Commission publishes report on Western Balkan Stabilisation and Association Process 

In the report, the Commission proposes enhanced arrangements for political dialogue with SAp participants, through the establishment of a new political forum, the 'Zagreb Process', building on the success of the November 2000 Zagreb Summit. This first annual report on the SAp will be followed by further annual reports from now on.

Participants in the EU Stabilisation and Association process (SAp) are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The EU recognises each SAp country as a potential candidate for membership of the European Union. The SAp is a long term policy designed to help each country along the path of political and economic reform, and the practical business of integration with the EU.