The First WFZC Regional Meeting took
place in Skopje, Macedonia on the 11th & 12th
November. This was held immediately
prior to the inter-governmental CEI Summit Economic Forum which opened
on the 13th and which attracted some 1200 participants. The Regional Meeting programme also
attracted delegates from outside the Region, including from Sri Lanka, Egypt
and Pakistan.
During the Meeting the Director* of the Free Zones Directorate of
Macedonia proposed a new South Eastern European Association of Free Zones. This was enthusiastically welcomed by the
majority of the Zones present and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on
the spot.
The conclusions drawn from this Meeting were brought to the attention of
participants to the Fifth CEI Summit Economic Forum at a Free Zones Focus Group
by Graham Mather, Chairman of WFZC.
This Session was chaired by Dr. Costas Masmanidis, Secretary General of
the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Business Council.
* Mr. Milivoj Kolevski, who has since been succeeded by Mr. Victor Delov following
recent government elections.
Delegates who attended the First ZFWC
Regional Meeting included senior representatives from the following
countries, including Macedonia.
|
ALBANIA |
BELGIUM
|
CROATIA |
|
EGYPT |
FRANCE |
BULGARIA |
|
IRELAND |
ITALY |
U.K. |
|
UNITED
STATES |
AUSTRIA |
PAKISTAN |
|
SLOVENIA |
SRI LANKA |
GREECE |
|
TURKEY |
UKRAINE |
FED. REP.
OF YUGOSLAVIA |