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The CEI-Executive Secretariat and the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat and have signed a new two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the period 2025-2027, reaffirming the commitment of both parties to regional cooperation and the fight against corruption.
The CEI continues to demonstrate its strong commitment to fostering regional dialogue and supporting European integration.

 A follow-up meeting on the study for the potential reactivation of passenger railway connections along the Trieste–Ljubljana–Zagreb–Belgrade route was held today - promoted by the Central European Initiative (CEI) with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the Slovene Writers’ Association (SWA), within the Vilenica International Literary Festival, have launched the Call for Applications 2025 of the CEI Award for Young Writers

The final stop of the CEI-EBRD Roadshow in the Western Balkans took place in Tirana on 8 May 2025.

The CEI, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) jointly presented in Skopje on 7 May 2025, the results and impact of operations supported by the CEI

On 6 May 2025, the CEI and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - presented in Belgrade the latest activities of the CEI Fund at the EBRD. 

As part of his ongoing round of political consultations with representatives of the CEI Member States, Secretary General. Hon. Franco Dal Mas, visited Ljubljana on 5 May, where he met with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon.

The CEI joins the many around the world mourning the loss of Pope Francis, an authoritative voice of our time, who, until the very end, bore witness to a pontificate committed to addressing imbalances and inequalities in the pursuit of justice and peace among peoples.

Last October the CEI was granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.

On 15 April 2025, the CEI Committee of National Coordinators gathered at the premises of the Serbian Mission to Brussels, under the Serbian CEI Presidency 2025.
Partners of the GreenPATH project, co-funded by the Interreg Central Europe Programme, convened in Trieste for the third Steering Committee meeting on 15–16 April 2025.

On 7-10 April in Trieste, the CEI-Executive Secretariat, in collaboration with AREA Science Park and with the financial support of the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG), organised a study visit for twenty-five local development practitioners from North Macedonia.

During an online institutional exchange on 10 april 2025, between the CEI Secretary General. On. Franco Dal Mas and WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, both parties reaffirmed their strong partnership, underscoring the importance of continued collaboration to promote health and well-being through regional cooperation.
We are glad to announce that our annual Call for Proposals of the CEI Cooperation Fund is open for applications!

On April 8-9 2025, partners of the Project GRETA  - Greening Regional Freight Transport in Functional Urban Areas met in Budapest to discuss the progress of the project, focusing on pilot activities carried out in Budapest (Hung

During an official visit to Zagreb, CEI Secretary General Hon. Franco Dal Mas, met with the Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Gordan Grlić-Radman.

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