AEBR Centre for Balkans participated in the video conference “Urban Development in Border Areas” organised within the framework of Young Leaders Forum “Inter-municipal cooperation: new horizons” that was held in Belgorod, Russia, on September 22-27, 2016. The forum was organized by the Institute of Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration with the support of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of CIS member states and Belgorod National Research University. The event was attended by over 100 people from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan, Poland, Hungary, Ireland and Serbia. Among the delegates were representatives of the scientific community, local council members and youth representative bodies, heads of non-profit organizations, young politicians, scientists and students.