A NEW INVESTMENT FRONTIER – THE WESTERN BALKANS
13–14 OCTOBER 2025 TIRANA, ALBANIA
The EU-Western Balkans Investment Forum seeks to strengthen economic cooperation and investment opportunities between the Western Balkan partners (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia) and European Union (EU) member states. Supported by the European Commission, this summit is part of the broader EU strategy to promote regional integration and socio-economic convergence, fostering sustainable economic development across the region.
EU-Western Balkans Investment Forum
Palace of Congresses, Tirana, Albania
13-14 October 2025
Discussion to focus on business constraints, opportunities and investment needs. The panel should include EU and WB6 public authority representatives, private sector representatives, public or commercial banks/investors.
List signatories:
with Finance in Motion:
Witnessed by:
Other WB6 ministers in the audience will be invited to join the stage.
Discussion to focus on how to integrate into EU value chains and the opportunities for businesses to nearshore from the EU.
Each company will present its investment project. During each sector-specific panel discussion, one IFI and one Investment Agency will provide remarks:
Tentative panel schedule:
5' Opening remarks: Outi Slotboom, Director Supply Chains and Business Analysis, DG GROW, European Commission
25' – Companies pitches
5' – IFI intervention Sebastien Skupien, Senior Banker, Manufacturing and Services, EBRD
5' – Investment Agency intervention - Vladimir Tomić, Development Agency of Serbia
25' – Q&A
Each company will present its investment project. During each sector-specific panel discussion, one IFI and one Investment Agency will provide remarks:
Tentative panel schedule:
25' – Companies pitches
5' – IFI intervention Borana Puto, Associate Banker, Energy Europe, Sustainable Infrastructure Group
5' – Investment Agency intervention – Slavica Korica, Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
25' – Q&A
Each company will present its investment project. During each sector-specific panel discussion, one IFI and one Investment Agency will provide remarks:
Tentative panel schedule:
5' Opening remarks: Elira Kokona, CEO, Albanian Investment Corporation (AIC)
25' – approx. Companies pitches
5' – IFI intervention, Alessandro De Concini, Head of Albania, EIB
5' – Investment Agency intervention – Zef Dedaj, Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency (KIESA)
25' – Q&A
Each company will present its investment project. During each sector-specific panel discussion, one IFI and one Investment Agency will provide remarks:
Tentative panel schedule:
25' – approx. Companies pitches
5' – IFI intervention: Andriy Zaripov, Project Lead, Europe Climate and Sustainable Finance, IFC
5' – Investment Agency intervention, Invest North Macedonia
25' – Q&A
Each company will present its investment project. During each sector-specific panel discussion, one IFI and one Investment Agency will provide remarks:
Tentative panel schedule:
25' – approx. Companies pitches
5' – IFI intervention: Kristina Kanapinskaite, Head of Western Balkans and Türkiye, EIB
5' – Investment Agency intervention – Laura Plaku, Albanian Investment Development Agency (AIDA)
25' – Q&A
WORK IN PROGRESS
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