On December 2002, the the Executive Secretariat Meeting of the Network of Balkan Cities was held in Sofia and was attended by:

• Mr. Risto Penov, Mayor of Skopje, the Presiding City for 2003,
• Mr. Stefan Sofianski, Mayor of Sofia, President of the Network of Balkan Cities for 2002, and
• Mr. Vassilios Papageorgopoulos, Mayor of Thessaloniki, the seat of the Executive Secretariat of the Network of Balkan Cities