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Fri, 03/12/2021

CEI Heads of Government call for enhanced regional cooperation

The event was held at a crucial moment for the region, in particular in jointly facing the consequences of the pandemic and the current and future challenges.
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Fri, 03/12/2021

CEI Summit endorses WHO Roadmap for Health and Wellbeing in the Western Balkans

A special event dedicated to the endorsement of the WHO “Roadmap for Health and Well-being in the Western Balkans (2021-2025)” took place with the participation of the Prime Ministers or their representatives of the CEI Member States of the Western Balkans, the CEI Secretary General and the Regional Director of WHO Europe.
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Thu, 02/12/2021

Economic Forum tackles post-Covid 19 future challenges 

Risks and uncertainties in the business community, green and circular economy and digital transformation were among the main topics of discussion of the Economic Conference Montenegro 2021, held in Budva on 2-3 December prior to the CEI Summit  - the concluding event of the CEI Montenegrin Presidency taking place on 3 December. 
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Mon, 29/11/2021

CEI SG Antonione supports youth’s role in policy dialogue at EU Balkan Youth Forum

SG Roberto Antonione joined the session on “EU enlargement, national and international policies" along with representatives from other key international and regional organisations. He emphasised that regional cooperation strongly fostered to facilitate political dialogue, can only be seen as a strategic contribution to accelerate the enlargement process.
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Youth
Wed, 24/11/2021

CEI-WHO on strengthening primary health care in Western Balkans

The conference aimed at implementing the “Roadmap for Health in the Western Balkans (2021-2025)”, one of the priorities identified by the "European Work Programme, 2020-2025 - United Action for Better Health", of the WHO Europe Office; and at facilitating knowledge exchange for developing the potential of the social and health care systems.
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CEI-WHO
Health
Mon, 15/11/2021

CEI Local Dimension kick-off meeting

On 12 November, the CEI-Executive Secretariat in cooperation with the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro, officially launched the CEI Local Dimens

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Thu, 11/11/2021

PRE-RIGHTS: training on accelerating cross-border cooperation between public prosecutors

On 9 November, the CEI-Executive Secretariat hosted the PRE-RIGHTS national training course at its Headquarters in Trieste, i

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EU projects
Pre-rights
archive
Mon, 08/11/2021

CEI-supported media event SEEMF 2021 successfully held in Belgrade

The South East Europe Media Forum - one of the major media events in Central and Eastern Europe bringing editors, media CEOs, journalists, experts and politicians together - took place in Belgrade on 3-4 November 2021.
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CEI Cooperation Fund
Thu, 04/11/2021

Sadeta Bajrović from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Milica Vojinović from Serbia win CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2021

Sadeta Bajrović from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Milica Vojinović from Serbia are the winners of this year’s CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism, promoted by the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO). Nermina Kuloglija from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vlad Odobescu from Romania have received a special mention.
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Fri, 29/10/2021

CEI stresses importance of region-to-region cooperation at Belgrade Security Forum

CEI Secretary General Roberto Antonione participated in the 11th edition of the Belgrade Security Forum on 28 October 2021 under the title of Testing Humanity. He was a speaker during the session organised by the CEI in partnership with BFPE which tackled region-to-region cooperation with focus on opportunities for Central and Southeastern Europe.   
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Tue, 26/10/2021

FORTIS Project: Free Trieste - Koper bus service

A concrete action to overcome the infrastructural gap in the Alpe Adria area and improve the quality of service and transport in this str

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FORTIS
transport
EU projects
Transport
Mon, 25/10/2021

High-level Conference on Transport with session dedicated to strengthening connectivity within CEI region

On 22 October CEI Secretary General Roberto Antonione along with a delegation from the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES), took part in the High-level Meeting on Transport in Budva organised by the Ministry of Capital Investments of Montenegro, in the framework of the Montenegrin CEI Presidency.
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Mon, 18/10/2021

Parliamentary Dimension: DSG Jovanovic attends General Assembly on economic recovery  

The meeting of the General Assembly of the CEI Parliamentary Dimension (CEI-PD) was held in a hybrid format (physical/online) in Herceg Novi on 15 October under the leadership of Ms. Tamara Vujovic, CEI PD President and Head of Montenegrin Delegation to the CEI-PD. 
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Fri, 15/10/2021

7 KEP Projects for Western Balkan countries approved

7 projects under the Know-how Exchange Programmes (KEP) supported by the CEI Fund at the EBRD

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KEP
Know-how Exchange programme
Thu, 14/10/2021

PRE-RIGHTS presented at International Joint Event “Judicial and Police Cooperation: Best Practices”

The PRE-RIGHTS project was presented at the international Joint Event “Judicial and Police Cooperation: Best Practices” organised in Venice on

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Pre-rights
archive
Tue, 12/10/2021

Committee of National Coordinators meet in Trieste

The 4th Committee of National Coordinators’ meeting, under the Montenegrin CEI Presidency 2021, took place at the CEI Headqua

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Mon, 11/10/2021

SUSTOURISMO: 3rd Capacity Building Webinar on behavioural change

The Interreg Adrion Project SUSTOURISMO held its third capacity-building webinar on 29 September.

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EU projects
SUSTOURISMO
archive
Mon, 11/10/2021

Ministerial Conference on Environment: cooperation on sustainable waste management and water

On 8 October, Ministers, State Secretaries and other high officials dealing with environmental issues in CEI countries gathered in Trieste for a Conference organised within the Sea Summit hosted by

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Mon, 04/10/2021

Open Call for SMEs on innovation activities

In the framework of the ACSELL project, the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) is launching a call for European SMEs to participate in a study in Italy and Germany.
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Opportunities
Mon, 04/10/2021

Open Call for SMEs: test your care innovation (15 Oct. 2021)

In the framework of the ACSELL project, the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) is launching a call for European SMEs to participate in a study in Italy and Germany.
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