants will co‑ordinate the joint work under this Memorandum of
Understanding. Each Participant should appoint one representative and
one deputy-representative to the Steering Committee by notification to
all other Participants. The Steering Committee will meet as necessary,
but at least once a year. It should decide on its rules of procedure by
unanimity. Representatives from the private sector or the international
financial and other institutions as well as experts could be invited to
the meetings as appropriate. The Steering Committee might consider to
create Working Groups for specific tasks or adequate promotion of the
goals of this Memorandum of Understanding. The Steering Committee will
regularly report about its work to the G-24 Transport Group.

9\. Implementation

The information exchanged and studies carried out by the Participants
will be the basis for defining priorities, budgets and time-plans for
specific measures necessary for the co-ordinated development of the
Corridor as well as rules on the use and operation of the Corridor. The
Participants are prepared to agree on such issues as appropriate.

10\. Closing remarks

The co-operation in the framework of this Memorandum of Understanding is
based on a voluntary commitment and will continue until the objectives
of the initiative have been achieved. When any of the Participants so
requests, this Memorandum of Understanding shall be reviewd after five
years. This Memorandum of Understanding does not contain obligations
governed by international law.

Done at Thessaloniki on 15^th^ March 2001

(Signatories of the MoU in the English alphabetical order of their
surnames)

The Minister of Transport and Communications
..............................\...

Mr Ljupco BALKOSKI

The Minister of Transport and Water Management
..............................\... Mr János FÓNAGY

The Federal Minister for Science, and Transport
..............................\...

Mrs. Monica Forstinger

The Minister of Transport ..............................\...

Mr Jakob PRESEČNIK

The Federal Minister for Transport ..............................\...

Mr. Zoran ŠAMI

The Minister of Transport and Communications
..............................\...

Mr. Antoni SLAVINSKI

The Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications
..............................\...

Mr. Alojz TUSEK

The Minister of Transport and Communications
..............................\...

Mr. Christos VERELIS

The Vice-President of the European Commission
..............................\...

Mrs. Loyola DE PALACIO