The South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) was initiated in 1996 at the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of SEECP held in Sofia/Bulgaria and the first SEECP Summit was held in Crete, Greece, in 1997.

This regional cooperation forum aims at strengthening the good-neighbourly relations among all participants from South East Europe (SEE), and transforming this region into an area of peace, security, stability and cooperation, with the main goal of full integration of SEE into European and Euro-Atlantic structures.

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The SEECP consists of 13 participants from the SEE region, which are also participants in the Regional Cooperation Council - RCC Board.

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For the period July 2022-June 2023 Podgorica holds the Chairmanship-in-Office of the SEECP following the one of Athens. Previously, Montenegro chaired SEECP from June 2010 to June 2011.

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The Troika of the SEECP, composed of representatives of the current, past, and future SEECP Chair-in-Office ensures the continuity of activities.

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Skopje assumes the SEECP Chairmanship-in-Office for one year on 1 July 2023.