Brdo-Brijuni Process

Brdo-Brijuni Process
	Participating non-EU states Participating EU states EU states guests
Formation	July 25, 2013; 10 years ago (at the presidential level)
Type	Diplomatic conference
Membership	EU states:; Austria; Bulgaria; Croatia; Hungary; Romania; Slovenia; Non-EU states:; Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Montenegro; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Serbia; Guests:; France (2013, 2021); Germany (2014, 2017); Austria (2015 I, 2015 II); USA (2015 II); EU (2015 II, 2018, 2019); Italy (2016); Bulgaria (2018); Poland (2019);
Official language	None, de facto English

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

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

Current representatives[edit]

Slovenia
Nataša Pirc Musar
President
Croatia
Zoran Milanović
President
Serbia
Aleksandar Vučić
President
Montenegro
Jakov Milatović
President
Kosovo
Vjosa Osmani
President
Albania
Bajram Begaj
President
North Macedonia
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
President
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Željko Komšić
Chairman of the Presidency
Hungary
Tamás Sulyok
Hungary
Romania
Klaus Iohannis
President
Bulgaria
Rumen Radev
President
Austria
Alexander Van der Bellen
President

Meetings[edit]


Year	Host country	Host	Attendees	Guest(s)	Source
2013	Murfatlar, Romania 8 September 2013	President Traian Băsescu	President Ivo Josipović President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić President János Áder President Rosen Plevneliev President Borut Pahor President Heinz Fischer	President François Hollande	^[1]
2014	Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria 26 November 2014	President Rosen Plevneliev	President Borut Pahor President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Nebojša Radmanović President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić President János Áder President Klaus Iohannis President Ivo Josipović President Heinz Fischer	Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel	^[2]
2015	Valandovo, North Macedonia 1 August 2015	President Gjorge Ivanov	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić President Atifete Jahjaga President Tomislav Nikolić President Filip Vujanović President Heinz Fischer President Klaus Iohannis President János Áder President Rosen Plevneliev
2016	Vienna, Austria 20 June 2016	President Doris Bures	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani President Hashim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović Member of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović President Klaus Iohannis President János Áder President Rosen Plevneliev	President Sergio Mattarella	^[3]
2017	Çorovodë, Albania 1 March 2017	President Ilir Meta	President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Borut Pahor Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović President Hashim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Aleksandar Vučić President Alexander Van der Bellen President János Áder President Klaus Iohannis President Rumen Radev	President Frank-Walter Steinmaier	^[4]
2018	Sibiu, Romania 9 May 2018	President Klaus Iohannis	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Ilir Meta Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović President Hashim Thaçi President Milo Đukanović President Aleksandar Vučić President Gjorge Ivanov President Rumen Radev President Alexander Van der Bellen President János Áder	Prime Minister Boyko Borisov President of the European Council Donald Tusk	^[5]
2019	Nikšić, Montenegro 7 July 2019	President Milo Đukanović	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Chairman of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović President Hashim Thaçi President Ilir Meta President Aleksandar Vučić President Stevo Pendarovski President Rumen Radev President Klaus Iohannis President Alexander Van der Bellen President János Áder	President Andrzej Duda High Representative of the Union Federica Mogherini	^[6]
2020	Skopje, North Macedonia 8 August 2020	President Stevo Pendarovski	President Borut Pahor President János Áder President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Ilir Meta Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik President Aleksandar Vučić President Vjosa Osmani President Klaus Iohannis President Milo Đukanović President Rumen Radev President Alexander Van der Bellen
2021	Sibiu, Romania 25 May 2021	President Klaus Iohannis	President Zoran Milanović President Ilir Meta Chairman of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Vjosa Osmani President Stevo Pendarovski President Milo Đukanović President Aleksandar Vučić President János Áder President Alexander Van der Bellen President Borut Pahor President Rumen Radev	President Emmanuel Macron (canceled due to schedule overlap – committed to attend future meeting)^[7]	^[8]
2022	Belgrade, Serbia 1 September 2022	President Aleksandar Vučić	President Zoran Milanović President Bajram Begaj Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović President Vjosa Osmani President Stevo Pendarovski President Milo Đukanović President Nataša Pirc Musar President Katalin Novák President Alexander Van der Bellen President Klaus Iohannis President Rumen Radev		^[9]
2023	Szeged, Hungary 14 July 2023	President Katalin Novák	President Nataša Pirc Musar President Zoran Milanović President Bajram Begaj Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Denis Bećirović Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović President Vjosa Osmani President Jakov Milatović President Aleksandar Vučić President Rumen Radev President Alexander Van der Bellen President Klaus Iohannis President Stevo Pendarovski
2024	Podgorica, Montenegro 30 May 2024	President Jakov Milatović	President Nataša Pirc Musar President Tamás Sulyok President Zoran Milanović President Bajram Begaj Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Denis Bećirović Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović President Vjosa Osmani President Klaus Iohannis President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova President Rumen Radev President Aleksandar Vučić President Alexander Van der Bellen

Meetings by host country[edit]


Country	Host
Slovenia	4	2013, 2017, 2021, 2022
Croatia	2	2014, 2015 II
North Macedonia	2	2018, 2023
Montenegro	1	2015 I
Bosnia and Herzegovina		2016
Albania		2019

References[edit]

^ "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Predsednik republike Borut Pahor je danes gostil srečanje voditeljev Brdo Process". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "Merkel dala snažnu potporu europskoj perspektivi regije". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Predsednik Pahor na srečanju voditeljev Brdo Brijuni v Sarajevu". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^ "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Srečanje voditeljev Brdo - Brijuni Process". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^ "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Predsednik Pahor na srečanju voditeljev Brdo Brijuni v Skopju". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^ "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Srečanje voditeljev Brdo Brijuni Process v Tirani". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^ "[FOTO] Macron trebao stići kao počasni gost na samit Brdo-Brijuni; datum mu nije 'išao na ruku'". T-portal.
^ "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Predsednik Pahor je priredil srečanje voditeljev pobude Brdo-Brijuni Process". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "11th meeting of Brdo-Brijuni Process leaders". www.gov.si. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

External links[edit]

Media related to Brdo-Brijuni Process at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Predsednik republike Borut Pahor je danes gostil srečanje voditeljev Brdo Process". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[2] "Merkel dala snažnu potporu europskoj perspektivi regije". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[3] "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Predsednik Pahor na srečanju voditeljev Brdo Brijuni v Sarajevu". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[4] "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Srečanje voditeljev Brdo - Brijuni Process". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[5] "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Predsednik Pahor na srečanju voditeljev Brdo Brijuni v Skopju". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[6] "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Srečanje voditeljev Brdo Brijuni Process v Tirani". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[T-portal-7] "[FOTO] Macron trebao stići kao počasni gost na samit Brdo-Brijuni; datum mu nije 'išao na ruku'". T-portal.

[8] "Predsednik Republike Slovenije | Predsednik Pahor je priredil srečanje voditeljev pobude Brdo-Brijuni Process". www.up-rs.si. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[9] "11th meeting of Brdo-Brijuni Process leaders". www.gov.si. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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