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Deputy Secretary General Zsuzsanna Király participated as an official CEI observer in the 78th meeting of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and the 55th session of the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ), held in Strasbourg on 19–21 October 2026.
A delegation from Montenegro’s Agency for the Prevention of Corruption visited Rome on 13–16 October 2026 to learn from Italy’s experience in preventing corruption, handling reports of wrongdoing and protecting whistleblowers.
On 20 October in Rome, Minister Plenipotentiary Alfredo Durante Mangoni, Italian National Coordinator for the Central European Initiative (CEI), took part on behalf of CEI Secretary General Franco Dal Mas in the fourth edition of the conference “New Visions for the Western Balkans – Preparing for Enlargement: Communicating Benefits and Accelerating Connectivity”, held at the I
On 15 October 2026 Deputy Secretary General Ivana Pejović participated in the Berlin Process side event “From Regional Cooperation to Collective Action: Strengthening Integrity and Anti-Corruption in South-East Europe”, held in Tirana.
On 5 October 2026, Deputy Secretary General Zsuzsanna Király participated in a high-level international conference held at the Istituto Luigi Sturzo in Rome, under the Romanian CEI Presidency, focusing on the contribution of regional cooperation and transnational economic projects to European security, Ukraine's reconstruction and EU acce
On 30 September–1 October 2026, CEI Deputy Secretary General Zsuzsanna Király took part in the International Conference “Advancing Western Balkans Economic Integration”, held in Budva, Montenegro, under the Montenegrin Presidency of the Berlin Process.
The CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) is looking for a qualified Project Expert to join the team of the Project Management Office (PMO) and contribute to the implementation of the following projects:
On 9 September, ANSA, Italy’s News Agency, organised the Conference “The Balkans Meet in Trieste” under the CEI patronage.
On 10 July Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, participated in the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Friends of the Western Balkans group, hosted at “Villa Madama” in Rome by Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani.
On 25 June 2026, Secretary General Franco Dal Mas took part in the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 (URC 2026) in Gdańsk, Poland, the leading international conference dedicated to Ukraine's reconstruction, organised by the Governments of Ukraine and Poland.
Gender equality in contemporary foreign policy and regional responses to gender-based violence were at the centre of the debate during the “CEI Conference on gender equality and diplomacy: the role of Ministries of Foreign Affairs in promoting gender equality in the CEI region”, held in Podgorica on 24-25 June.
On 17 June the CEI attended the 49th plenary meeting of the SEE Health Network, which this year focused on soft power and innovation, digital health innovation ecosystems, advanced nursing roles and leadership and emergency preparedness.
On 19 June 2026, Senator Maurizio Gasparri, President of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Italian Senate, visited the CEI Headquartes where he met with Secretary General Franco Dal Mas and with the Staff members of the CEI - Executive Secretariat.
“Enlargement is not merely an institutional process; it is the completion of the European project. The formal opening of accession negotiations with the European Union for Ukraine and Moldova, both member countries of the Central European Initiative (CEI), represents a significant step in this direction.
Thanks to the CEI’s observer status at the Council of Europe Youth Department, the CEI - Executive Secretariat represented by Deputy Secretary General Zsuzsanna Király was granted the opportunity to actively participate in the three-day workshop.