KEP
From 4 to 8 May 2026, the BRIDGE project, Strengthening EU Integration Capacities in Brčko District through Italian Know-how and Regional Cooperation, carried out its study visit in the Puglia Region (Italy), bringing together representatives of the Government of Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Brčko District Development-Guarantee Fund, and the Italian firm Orange Public
The role of regional cooperation and development finance in supporting growth, connectivity and European integration across Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe was at the centre of a lecture delivered by Elisabetta Dovier, Programme Manager of the CEI Fund at the EBRD, within the framework of the “Non Solo Finanza” lecture ser
A workshop held in Chișinău at the end of February 2026 marked an important step forward for the Media Advocacy Action for Moldova project, funded within the Know-how Exchange Programme financed by Italy.
The University of Trieste and the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv concluded the final week of their joint capacity‑building project with the workshop Upheaval Ukraine: Rethinking Security in a Changing Europe” held in Gorizia from 23 to 27 February 2026.
The Office for the CEI Fund at the EBRD has announced the results of the 2025 Call for Proposals under the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP).
Italy through the CEI Fund at the EBRD is supporting the Know-how Exchange Programme project “CEI Support to Technology Transfer for Hospitals in Albania and North Macedonia (ALBAU-TT-CRO)”.
As Albania and Serbia continue on their path towards EU membership, strengthening sustainable urban governance is both a development priority and a strategic necessity. Local institutions play a central role in this process but often struggle to align their practices with European standards due to capacity gaps.
The project “Promoting Capacity Building in Serbia through the Transfer of Technical Knowledge and Environmental Protection Measures in the Beekeeping Sector” is advancing towards its goal of supporting sustainable beekeeping and environmental protection in Serbia.
Albania has reached an important milestone in the project “Capacity enhancing of the Albanian marine pollution preparedness and response system”.
The project “CEI Support to Strengthening the Parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine, in the Context of the EU Accession” was officially kicked off on 28 July 2025.
We are glad to announce the launch of the Call for Proposals for the CEI Know‐how Exchange Programme (KEP).
The CEI has recently contributed to advancing maritime environmental governance in the Adriatic through a regional workshop held in Kotor, Montenegro on 25 June 2025.
The second round of the CEI-EBRD Roadshow in the Western Balkans concluded today in Sarajevo.
The activities and programmes of the CEI Fund at the EBRD, entirely financed by Italy, were at the centre of the high-level meeting held in Podgorica on 26 May. The event aimed to reflect on the Fund’s contribution to Montenegro’s EU integration achievements and broader regional development.
The CEI, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) jointly presented in Skopje on 7 May 2025, the results and impact of operations supported by the CEI
On 6 May 2025, the CEI and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - presented in Belgrade the latest activities of the CEI Fund at the EBRD.