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A Steering Board meeting was held in Zagreb on 29 and 30 January of the ESDP Training Programme for SAP countries. Beside Slovenia, several other countries are participating in the programme, namely Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. This year Slovenia is acting as a central point of contact and is represented by the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) in the programme. The meeting was attended by CEP Programme Director, Andreja Dolničar Jeraj and CEP Project Manager, Ivana Boštjančič Pulko.

In December 2008 Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with Slovenian government and Turkish Kültür University organised a two-day expert seminar »Movement of Goods in the Area of the EU, EFTA, Turkey and CEFTA: Facilitation of Cooperation Potential«. Overview of the trade cooperation between the countries concerned has shown a need for further improvement and facilitation of cooperation in trade. Presented facts and analyses resulted in Conclusions and Recommendations which represent basis for the continuation of the work started.

Between 16 and 17 March, the Centre for European Perspective hosted a Meeting on Intercultural Dialogue in the Western Balkans. The main aim of the meeting was to formulate concrete suggestions and strategies for future activities in this field in the Western Balkans with the emphasis on education and media.

At its session of 19 March 2009 the Government of the Republic of Slovenia has released from position previous members of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of the Centre for European Perspective and appointed new ones.