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Fri, 12/06/2015
The event, organised for the 16th year in a row by the Economic Policy Institute, gathered 34 young experts from public institutions, research centres and think-tanks from 9 CEI Member States (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine) and Turkey. The main goal of the Seminar is to build a training hub among the region’s future decision-makers in order for them to improve their professional skills and establish fruitful mutual cooperation for the years to come.
Tue, 09/06/2015
Within the framework of the 2015 Macedonian CEI Presidency, a meeting of the CEI Parliamentary Committee was held in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. The gathering, in Skopje on 20 May, was chaired by the acting President and Head of the Macedonian CEI PD Delegation, Aleksandar Nikoloski. The topic of the meeting was "Relevance of EU Macro-Regional Strategies as an Opportunity for Cross-Border Cooperation among CEI Мember States: the Role of Parliaments."
Tue, 09/06/2015
Students and experts, in clinical engineering from the CEI region, i.e.
Tue, 26/05/2015
The WIDER project final event and 2nd EU Road-show took place in Brussels on 21 May 2015, under the title "Ageing at home: fostering eco-designed and marketable solutions in MED area SMEs through innovation vouchers".
Around one hundred participants gathered to witness the presentation of 39 awarded innovative projects, whose design and implementation was possible thanks to WIDER Innovation Vouchers.
Wed, 20/05/2015
The CEI Dubrovnik Diplomatic Forum is traditionally organised by the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, with the University in Zagreb and its Centre for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS) in Dubrovnik, as well as in conjunction with the London Academy of Diplomacy (LAD), which has a strategic partnership with the University of Stirling.
Mon, 18/05/2015
The seminar on 14 May in Trieste, focused on different options of eco-sustainable housing and opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The event was organised by the Central European Initiative (CEI), within the European project WIDER, involving the "green" development of the Mediterranean SMEs, in particular through innovation in the energy sector.
Tue, 12/05/2015
Representatives of UKT, the Albanian multi-utility managing the sewer and water supply networks of Tirana, and representatives of the Italian company Idrostudi srl, met in the Albanian capital on 14-17 April, in the framework of the 6-month Project “Water supply, sewerage networks, and future city development: Theoretical update and on-the-job training of the UKT staff members in view of the Territorial Reform”.
Mon, 11/05/2015
The ways and modalities to support research, experimental artistic production and curatorial practice were debated during the CEI Venice Forum for Contemporary Art Curators on 8 May at the Ca’ Rezzonico Museum, attended by qualified professionals, experts and artists from the CEI region.
Tue, 05/05/2015
The Macedonian CEI Presidency, in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, organised on 4 May in Vienna a Networking Meeting gathering the CEI Committee of National Coordinators (CNC) and representatives of various regional and international organisations.
Tue, 05/05/2015
The CEI Committee of National Coordinators (CNC) gathered for the third time this year in Vienna on 4 May.
The Presidency presented the latest organisational, protocol and logistics regarding the forthcoming meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs in Ohrid on 15 June. It also outlined the topics for discussion and a first draft of the document to be adopted by the Ministers.
The CEI Secretary General presented his 2014 Annual Report and the status of implementation of the CEI Plan of Action 2014-2016.
Focus was also put on:
The Presidency presented the latest organisational, protocol and logistics regarding the forthcoming meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs in Ohrid on 15 June. It also outlined the topics for discussion and a first draft of the document to be adopted by the Ministers.
The CEI Secretary General presented his 2014 Annual Report and the status of implementation of the CEI Plan of Action 2014-2016.
Focus was also put on:
Tue, 05/05/2015
More than 90 experts from research and technology institutions, governments, NGOs, SMEs and industrial enterprises from 16 European countries participated in the CEI-JRC European Workshop on Advanced Biofuels, Biorefinery and Bioeconomy (ABBE): A Challenge for Central and East European Countries, held in Bratislava, Slovakia on 25-27 March.
Wed, 29/04/2015
The CEI is glad to announce a new Call for Proposals for the CEI Know‐How Exchange Programme (KEP) ‐ ITALY. The projects will be co‐financed by the CEI Fund at the EBRD, entirely financed by the Italian Government.
Tue, 28/04/2015
The workshop on 22-23 April in Skopje (Macedonia) was organised within the one-year KEP AUSTRIA Project Aim@Innovations aimed at strengthening national capacities for the provision of thematic trainings and consultancies in the area of innovation management to SMEs, start-ups and spinoffs in Macedonia. The project is co-financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation with 45.000 EUR.
Thu, 23/04/2015
Representatives of the Approval Authorities of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and European Ministries for Economic Development, as well as of the European Commission, EU Committee of the Regions, European Investment Bank and Association of European Border Regions, were amongst the participants of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Approval Authorities of the EGTC, held in Budapest on 16 and 17 April 2015.
Thu, 23/04/2015
The current efforts in the region aimed at reinforcing connectivity and the transport system within the overall EU enlargement strategy were the focus of an international conference jointly organised by the CEI and the European Commission – Directorate General European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). The event, held in Trieste on 21 April, also focused on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), which provides financial and technical support to the candidate countries and potential candidates in the Western Balkans.
Tue, 21/04/2015
The Annual Report 2014 of the CEI Fund at the EBRD was presented during the CEI Steering Committee Meeting at the EBRD Headquarters in London on 17 April 2015.
Mon, 20/04/2015
The CEI Steering Committee (SC) and the CEI Committee of National Coordinators (CNC) met on 17 April 2015 at the Headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London.
The SC meeting, gathering the CEI National Coordinators and representatives from the CEI countries at the EBRD Board of Directors, focused on the recent developments in CEI-EBRD cooperation.
The SC meeting, gathering the CEI National Coordinators and representatives from the CEI countries at the EBRD Board of Directors, focused on the recent developments in CEI-EBRD cooperation.
Wed, 15/04/2015
The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in special partnership with the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), have opened the Call for Applications 2015 of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism. The Call is divided into two categories: “Professional journalists” (4.000 EUR) and “Young professional journalists” (1.000 EUR).
Mon, 13/04/2015
33 participants from 25 organisations from 11 CEI Countries (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia) gathered in Klagenfurt on 8-10 April to attend the first Danube:Future international workshop. Rectors from the Universities of Cluj-Napoca, Prague, Krems and Trieste were also invited to the event.
Mon, 13/04/2015
Key stakeholders who joined projects under the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013 gathered in Trieste, on 31 March 2015, to attend the capitalisation event for transport-related projects.