The Visegrad Cooperation, launched in 1991, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. On this occasion, the CEU Center for European Neighborhood Studies (CENS) has brought together opinion leaders and experts from the Visegrad countries to take account of the achievements and shortcomings of the V4, and to discuss the future priorities of the regional cooperation focusing on what sectoral areas could foster the development of the region; the future directions of the Visegrad Group's foreign and security policy priorities; and finally the role the V4 can play in the European Union in the future. The international conference took place on May 12, 2016, at the Central European University with the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Budapest.

The event report summarizes the key messages put forward by the speakers of the conference.