This publication is a compilation of the papers, presented by the twenty-nine experts from twelve countries, who participated in the “Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline: Challenges and Prospects for the Black Sea countries and the Balkans” conference, held on 28-29 September 2012, in Istanbul, Turkey by the Entrepreneurship
Development Foundation. The discussions of the conference covered various issues related to the construction of a new natural gas export route from the Caspian region to Europe. Mr. Ruslan Stefanov and Mr. Martin Tsanov from the Economic Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy participated with a paper on “SEE Security of Gas Supply: Main Challenges and Perspectives with a Focus on Bulgaria”, included in this compilation.