The Advisory Board of the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) gathered in Vila Bled. The gathering was attended by the president of Jackovich International and former Ambassador of the USA in Slovenia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Victor Jackovich, co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Goran Svilanović, and Director of the Foreign Policy Platform at the Istanbul Kültür University, Murat Bilhan.

At the meeting, programme director of the CEP Andreja Dolničar Jeraj and project manager Tina Ferle presented the work of the CEP and its plans for future activities. The participants of the meeting expressed their full support for the activities of CEP and ensured their assistance for it's future action. The priority focus of the CEP is the Western Balkans with its key areas in security, good governance and strengthening of economic and social development.

Every year, Center for European Perspective (CEP) organizes a meeting of the members of the Advisory Board, composed of eminent personalities from political and academic spheres. The main activity of the Board is to advise the institution on all matters relating to the implementation of the mission of the CEP. The Board may submit the proposals on operation in various fields, project proposals, may also represent the CEP abroad and assist the CEP in obtaining additional funding.

This year's gathering of the members of the Advisory Board was held in the margin of the Bled Strategic Forum, on 30th and 31st August in Bled.