The fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference at ministerial level on the accession of Serbia to the EU was held in Brussels on February 27, 2017. On this occasion, the negotiations on chapter 20 - Enterprise and Industrial Policy were opened, while the negotiations on chapter 26 - Education and Culture were opened and provisionally closed.

The Serbian delegation was led by Ms JadrankaJoksimović, Minister without portfolio responsible for European integration. The European Union delegation was led by Mr Louis Grech, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs of the Republic of Malta, on behalf of the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The European Commission was represented by Mr Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.