Governments, business, academia, and civil society. One table for a shared regional agenda.
Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean share history, geography, and economic interdependence, but no permanent, neutral mechanism for structured cooperation across borders, sectors, and stakeholders. DDD Foundation was established to be that mechanism: an independent, multi-stakeholder foundation that convenes the people and institutions who already shape regional outcomes, and gives them a common table to work from.
The foundation delivers on its mission through a comprehensive set of instruments spanning knowledge, networks, diplomacy and institutional capacity.
Regional forums, conferences, round tables and thematic summits that put governments, business, academia, and civil society in the same room across borders.
Reports, analyses, studies, regional indices and geopolitical assessments, underpinned by a regional think-tank infrastructure.
Partnerships between companies, investors, clusters and innovation ecosystems across Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Regional networks in tourism and joint country branding, plus cultural diplomacy and heritage protection.
Educational programmes and leadership academies for next-generation leaders and regional decision-makers.
Public and private funding, cooperation agreements with institutions in Romania and abroad, and a growing network of regional offices.
A rotating selection of work currently underway. See all projects for the full portfolio.
Coordinated by the Secretariat
A cross-border working group convening energy ministries, regulators, and grid operators on interconnection, regulatory alignment with the EU acquis, and investment sequencing through 2030.
Led by ELIAMEP, in cooperation with the Secretariat
A standing forum on maritime cooperation, search-and-rescue coordination, and energy infrastructure in the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
Coordinated by the Secretariat
A periodic data publication tracking institutional resilience, media independence, and rule-of-law indicators across the foundation's working geography.
Two days of structured working sessions on cross-border economic cooperation, energy, and democratic resilience.
Selected publications, analyses, and announcements. The full archive is in News & Insights.
The foundation's flagship year-ahead analysis: enlargement momentum, energy realignment, the Black Sea dimension, and the cross-border economic agenda.
The foundation publishes the names of its 15-member Board of Directors and confirms the inaugural Forum will convene in Bucharest in November 2026.
An evidence-based assessment of cross-border electricity interconnection in the Western Balkans, with recommendations on regulatory alignment and investment sequencing.
A Board of Directors and Advisory Council drawn from governments, business, academia, and civil society across 14 countries. The Secretariat operates from Bucharest and Athens.
DDD Foundation is built by its members. If you work on the region, in government, business, academia, civil society, or as a journalist or researcher who covers it, there is a seat at the table.
