On the 20th of July 2018 the sixth session of the Council for development of the East planning region in the municipality of Berovo was held.

On July 11, 2018 the initial meeting of the Coordinative Body for Tourism Development in the East Planning Region was held in the premises of the Municipality of Stip.

The need for establishing such a coordinative body emerged from the developed Strategy for development of tourism in the East planning region with Action Plan 2015-2026, and the establishment is supported by the Programme for Nature Conservation in Macedonia - a project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

On July 9, 2018, in the premises of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, an Agreement was signed for realization of projects for development of the planning regions for 2018. The projects are financed by the Programme for Balanced Regional Development of the Ministry of Local Self-Government and the Bureau for Regional Development, totaling 196 million denars.

On April 25, 2018, the fifth session of the Council for Development of the East Planning Region was held in Probistip Municipality.

At the meeting, a decision was made to grant consent for the initiation of the procedure for the proclamation of protected areas Osogovski Planini and Čengino Kale in the Eastern Planning Region. The adoption of this decision was preceded by a brief presentation by the representatives of the Macedonian ecological society, which emphasized the most important achievements of these regions, as well as for the bills that follow in the process of proclamation of the protected area.

On March 5, 2018, the Fourth Session of the Council for Development of the East Planning Region was held in Delcevo Municipality.

The final accounts for the work of the Center for Development of the East Planning Region were adopted at the session, as well as on the accounts of the projects that were realized in the course of 2017.

The Center for development of the East planning region as implementer of the "Project for improvement of the hospital environment of the PHI Clinical Hospital Stip through the procurement of ambulances", from the grant of the Japanese Embassy, ​​provided two ambulances for the PHI Clinical Hospital Stip. The purchase of two ambulances FIAT NEW DOBLO 1.3 Multijet Amb. will enable renewal of the fleet of the clinic with appropriate medical equipment. Thus, the whole process of patient transport and care will be at a higher level. With the help of new vehicles, the safety and comfort of the patients from the East Planning Region will increase, especially when transporting to clinics in Skopje, but also to specialized clinics in Ohrid, Bitola and Prilep.

On the 26.12.2017 in the municipality of Vinica, the third session of the Council for development of the East planning region was held.

At the meeting, the Financial Plan of the Center for Development of the East Planning Region for 2018 was adopted and the Annual Action Plan for 2018 was adopted for the implementation of the Programme for Development of the East Planning Region 2015-2019.