The Black Sea Economic Cooperation Process

[From the Introduction]. Among the different initiatives for regional cooperation in central and eastern Europe, which were launched after the sea changes in 1989, the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Process represents a special type of cooperation because it includes a Member State of the European Union (Greece), states which are associated with the EU (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey) and states which have signed a Partnership or Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement with the EU (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine). The Black Sea Economic Cooperation Process is built around three main areas of cooperation: governmental: the Black Sea Economic Cooperation; parliamentary: the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation; financial: the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank