News
Mon, 05/05/2014
The International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea aims at displaying the most original design offerings from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Fri, 02/05/2014
In the framework of the Austrian CEI Presidency 2014 the conference “Vienna Economic Talks - Building Bridges in a Challenging Time” was organised in Vienna, on 28 April 2014.
The event served as a platform for discussing cooperation and synergies between the Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) and the Central European Initiative (CEI), especially in view of providing a contribution to the economic development in the countries of both Organisations.
The event served as a platform for discussing cooperation and synergies between the Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) and the Central European Initiative (CEI), especially in view of providing a contribution to the economic development in the countries of both Organisations.
Fri, 02/05/2014
In the framework of the project “Application of open source software and methods for territorial analysis and sustainable use of natural resources in Belarus” two advanced training sessions for Belarusian officials were held in Turin (1-4 April 2014) and Trieste (7-10 April 2014).
Fri, 02/05/2014
In the framework of the project “Smallholders Farmers’ Access to Markets in Eastern and Northern Bosnia-Herzegovina and Northern Albania” a series of trainings for representatives of farmers' associations and municipal officials were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 8 April 2014 (in Foca and Gorazde) and on 23 April 2014 (in Bratunac and Posavina).
Mon, 28/04/2014
The 3rd WIDER Steering Committee Meeting took place in Faro (Portugal) on 15-16 April 2014. Organised by the Portuguese project partner - the University of Algarve - in the framework of the WIDER Project, the meeting gathered all project partners as well as a few Local Innovation Community (LIC) experts.
Tue, 15/04/2014
The Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism honours journalists who greatly contribute to investigative reporting, despite the difficult conditions under which they operate.
Mon, 14/04/2014
The CNC Meeting held after the Steering Committee Meeting on 11 April 2014 in London, focused on the forthcoming activities and events taking place under the Austrian CEI Presidency. Particular attention was paid to the preparations of the Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs on 3 June 2014 in Vienna, back to back with a Western Balkans Conference in the 1914-2014 context, commemorating the anniversary of the outbreak of World War I.
Mon, 14/04/2014
On 11 April 2014, the CEI Steering Committee met in London at the Headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The CEI National Coordinators and the representatives from the CEI countries at the EBRD Board of Directors approved the Budget 2014 of the CEI Fund at the EBRD.
Mon, 14/04/2014
The Embassy of Austria, under the Austrian CEI Presidency 2014, and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) of the University College London organised on 10 April 2014 in London an International Symposium under the title “25 Years of the Central European Initiative and 25 Years from the Fall of the Iron Curtain”.
Fri, 11/04/2014
Public and private companies and organisations, PPPs, international organisations and NGOs operating in the public interest are invited to apply for CEI co-financing through the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme AUSTRIA (KEP AUSTRIA).
Thu, 10/04/2014
The third SEEMORE Transfer Workshop took place in Cesenatico (Provincia Forlì-Cesena, Italy) on 4 April 2014. Organised by the CEI within the framework of the SEEMORE Project, the workshop gathered all SEEMORE Partners as well as local stakeholders and external guests active in the fields of mobility and tourism.
Wed, 09/04/2014
The ACROSSEE Project aims at establishing a large and coherent platform that will contribute to rationalising and optimising the existing transport network in South-East Europe (SEE). It is promoted by the CEI through its Secretariat as Lead Partner, in cooperation with 24 partner institutions from 13 countries and co-financed by the SEE transnational programme.
Wed, 02/04/2014
The workshop “Cultural Heritage 3D Surveying and Modeling” was organised on 26-28 March 2014 at the Faculty of Technical Sciences (FTN) within the interdisciplinary project “GisNS - Development of Online Geodata Portal of Cultural Heritage in Novi Sad”. It aimed at countering missing digitised 3D Cultural Heritage assets within the geo-data portal of Novi Sad.
Wed, 02/04/2014
The WBC-INCO.NET Final Conference "Towards 2020: New Horizons for RTD and Western Innovation in the Balkan Region” was held in Vienna on 27-28 March 2014, bringing together about 200 science policymakers, scientists and industry representatives from the Western Balkans and EU Member States. The main focus of the event was on the EU Framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020, and on the collaboration in the field of science between Western Balkan Countries (WBC) and EU countries.
Tue, 01/04/2014
The CEI Cooperation Fund, financed by all Member States, supports small-scale projects mainly taking the form of seminars, workshops, short training courses or other kinds of events. In 2013 the CEI co-funded 57 projects with an overall approved funding amounting to 506.560,50 EUR and an average funding per project of around 8000 EUR.
Thu, 27/03/2014
CEI launches Call for Proposals 2014 for co-financing Cooperation Activities (Deadline: 27 May 2014)
Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State as well as international and regional organisations are invited to apply for CEI co-financing for innovative actions favouring mobility and networking. Proposals need to focus on capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, in particular from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States. The activities can take the form of conferences, seminars, workshops, and training activities.
Thu, 20/03/2014
The CEI Fund at the EBRD - entirely supported by Italy - contributes with 40.000 EUR to the 2nd edition of the International Master’s in Public Procurement Management (PPM) to enable the attendance of students from non-EU CEI member countries.
Wed, 19/03/2014
The successful completion of the project "Improving Cooperation in South-East Europe by Actions for Strengthening the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)" was marked by a Final Conference held on 18 March 2014 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The gathering entitled Enhancing Growth through Regional Action – South East Europe 2020 highlighted the major results of the Project and focused on the pending implementation of the RCC's South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy.
The gathering entitled Enhancing Growth through Regional Action – South East Europe 2020 highlighted the major results of the Project and focused on the pending implementation of the RCC's South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy.
Fri, 07/03/2014
The Presidency of the Central European Initiative (CEI) is gravely concerned by the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity by Russian armed forces and calls on Russia for an immediate withdrawal.
The Presidency of the CEI underlines the importance of the respect of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine including Crimea.
The Presidency of the CEI underlines the importance of the respect of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine including Crimea.
Mon, 03/03/2014
Several economic and engineering studies carried out within the ADRIA A Project were presented at the ADRIA A mid-term conference held in Nova Gorica (Slovenia) on 26 February 2014, thus illustrating the results achieved within the project so far.