Annual training seminars for representatives of the central administrations from South-Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, working in the field of European Integration  or cooperation with the EU;  directly involved in the process of their respective countries’ accession to the European Union or establishing stable partnership with it. Currently, the countries involved in the project are: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.

The long-term regional project was launched in 2000, in order to answer two of the most visible and pressing challenges for the SEE region at that moment – 1.) building administrative capacity, for meeting EU requirements and preparing for EU negotiations & 2.) fostering regional cooperation in the region of South-Eastern Europe. It aims at encouraging co-operation and mutual learning between administrations from the targeted countries and experts from the EU member-states countries. The action seeks also to achieve efficient communication and networking among public officials form the Balkan and Black Sea region.