Twelfth Conference of the National Security Authorities of the South East European Countries (SEENSA)

Skopje, 27 September 2022

The Twelfth Conference of the South East European National Security Authorities (SEENSA) was held on 27 September in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. The conference was organized under the Chairmanship of the Directorate for Security of Classified Information (National Security Authority) of the Republic of North Macedonia and with the support of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). Aside from the representatives of the Directorate and the RCC, the conference was attended by delegations of Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia as well as by a representative of the EU Delegation to Skopje.

The focus of the conference was put on the current activities, challenges and future plans for strengthening the protection of classified information on national and regional level. The additional presentations on cyber security and EU integrations delivered by renowned experts in the abovementioned fields put an additional quality to the conference’ s overall program. Future of the SEENSA Initiative and forms of further cooperation were also subject of discussion among the participants. In that regard, it was unanimously agreed that SEENSA should be further developed as an inclusive and practical tool for cooperation.