Konferencia sa organizovala na podnet rakúskeho ministra zahraničných vecí Sebastiana Kurza a ministerky vnútra Johanny Mikl-Leitner. Stretnutisa sa zúčastnili krajiny Bulharsko, Chorvátsko, Slovinsko, Macedónsko, Albánsko, Bosna a Hercegovina, Kosovo, Čierna Hora a Srbsko. Na konferencii sa diskutovalo o kríze z rôznych pohľadov "The topics dealt with in the conference’s first panel discussion, which mainly focused on internal security, included effective border management, combating people smuggling and fighting extremism. The second panel discussion focused primarily on foreign policy issues, such as measures aimed at addressing the root causes of migration and people fleeing their home countries, cooperation with third countries as well as information and awareness-raising activities in countries of origin. "
Vo vyhlásení (.pdf) o rokovaní tieto krajiny sa zhodli, že mieru migrácie je nutné radikálne znížiť, aj spôsobmi ako spolupráca hlavne pri ochrane a kontrole hraníc, dodržovanie podmienok pri vstupe do krajín Schengenu, kontrole osôb atď. V texte pritom sa explicitne nepíše, že by mali tieto krajiny uzavrieť hranice s Gréckom, ani mediá neinformovali o takomto výsledku konferencie.

Slovinsko, aj Macedónsko uzavreli hranice s Gréckom začiatkom marca po summite EÚ s Tureckom, Chorvátsko reagovalo zosilnením kontrolu na hraniciach.
"Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki on Tuesday meanwhile said that Macedonia would also stop allowing new entries on its own border with Greece.
He said this rule would remain effective for at least as long as some 1,500 migrants remain stranded in Macedonia on the border with Serbia. Poposki accused Greece of deliberately piling up more than 13,000 refugees on the border with Macedonia in order to apply pressure on the country to let them in," objasnil macedónsky minister zahraničných veci svoje rozhodnutie.