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On 10 October 2024, Sarajevo hosted the Workshop “Best Practices from EU Policies and Strategies to Achieve a Sustainable Blue Economy: What Path for Bosnia and Herzegovina?”, which underscored a strategic collaboration between TRUE BLUE and ASAP, two CEI projects.

The GRETA project (Greening Regional Freight Transport in Functional Urban Areassuccessfully brought together experts from the logistics sector and from public authorities to discuss alternatives in the last-mile freight deliveries in urban areas at the event “Decarbonizing last m

The inaugural concert of this CEMAN Orchestra's 2024 tour took place in Trieste on 2 October, marking the beginning of a series of musical events in several CEI Member States until 9 October.

The National Coordinators (CNC) of the CEI Member States convened in Trieste on 8 October 2024 for their 3rd meeting under the Albanian Presidency focused on institutional activities, project updates, and administrative matters critical to the CEI’s operations.

We are thrilled to announce that today marks the official start of the CEMAN Orchestra 2024 tour, a prestigious musical journey across several of the CEI Member States. The Inaugural performance taking place in Trieste, Italy, will set the stage for a series of concerts that will continue across the region until 9 October.

Parliamentary Delegations from the CEI Member States attended the Parliamentary Assembly meeting of the CEI Parliamentary Dimension held in Tirana on 1 October 2024 under the Albanian CEI Presidency.

The International Conference “Tourism in the Eastern and Southeastern Europe – New paths of development” was held in Tirana on 27 September 2024 in the framework of the Albanian CEI Presidency and the Chairmanship of the South-East European Cooperation Process 

The European Youth Parliament (EYP) held its highly anticipated Presidents’ Summit 2024 in Kraków, Poland, from 19-22 September 2024. This pivotal event, supported by the CEI, brought together 35 youth leaders, including 19 Presidents of EYP National Committees, for an exchange of ideas, knowledge-sharing, and leadership development.

On 27 September in New York, the Foreign Ministers of CEI Member States gathered for their annual informal meeting, on the margins of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The meeting, under the Albanian CEI Presidency, held in the format of a working breakfast, was hosted by Albania’s Foreign Minister Igli Hasani.

Building on the success  of the NAMIRS project, a new project funded by the Interreg IPA Adrion Programme, ASAP  - the Adriatic Sensitive Areas Protection - Mechanism, was officially launched on 24 September 2024 at the CEI’s premises.

The 18th Coordination Meeting of Regional Organisations hosted by the CEI – Executive Secretariat in Trieste on 17 September 2024 witnessed the presence of high-level representatives from the Secretariats of regional organisations, such as the Adriatic Ionian Initiative, the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, and the Regional Cooperation Council. Special guests were the European Commission, the Regional School of Public Administration, and the Regional Anti-corruption Initiative.
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With his project THE WEAVER’S SEAT, Dini Berati from Albania is the winner of this year's CEI Award at the 15th edition of the International Design Contest “Trieste Contemporanea”.

The 2024 edition of the Teen Doc Workshop brought together, in  Požega / Užice (Serbia) on 20-26 Ausgust, 25 young filmmakers from across the Balkans and Italy, providing them with a unique opportunity to explore documentary filmmaking.

The winners of the 2022 edition of the Call for Ideas and Award Competition “IMAGINE” Active Young Citizens for Sustainable Development in Central European Initiative (CEI) and Adriatic Ionian Initiative (AII) Areas have put their prizes to excellent use.

The 8th and concluding event of the promotional roadshow of the Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) in CEI countries was held in Podgorica on 12 July 2024.

High representatives of Parliaments and Governments from CEI Member States gathered in Rome at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament on 5 July 2024 for the third and final meeting of the Convention for the Strengthening of the Central European Initiative.

Parliamentary Delegations from CEI Member States attended the Parliamentary Committee of the CEI Parliamentary Dimension (CEI PD) in Tirana on 30 June - 1 July 2024, under the Albanian CEI Presidency. 

The conference sessions on the topic of 'Hidden Discrimination against People with Sensory Disabilities (HiDis)' were successfully held in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) on 25-26 June 2024.

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