prizes and awards
On 24 March 2026, CEI’s Secretary General Franco Dal Mas has been awarded the “Filo di Seta” Prize by the Fondazione Cinzia Vitale during the Gran Galà di Primavera held in Trieste.
The CEI Award was presented at the Trieste Film Festival, Italy’s leading event dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema, taking place in Trieste from 16 t
On 9 September, Ana Svetel, a Slovenian writer and poet, received the CEI Award for Young Writers 2025 during the opening ceremony of the 40th Vilenica International Literary Festival at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana.
The CEI-supported Trieste Film Festival, an event dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema, took place on January 16-24, 2025.
In a ceremony held in Tirana, on 14 November, during the South East Europe Media Forum, the CEI proudly presented the winners of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism.
More than 250 participants attended the XVI South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF) held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 16-17 November 2022 under the title “The role of media in times of global uncertainties”.
The Call is divided into two categories: “Professional journalists” (4.000 EUR) and “Young professional journalists” (1.000 EUR).