Western Balkans Youth Summit 2022 Held in Vienna

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: November 13, 2022; 23:26 ♦ (Vindobona)

Young people in the Western Balkans should be given a perspective, which is why the Western Balkans Youth Summit was held in Vienna at the Austrian Federal Chancellery. For the Austrian hosts, it is clear that the European Union is not complete without the Western Balkans.

Federal Minister Karoline Edtstadler (2nd from right) together with State Secretary Claudia Plakolm invited to a Youth Western Balkans Conference. In the picture with the Minister of Youth from Kosovo, Hajrulla Çeku (2nd from left). / Picture: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Andy Wenzel

Minister for European Affairs Karoline Edtstadler and State Secretary for Youth Claudia Plakolm used the closing event of the European Year of Youth in Vienna to organize this conference with participants from all 6 Western Balkan countries. The event ended with the signing of a joint "Vienna Western Balkans Youth Summit Declaration".

For Austria, the Western Balkans are of a…