On 26 and 27 February, the initial meeting was held within the regional project "Accelerating the progress of effective tobacco tax policies in low- and middle-income countries."

Analytica think tank attended the meeting (with the researchers Tamara M. Spasova and Bojana M. Hristovska) and the other partners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro and the coordinator from Serbia.

The first meeting was attended by research associates from the University of Illinois at Chicago UIC).

At the meeting, each country presented basic facts about the tobacco issue in the country, the outline of national studies, the form of the policy l dialogue which will be practiced and the main stakeholders in the process were identified.