Secretariat's WB6 Monitoring Reports

To document the progress made by the six Western Balkan countries, the Secretariat began to publish regular monitoring reports in November 2015. Documenting the progress measure by measure and benchmarking the country's performance with the previous reporting period resulted in clear-cut, easily comparable time-series of assessment. 

Whilst the monitoring of the energy market soft measures remained an invariable constant, the scope and focus of the reporting has evolved over the years. At the beginning the reports entailed updates on the three PECI label electricity projects in the region. Later on topics such as value added tax regimes and public procurement rules were addressed.

At the 2016 Western Balkan 6 Summit in Paris, the WB6 Contracting Parties endorsed the Sustainability Charter to support them in the transition towards low-carbon and climate-resilient energy sectors. To put weight on the initiative, the Secretariat coordinated the process and published four separate monitoring reports outlining the achievements and challenges ahead with respect to the Sustainability Charter during 2017 and 2018.

During the time period November 2015 and May 2019, the Energy Community Secretariat published in total 17 WB6 progress monitoring reports.