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.

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.

The Center for Development of the East Planning Region on December 13, 2017 (Wednesday) in Hotel "IZGREV" in the Municipality of Stip organized a one-day workshop on "Strengthening the capacities and the significance of the regional development - establishing the coordination between the LED departments in the municipalities of East Planning Region and CDEPR ".

On December 4, 2012, in the municipality of Kocani the second session of the Council for development of the East planning region was held.