Economic Dimension

Balkan Economic Forum 2024: CEI flagship event held in Zagreb

Wed, 23/10/2024

On 18 October 2024, the CEI-Executive Secretariat participated in the high-level Balkan Economic Forum in Zagreb, Croatia. The event - held under the auspices of and co-financed by the CEI as its flagship event for 2024 - gathered academics, students, media and other figures of the public and private sectors.

Mon, 18/03/2024

Executive Secretariat takes part in Italian Balkan Trade Summit

The CEI - Executive Secretariat actively participated in the Italian Balkan Trade Summit, organised online by FederCamere on 12-13 March.

Balkan Economic Forum held in Tirana under CEI patronage

Thu, 23/11/2023

With the overall purpose of creating a more sustainable impact on the promotion of economic growth, regional collaboration, peace and security throughout the Balkan countries, the Balkan Economic Forum was held in Tirana on 17 November, under the auspices of the CEI.

Executive Secretariat takes part in Balkan Economic Forum fostering innovative strategies and creative solutions to current economic challenges

Mon, 21/11/2022

On 18 November the CEI- Executive Secretariat participated in the high-level Balkan Economic Forum ”For a brighter future” in Skopje North Macedonia.

Bulgarian CEI Presidency Economic Forum successfully held in Sofia

Wed, 09/11/2022

Stakeholders, entrepreneurs, and strategic foreign investors recently met in Sofia on the occasion of the CEI Economic Forum on The Challenges the CEI SMEs are Facing and the Economic Recovery of the Region organised under the Bulgarian CEI Presidency.

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CEI-ES takes part in Trieste Investment Forum: panel on new geopolitical scenarios in Eastern Europe

Mon, 27/06/2022

CEI-supported regional cooperation could make valuable contributions to the re-establishment process.

Analysing the implications of the Ukrainian war for financial cooperation and development as well as the role of the EU for enhancing security, stability and growth in the Pan-European region were the main debating topics of the recently online Trieste Inves

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Economic Forum tackles post-Covid 19 future challenges

Thu, 02/12/2021

Risks and uncertainties in the business community, green and circular economy and digital transformation were among the main topics of discussion of the Economic Conference Montenegro 2021, held in Budva on 2-3 December prior to the CEI Summit - the concluding event of the CEI Montenegrin Presidency taking place on 3 December.

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Large regional investors and associations forum held online

Tue, 04/05/2021

The second of the three conferences under the CEI post-Covid Economic Recovery Dialogue Forum was successfully held on 29 April. The event was organised by the CEI-Executive Secretariat in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Business and experts forum on infrastructural and multimodal connectivity successfully held in Milan

Presidency

Tue, 19/11/2019

Around 150 participants from public institutions, enterprises, banks, the European Commission and experts from CEI Member States, gathered in Milan on 15 November for the CEI Business and Experts Forum “Infrastructural and multimodal connectivity as factor of development and integration”.

CEI ASG Nikoletti speaks at Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland on tomorrow’s Europe

Fri, 06/09/2019

On 3-5 September, CEI Alternate Secretary General (ASG) Antal Nikoletti participated in the 29th edition of the Economic Forum in Krynica (Poland) the largest conference in Central and Eastern Europe.

CEI ASG Nikoletti at Trieste Eastern Europe Investment Forum 2019: strategic plan of foreign direct investments crucial for CEI region

Fri, 07/06/2019

CEI Alternate Secretary General Antal Nikoletti participated in the Trieste Eastern Europe Investment Forum 2019.

CEI Secretary General visits Poland and Belarus

Thu, 04/04/2019

On 1-3 April 2019, CEI Secretary General Roberto Antonione and a delegation of the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES), including Alternate Secretary General Antal Nikoletti, Deputy Secretary General Zoran Jovanovic and senior officers, visited Poland and Belarus, and had meetings with high government officials of the two countries.

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Parliamentary Dimension

Visits of CEI Secretary General in CEI region: high-level meetings in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia

Governmental Dimension

Thu, 07/03/2019

On 4-6 March, CEI Secretary General Roberto Antonione and a delegation of the CEI-Executive Secretariat - including Deputy Secretary General Nina Kodelja and some senior officers - visited Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and had high-level meetings with government representatives.

Governmental Dimension

CEI Business Forum on energy efficient and ecological technologies held in Minsk

Parliamentary Dimension

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Thu, 14/12/2017

About 200 representatives of state organisations, business community and academia from the CEI countries as well as international financial organisations gathered in Minsk on 4 December to attend the CEI Business Forum held in the framework of the CEI Belarusian Presidency.

The event was organised by the State Committee on Standardization, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, the National Centre for Marketing and Price Study and the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

CEI Business Forum in Sarajevo in support of wood industry

Tue, 20/12/2016

Under the title ”Driving Forces and Perspectives for the Development of the CEI Wood Sector”, the CEI Business Forum organised under the BiH CEI Presidency, took place in Sarajevo on 16 December. Representatives of several companies and institutions from CEI countries, including the President of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH and a representative of the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia, gathered in order to discuss issues and opportunities for the timber industry in the region.

CEI Business Forum promoting regional cooperation for improving market competitiveness in agricultural and food business

Wed, 02/12/2015

Under the Macedonian CEI Presidency 2015, the Business Forum on “Promotion of Regional Cooperation for Improving Market Competitiveness of CEI Agricultural and Food Business” was held in Skopje on 26 November 2015. The event gathered more than 90 high-ranking participants from the various CEI Ministries of Agriculture, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises and Embassies in Skopje.

Economic challenges discussed by CEI and VEF in Vienna

Presidency

Fri, 02/05/2014

In the framework of the Austrian CEI Presidency 2014 the conference “Vienna Economic Talks - Building Bridges in a Challenging Time” was organised in Vienna, on 28 April 2014.

The event served as a platform for discussing cooperation and synergies between the Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) and the Central European Initiative (CEI), especially in view of providing a contribution to the economic development in the countries of both Organisations.