ANALYZIS REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ORDER OPEN BALKAN A step forward towards Common Regional Market In 2019, the regional policy was shifting the focus from the political direction to the regional economic area. In October 2019, the Prime Ministers of Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia signed a declaration of an initiative to establish free movement of people, goods and services and capital between the three countries. Open Balkan should be seen as an initiative in the ownership of the region to accelerating the EU integration of the region. It is inclusive and open for the other countries of the region to join. The initiative should be conceived as an implementing unit of the Berlin process. Antonela Dhimolea December 2022 The signed agreements of the Open Balkan initiative are already giving tangible results and bene ts for the citizens. Additional measures are intended to encourage labor mobility, including the provision of zone-wide work permits. 1