Press Release: The Energy Community organises the first conference to attract investment in the Balkans

Energy Ministers from Contracting Parties and Observers to the Treaty Establishing the Energy Community met on 1 October 2007 in Athens with investors and International Financing Institutions to find ways to promote investment in energy infrastructures in the region. This marked the first Investment Conference after the entry into force of the Treaty in July 2006. The conference was co-chaired by Mr Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy Commissioner, and by Mr Aleksandar Popović, Minister of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia, representing the Presidency of the Energy Community, and hosted by Mr Christos Folias, Minister for Development of the Hellenic Republic. It brought together close to 200 senior level energy policy decision makers and investors.