Side Event: Human security and resilience in South East Europe in the context of South East Europe 2030 Strategy
Recording available - The South East European (SEE) economies adopted SEE2030 Strategy, an ambitious plan for regional cooperation to promote regional implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goals in 2021. The SEE2030 aims to eradicate poverty and decelerate depopulation through enhancing quality of life in the region as its two main objectives. The Strategy was developed and started its implementation at the time when the Covid-19 pandemic struck the region just as hard as it did other regions of Europe.
The SEE2030, prepared in full consultation with the SEE economies, was an offspring of the ordeals people were confronted with at those difficult days of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the post-pandemic period, the region faced a number of catastrophic natural disasters, including disastrous earthquakes, wildfires and seasonal floods, which claimed thousands of lives, spoiled agricultural lands and threatened food security of people in the region. Even though solidarity within the region reached impeccable levels, three years of SEE2030 implementation show that the region still needs relentless work on enhancing human security and strengthening its resilience.
People-oriented policy actions require holistic interventions based on a bottom-up approach rather than compartmentalised top-down policy actions. Through its all-inclusive structures between thirteen economies, SEE2030 instrumentalises regional cooperation mechanisms to propose solutions to the region’s challenges. Uniqueness of the SEE2030 mechanism stems from the highest level of ownership.
Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat
