ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

Okay kiddo, let me explain it to you in a way you can easily understand. So, imagine you have a bunch of toys and you want to play with your friends. But, your friends have different toys than you and you can't play together unless you share your toys and make some rules for playing. That's what the Black Sea countries did with their economies.

The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) is an organization where 12 countries from the Black Sea region decided to work together to make their economies better. These countries include Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

They made some rules and agreements, like not charging each other too much when they trade goods and services, making it easier for people to move between these countries for work or tourism, and sharing information and expertise to improve their businesses and industries.

Just like how you and your friends make rules to play together nicely, the BSEC countries made these rules so they can work together and benefit from each other's strengths. By working together, they hope to make their economies stronger so they can have better jobs, more money, and a better standard of living for everyone.