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The Adriatic Sea Forum is taking place in Trieste on 21-22 March 2013. It is the first major international event dedicated to maritime tourism on the Adriatic, gathering representatives from 7 countries, 25 regions and more than 150 destinations involved in the tourism development and tourism industry. The CEI, as a supporting organisation of the Forum, has promoted the meeting with central and regional authorities, in particular in the Eastern Adriatic area.
at the Department of Mathematics and Geosciences (DMG) at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP/ESP section) - have developed over the last decade a comprehensive and unique study about macroseismic data of the Vrancea region in Romania. The strongest earthquakes occurring in the region since 1940 have been examined and mapped.
On the occasion of the Meeting of the European Association of Public Service Media in Southeast Europe (EAPSM), held on 8 March in Ljubljana, at the premises of RTV Slovenia, the CEI had the opportunity to present a documentary film of three episodes entitled “How do I see my neighbour?”. The documentary was produced by young directors from nine national broadcasters from the region with the aim to stimulate understanding and dialogue, reconciliation and good neighbourly relations.
Among 93 submitted proposals, three new projects were approved on 4 March 2013 under the KEP AUSTRIA Call for Proposals 2013 (closing date: 28 December 2012).
The Hungarian Minister of State for Infrastructure Mr. Pál Völner received in Budapest the Acting Secretary General of Central European Initiative Mr. Giorgio Rosso Cicogna 20 February 2013 for an in depth consultation on the activities to be promoted by the Hungarian CEI Presidency in the field of transport. Most specifically the implementation of the European Strategy on the Corridors was reviewed.
Organised by the Hungarian Presidency 2013 of the Central-European Initiative, a conference is taking place in Budapest (21-22 February 2013) in order to discuss the role of the Approval Authorities in the implementation of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). Special focus is put on the new proposals by the EU Commission aiming at improving this important instrument of regional cooperation in Europe.
The President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, received in Skopje on 15 February the CEI Acting Secretary General, Mr. Giorgio Rosso Cicogna. President Ivanov expressed deep appreciation for the contribution of the CEI to regional cooperation in the Western Balkans and for the excellent collaboration between his Government and the CEI Secretariat, also in connection of the EU- funded project on Strengthening the Role of the Regional Cooperation Council of Sarajevo, currently under implementation by the CEI.
The ECHOS project, funded under the Cross-border Cooperation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, has been officially presented during a press conference held in Gorizia on 29 January. Attended by local and regional authorities as well as media representatives from Italy and Slovenia, the event offered the opportunity to present the project activities, the expected results and partnership.
The 1st CEI Committee of National Coordinators Meeting (CNC) under the Hungarian CEI Presidency was held in Budapest on 22 January 2013.
As the EDITS project has a rather vast partnership, in order to ensure the successful implementation of its activities the Project Management Team was established, consisting of partners responsible for the main activities and their outputs. This ensures that the contribution of one activity provides the correct and needed inputs to the following activity.
Last week the CEI Committee of National Coordinators approved ten projects to be co-financed in the framework of the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) for an overall commitment of more than 320,000 EUR (295,000 EUR by the CEI Fund at the EBRD - financed by Italy, and 25,000 EUR by Poland). The projects were selected within the 2012 KEP Call for Proposals launched by the Office for the CEI Fund at the EBRD.
The 3rd Meeting of Task Force of SEDRI - Sustainable Energy Development Regional Initiative took place on 7 December, 2012 in Belgrade, at the Ministry of Energy, Development and Environment Protection of Serbia.
This year's edition of the CEI Business Forum, under the title SME Development: CEI Experience from non-EU to EU, was held on 6 December 2012 at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in Kyiv, with the participation of representatives of 13 CEI Member States.
Zoran Jovanovic, CEI Deputy Secretary General, attended the official ceremonials dedicated to 100 years of independent Albanian State, organized on November 28 in Tirana. During his stay in Tirana, Jovanovic was received by Selim Belortaja, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, whom he informed on recent and future activities of the organization. The Deputy Foreign Minister expressed his satisfaction with level and intensity of cooperation between Albania and the CEI, and stressed the importance of the latest in the context of European integration.
A review of the results achieved so far and the planning of future activities were on top of the agenda of the 4th Transnational Working Group Meeting of the ATTAC Project - Attractive Urban Public Transport for Accessible Cities, in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 26-27 November. The meeting was hosted by the Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority.