Brdo-Brijuni Process

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).

Brdo-Brijuni Process

Participating non-EU states   Participating EU states   EU states guests
Formation	July 25, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-07-25) (at the presidential level)
Type	Diplomatic conference
Membership	EU states:  Croatia  Slovenia Non-EU states:  Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Kosovo  Montenegro  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

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

• 
  Croatia
  Zoran Milanović
  President
• 
  Slovenia
  Nataša Pirc Musar
  President
• 
  Albania
  Bajram Begaj
  President
• 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Željka Cvijanović
  Chairwoman of the Presidency
• 
  Kosovo
  Vjosa Osmani
  President
• 
  Montenegro
  Jakov Milatović
  President
• 
  North Macedonia
  Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
  President
• 
  Serbia
  Aleksandar Vučić
  President

Meetings

Year	Host country	Host	Attendees	Guest(s)	Source
2013	Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia 25 July 2013	President Borut Pahor	President Ivo Josipović President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić	President François Hollande	[1]
2014	Dubrovnik, Croatia 15 July 2014	President Ivo Josipović	President Borut Pahor President Bujar Nishani 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	Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel	[2]
2015	Budva, Montenegro 8 June 2015	President Filip Vujanović	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Tomislav Nikolić	President Heinz Fischer	[3]
	Zagreb, Croatia 25 November 2015 Extraordinary meeting	President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	President Borut Pahor President Bujar Nishani Chairman of the Presidency Dragan Čović Member of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović Member of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić President Atifete Jahjaga President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić	President Heinz Fischer Vice President Joe Biden President of the European Council Donald Tusk	[4]
2016	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 28–29 May 2016	Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović Member of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani President Hashim Thaçi President Gjorge Ivanov President Filip Vujanović President Tomislav Nikolić	President Sergio Mattarella	[5]
2017	Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia 3 June 2017	President Borut Pahor	President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Bujar Nishani Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović President Hashim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Aleksandar Vučić	President Frank-Walter Steinmaier	[6]
2018	Skopje, Macedonia 27 April 2018	President Gjorge Ivanov	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Ilir Meta Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović President Hashim Thaçi President Filip Vujanović President Aleksandar Vučić	Prime Minister Boyko Borisov President of the European Council Donald Tusk	[7]
2019	Tirana, Albania 8–9 May 2019	President Ilir Meta	President Borut Pahor President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Chairman of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović President Hashim Thaçi President Milo Đukanović President Aleksandar Vučić	President Andrzej Duda High Representative of the Union Federica Mogherini	[8]
2021	Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia 29 June 2020 (Postponed) 17 May 2021	President Borut Pahor	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 Emmanuel Macron (canceled due to schedule overlap – committed to attend future meeting)[9]	[10]
2022	Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia 12–13 September 2022	President Borut Pahor	President Zoran Milanović President Bajram Begaj Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić President Vjosa Osmani President Stevo Pendarovski President Milo Đukanović President Aleksandar Vučić		[11]
2023	Skopje, North Macedonia 11 September 2023	President Stevo Pendarovski	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		[12]
2024	Tivat, Montenegro 8 October 2024	President Jakov Milatović	President Nataša Pirc Musar President Zoran Milanović President Bajram Begaj Chairman of the Presidency Denis Bećirović Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović President Vjosa Osmani President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova President Aleksandar Vučić		[13]

Meetings by host country

Country	Host
Slovenia	4	2013, 2017, 2021, 2022
Croatia	2	2014, 2015 II
North Macedonia		2018, 2023
Montenegro		2015 I, 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	2016
Albania		2019

See also

• Potential enlargement of the European Union
  • Accession of Albania to the European Union
  • Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
  • Accession of Kosovo to the European Union
  • Accession of Montenegro to the European Union
  • Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union
  • Accession of Serbia to the European Union
• Berlin Process
• Belgrade–Pristina negotiations
• Southeast Europe Transport Community
• South-East European Cooperation Process