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On 19–20 February 2026, Deputy Secretary General Zsuzsanna Király participated in the qAID Final Conference, held at the University of Trento.
On 18 February 2026, the CEI – Executive Secretariat welcomed a group of Erasmus+ students currently completing their exchange programme at the University of Trieste.
On 13 February 2026, the CEI – Executive Secretariat participated in the international conference Dream Job Navigator – Visegrad Edition, held at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava and organised by School To Go with the support of the International Visegrad Fund.
On 18 February 2026, GRETA partners convened in Bologna for the project's concluding conference to present the outcomes achieved over a three-year period of regional collaboration. The event was organised in the framework of the Urban Mobility and Logistics Conference held in Bologna, Italy.
On 17 February 2026, Deputy Secretary General Ivana Pejović paid a visit to the Secretary General of the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) Albert Hani on Sarajevo to further strengthen cooperation between the two regional organisations.
On 16 February 2026, the CEI - Executive Secretariat - a longstanding partner of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) - took part in the event marking the Organisations’s 18th anniversary in Sarajevo,
On 13 February, the PROCAREFUL partners joined forces in Treviso (Italy) to share the outcomes of the hybrid care approach and related strategies developed over the past three years of project implementation.
On 10 February 2026, the Consuls of CEI Member States based in Trieste - representing the Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia - gathered at the Headquarters to exchange views on the Organisation’s ongoing activities, regional cooperation priorities and preparations for the upcoming 30th anniversary of the CEI - Executive
The CEI – Executive Secretariat expresses its deep sorrow at the passing of Ambassador Fabio Pigliapoco, who served the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII) both as former Secretary General of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative and later as Head of its Permanent Secretariat.
The CEI is pleased to announce its participation in the Erasmus+ Traineeship Programme, offering traineeship opportunities for young people from the CEI region to gain professional experience in the field of international and regional cooperation.
On 5 February, 2026, the SOSPHERE project officially launched its activities with a kick-off meeting held at the premises of the CEI - Executive Secretariat.
The Office for the CEI Fund at the EBRD has announced the approval of six Technical Cooperation (TC) projects financed by Italy through the Fund.
On 4 February 2026, updated results of ASAP – Adriatic Sensitive Areas Protection mechanism - a project funded by the Interreg IPA ADRION Programme and led by the Executive Secretariat of the Central European Initiative (CEI-ES) - were presented today in Trieste.
On 29 January 2026, Vadym Boychenko, Head of the Mariupol City Military Administration, paid an official visit to the CEI-Executive Secretariat, underscoring the Organisation’s long-standing commitment to Ukraine.
On 27 January, the CEI organised and hosted a workshop on improving environmental conditions in and around Mediterranean ports in Piraeus, Greece. The event was held within the framework of the TREASURE project, which is funded under the Interreg Euro-MED Programme.
Rome, 19–23 January 2026.Regional cooperation among parliaments in South-Eastern and Eastern Europe continues to grow under the Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) project, funded by Italy through the CEI Fund of the EBRD and implemented by the
The CEI Award was presented at the Trieste Film Festival, Italy’s leading event dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema, taking place in Trieste from 16 t
On 21 January 2026 CEI Secretary General Franco Dal Mas hosted at the Executive Secretariat an Italian delegation engaged in the preparatory phase of the “Falcone–Borsellino Programme for the Central European Initiative”, an activity aimed at strengthening the rule of law and combating corruption and organised crime across the CEI region.
The Office for the CEI Fund at the EBRD has announced the results of the 2025 Call for Proposals under the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP).
The Networking and Capacity-Building Conference "Improving Media Education: Networking with EU Schools of Journalism" was held in Skopje, North Macedonia, on 16–17 December 2025. The event brought together media professionals, journalism schools, civil society representatives, EU experts and students to strengthen cooperation and capacities in media education.