European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) President Oliver Röpke visited Belgrade on Friday 16 February. A delegation led by EESC President Oliver Röpke met, together with Acting Head of EU Delegation to Serbia Plamena Halacheva, representatives from the Serbian civil society organisations to express appreciation to the Serbian civil society in light of its enhanced participation in the work of this EU institution. The state of play of Serbia’s EU accession process, the role of civil society organisations, post-election situation in Serbia, as well as the recent European Parliament’s Resolution on Serbia were amongst the main topics raised by participants at the meeting. The representatives of the civil society warmly welcomed the recent initiative of the EESC to open its doors to candidate countries, as the first EU institution.