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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 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.
Secretary General Franco Dal Mas strongly condemns the recent drone attack on the historic centre of Lviv, Ukraine, which resulted in damage to civilian buildings, 32 injured persons, and affected areas inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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 CEI-supported project CEI support for Bridging Borders: Strengthening Regional Capacity for Moldova’s EU Integration through Know-How Exchange (BRIDGE2EU) has started as one of the 15 initiatives recently financed under the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP), through the contribution of Italy to the
Organised together with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the Romanian CEI Presidency 2026, and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), on 17 March 2026, the CEI celebrated the 3
The Thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Executive Secretariat of the Central European Initiative represents a moment of profound symbolic and political significance in the journey of cooperation that unites our Member States.
The project Central European Initiative for Ukraine’s Future. Empowering Ukrainian Municipalities through Polish Expertise in Fund Management and Project Practices for Pre-Accession Readiness of Ukraine has successfully concluded after one year of implementation period (March 2025 – February 2026).
On 5 March 2026, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the CEI Executive Secretariat, scheduled to take place in Trieste on 17 March 2026, Secretary General Franco Dal Mas paid a working visit to Rome.
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 meeting of the CEI Committee of National Coordinators (CNC), held in Bucharest on 26 February 2026, officially marked the start of the Romanian CEI Presidency 2026.
On 19–20 February 2026, Deputy Secretary General Zsuzsanna Király participated in the qAID Final Conference, held at the University of Trento.
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.
On 18 February 2026, GRETA partners convened in Bologna for the project's concluding conference to present the outcomes achieved over a three-year period of regional collaboration. The event was organised in the framework of the Urban Mobility and Logistics Conference held in Bologna, Italy.
On 17 February 2026, Deputy Secretary General Ivana Pejović paid a visit to the Secretary General of the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) Albert Hani on Sarajevo to further strengthen cooperation between the two regional organisations.
On 16 February 2026, the CEI - Executive Secretariat - a longstanding partner of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) - took part in the event marking the Organisations’s 18th anniversary in Sarajevo,
On 13 February, the PROCAREFUL partners joined forces in Treviso (Italy) to share the outcomes of the hybrid care approach and related strategies developed over the past three years of project implementation.
On 10 February 2026, the Consuls of CEI Member States based in Trieste - representing the Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia - gathered at the Headquarters to exchange views on the Organisation’s ongoing activities, regional cooperation priorities and preparations for the upcoming 30th anniversary of the CEI - Executive
The CEI – Executive Secretariat expresses its deep sorrow at the passing of Ambassador Fabio Pigliapoco, who served the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII) both as former Secretary General of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative and later as Head of its Permanent Secretariat.