was the period that involved two components, namely, the
creation of GMS-ECS principles and the fact finding and project formation. The
creation of principle component generated several important principles, which were
declared at the First Ministerial Meeting in 1992. One of the most important principle is
the “two plus” principle, wherein, projects of the GMS-ECP need to be subjected into
any of these two conditions:
(a) each project involves, at least, two countries (purely subregional project), or,
(b) a national project that will benefit the whole region (national project with
subregional dimension).