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On 29-31 August 2025, young professionals from 26 countries gathered in Pokljuka, Slovenia at the Young Bled Strategic Forum (YBSF) to explore the role of values in international politics.
Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, met in Sofia on 10 September with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, Georg Georgiev.
Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, yesterday met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Marko Đurić.
The project “Promoting Capacity Building in Serbia through the Transfer of Technical Knowledge and Environmental Protection Measures in the Beekeeping Sector” is advancing towards its goal of supporting sustainable beekeeping and environmental protection in Serbia.
Albania has reached an important milestone in the project “Capacity enhancing of the Albanian marine pollution preparedness and response system”.
The CEI – Executive Secretariat had the honour today of welcoming Senator Stefania Craxi, President of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Italian Senate, for an institutional visit.
On 1-2 September 2025 the Consortium Meeting of the PRO.CARE.FUL project (Pro.active CARE F.or Users L.ife), co-funded by the Interreg Central Europe Programme took place at the CEI headquarters.
The project “CEI Support to Strengthening the Parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine, in the Context of the EU Accession” was officially kicked off on 28 July 2025.
The CEMAN Orchestra 2025 Summer Tour (19-25 July), gathered twenty-six young musicians from nine CEI countries, i.e.
The 2024 Annual Report of the CEI Fund at the EBRD provides a comprehensive overview of the activities financed through Italy’s contributions.
We are glad to announce the launch of the Call for Proposals for the CEI Know‐how Exchange Programme (KEP).
The Central European Initiative (CEI) took part in the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025), held in Rome on 10 and 11 July, strengthening its commitment to Ukraine’s recovery through active institutional participation and the launch of new initiatives.
DSG Zsuzsanna Kiraly recently participated (2 July 2025) in the high-level “Western Balkan Cyber Security Conference 2025 WB CyberPulse 2025: Tracking Progress, Building Resilience, Driving Change” in Podgorica, Montenegro.
The long-scheduled meeting between Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, took place today in Rome, on the eve of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2025).
Today, CEI Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, welcomed the Executive Coordinator of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI), Michael Fazekas, at the CEI Headquarters in Trieste.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Senate has unanimously approved a resolution aimed at strengthening the Central Euopean Initiative.
On 26–27 June 2025, the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) participated in the fourth TREASURE project meeting in Bar, Montenegro.
The event brought together all project partners for two days of intensive discussions aimed at advancing innovative environmental remediation solutions in port areas.
On 25–26 June 2025, the international conference DisCo 2025 – Empowering Futures: Leveraging Digital Technologies in Education for Youth, Women, and Vulnerable Groups was held in Prague at the Microsoft premises.
The CEI-Executive Secretariat participated in the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative (AII), held on 27 June 2025 in Ancona, Italy, an important milestone in advancing regional cooperation across the Adriatic-Ionian Region.
The CEI has recently contributed to advancing maritime environmental governance in the Adriatic through a regional workshop held in Kotor, Montenegro on 25 June 2025.