Annual Regional Conference “Capacities of the Public and Civil Sector for the Absorption of the EU funds”, took place in Budva, from 25 to 27 November 2016, and brought together high-level state officials and representatives of the civil society from Western Balkans countries, including partner organizations from Visegrad group. During the first session titled “Presentation of the Regional Research on Absorption Capacities of country’s institutions for EU Funds”, following panellists presented the research: Mila Brnovic (European Movement in Montenegro), Michal Vit (EUROPEUM, Prague, Czech Republic), Mona Xhexhaj (European Movement in Albania), Mareike Meyn (German International Cooperation, Support to European Integration process in Kosovo) and Ivana Lazarevic (European Movement in Serbia). Moderator of the first panel was Anna Orosz (Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Budapest, Hungary). The panels in this activity discussed in other sessions different themes such as on: “Presentation of the Regional Research on Absorption Capacities of country’s  institutions for EU Funds”, “Capacities of the public sector for the absorption of EU funds and cooperation with civil sector in the EU integration processes”, “EU and the Western Balkans – How to revive Enlargement?”, “Regional cooperation and Contribution of CSO” and the last was that on “Civil Society capacities in the process of European Integration – are we lagging behind?.”