Connectivity and sustainable mobility
The Balkan Economic Forum 2025 was held in Belgrade on 31 October, under the auspices of the CEI.
The partners of the GreenPATH project gathered in Osijek, Croatia on 21–22 October 2025 for their 4th Steering Committee meeting, a two-day event hosted by the city of Osijek, project partner, that brought together experts and local representatives from across Central Europe.
Representatives from ports and universities to European institutions, regional authorities, training centres, and research organisations gathered in Trieste on 16 October 2025, at the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Government Building (Italy) to attend the workshop “Green and Smart Ports: Shaping the Future of Green Transition and Skills Development in the Adriatic-Ionian Region”.
The CEI has recently participated (18 June 2025) in the conference Enhancing Road and Rail Connectivity in the Adriatic-Ionian Region in Portoroz, Slovenia organised by the Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce.
A follow-up meeting on the study for the potential reactivation of passenger railway connections along the Trieste–Ljubljana–Zagreb–Belgrade route was held today - promoted by the CEI with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.
On April 8-9 2025, partners of the Project GRETA - Greening Regional Freight Transport in Functional Urban Areas met in Budapest to discuss the progress of the project, focusing on pilot activities carried out in Budapest (Hung
The third and final Stakeholder's Roundtable, led by CEI - Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) within the framework of the SUSTANCE project, took place in Trieste on 3 April 2025. The event brought together representatives from the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the Municipality of Trieste, Trenitalia, and EGTC GO.
On 14 February 2025, the CEI-Executive Secretariat participated in a seminar on “Territorial Cooperation in Europe and in the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia”, organised by the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Trieste.
The Workshop Connecting the Adriatic-Ionian Region through Advanced Technology and Training for the Energy Transition in the Port Sector was held in Trieste on 28 November 2024 convening stakeholders from across the Adriatic-Ionian region to foster sustainability, connectivity, and competitiveness in the port sector.
On 14 November in Vlora, the Albanian CEI Presidency, in cooperation with the CEI-Executive Secretariat and the Transport Community Secretariat, organised the Expert Panel “Enhancing cross-border connectivity in the CEI region exploiting sustainable transport solutions”.
The GreenPATH project Steering Committee convened from 14 -16 October at the EUREF Campus in Berlin, a reference site and a symbol of the shift to renewable energy and sustainable mobility in Germany.
The GreenPATH project (Green mobility solutions for Pioneering Actions Towards a Healthy and sustainable commuting), led by the Institute for Transport and Logistics (ITL, Italy), was officially launched in Bologna on 22-23 May.
24 April 2024 marks a historic moment in the promotion of cross-border mobility with the launch of the first direct train service between Villa Opicina and Rijeka after over 50 years.