As part of a joint initiative with the Commission for Protection of Competition, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) appointed the Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies (CLDS) as a consultant for the provision of support services in designing, setting up and operative management of a regional forum of competition authorities, covering all Western Balkan countries, as well as EU member countries, Slovenia and Croatia.

By working directly with the Commission and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, CLDS will work on defining the recommended structure and management mode of this regional forum, which is foremost directed at enhancing the mutual exchange of information in terms of competition policy implementation, including the instituted infringement proceedings.

The objective of this forum is regional harmonization in competition law implementation by way of alignment against the best global practices in the related field.