Political and business leaders will gather in Bled, Slovenia on Monday and Tuesday for a traditional conference on key challenges facing Europe and the world, from sustainable development and management of natural resources to the Western Balkans.

In recent years, the Bled Strategic Forum has become one of the leading international conferences in the region, attended by heads of state and government, ministers and business people from Europe and the greater area.

The title of this year's event is “(Re)sources of (In)stability” and it will also address multilateralism, NATO's future, protectionism as the root of global instability, human rights, and the challenges facing the new European Commission.

One panel will discuss the Euro-Atlantic integration of Western Balkan states and a majority of the foreign ministers from neighbouring countries are expected to attend.