youth empowerment
The 2026 edition of OBERMUN officially opened at the Teatro Rossetti in Trieste on April 17, 2026.
From 23 to 26 March 2026, the CEI Secretariat attended the meetings of the Council of Europe Youth statutory bodies held in Budapest, notably the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ).
On 18 February 2026, the CEI – Executive Secretariat welcomed a group of Erasmus+ students currently completing their exchange programme at the University of Trieste.
On 13 February 2026, the CEI – Executive Secretariat participated in the international conference Dream Job Navigator – Visegrad Edition, held at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava and organised by School To Go with the support of the International Visegrad Fund.
The CEI is pleased to announce its participation in the Erasmus+ Traineeship Programme, offering traineeship opportunities for young people from the CEI region to gain professional experience in the field of international and regional cooperation.
From 16 to 21 November 2025, the BalCARE Youth Forum was held in Shkodër and Tirana, Albania.
The second Regional Workshop on the UPSHIFT Programme, organised by the CEI in collaboration with UNICEF, took place on 21 November 2025.
Thanks to the CEI’s Observer status within the Council of Europe’s intergovernmental committees on youth, namely the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and Joint Council on Youth (CMJ) the CEI represented by DSG Szuszanna Kiraly, pa
From 9 to 12 October 2025, the Rebuild Ukraine Ambassadors Lab brought together 30 Ambassadors in Brașov, Romania, to exchange ideas on Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction, and EU accession.
On 18 October 2025, the Third Freelance Conference was held at CoWork 21 in Skopje, North Macedonia.
On 8-9 October, the CEI – Executive Secretariat participated in the 10th Council of Europe’s Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth, held in La Valletta under the theme “Young People for Democracy: Youth Perspectives in Action”.
On 29-31 August 2025, young professionals from 26 countries gathered in Pokljuka, Slovenia at the Young Bled Strategic Forum (YBSF) to explore the role of values in international politics.
On 25–26 June 2025, the international conference DisCo 2025 – Empowering Futures: Leveraging Digital Technologies in Education for Youth, Women, and Vulnerable Groups was held in Prague at the Microsoft premises.
The international conference “Young music for a young Europe” was organised in the framework of the Palmanova International Music Competition on 4 May 2025.
Last October the CEI was granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.
Thanks to the CEI’s recent achievement of the Observer status within the Council of Europe’s intergovernmental committees on youth, namely the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and Joint Council on Youth (CMJ), for the first time the CEI participated in the meetings of the aforementioned CoE youth statutory bodies.
The CEI has recently achieved a significant milestone by being granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.
The 13th edition of the Young Bled Strategic Forum (YBSF) took place in Pokljuka, Slovenia from 20 August 30 - 1 September, 2024, gathering 42 young leaders from 30 countries.