The Western Balkans Climate Resilience Workshop will bring together a multi-sectoral panel of representatives from the Western Balkan countries and the European Union (EU) Member States, as well as participants from the European Commission (EC) and development partner organizations, to discuss national and regional actions needed to scale-up and complement current climate resilience efforts in the region.

The event will deepen the regional dialogue and experience sharing initiated last year at the Western Balkans Climate Resilient Growth Roundtable, where several topics emerged as priority areas across two or more countries for confronting the new climate normal, including Climate Policies and Institutions, Linkages between Climate Change and Integrated Water Resource Management, and Climate-smart Agriculture. 

On these three topics, the workshop will support experience sharing among Western Balkans countries and EU Member States, on actions to address climate change in line with EU Climate requirements.  This will provide the background for a broader dialogue, with the development community, to take stock of efforts by accession countries and identify further needs of integrating climate resilience in policies, institutions, and investment programs, based on adaptation priorities, EU harmonization process, and complementarity with current activities.

Source: WorldBank