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On 20 November, 2024, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CEI Member States convened in Tirana for their Annual Meeting. The gathering was held back to back with the last Committee of National Coordinators Meeting for 2024 under the Albanian Presidency.
On 14 November in Vlora, the Albanian CEI Presidency, in cooperation with the CEI-Executive Secretariat and the Transport Community Secretariat, organised the Expert Panel “Enhancing cross-border connectivity in the CEI region exploiting sustainable transport solutions”.
On 12-14 November 2024, public health authorities from the Western Balkans, relevant WHO representatives from technical teams and country/field offices, CEI representatives, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia health authorities and invited experts, gathered in Trieste for the 4th Western Balkans Inter-country/area meeting titled “Strengthening primary health care models to manage complex c
On 31 October 2024, the CEI-Executive Secretariat participated in the International Workshop Internationalization in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities, organised in Tirana. The workshop aimed to explore the strategies for future collaboration in Higher Education.
Under the title “A dream without borders", this year’s Forum held celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Association Mitteleuropa, a CEI long-standing partner promoting every year a debate o
In the framework of the Albanian CEI Presidency, the Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation in Albania, in cooperation with the Executive Secretariat of the CEI, organised in Tirana, on 23 October 2024, the International Workshop: "Digitization, Access, and Protection in the Cultural Heritage Sector".
Thanks to the CEI’s recent achievement of the Observer status within the Council of Europe’s intergovernmental committees on youth, namely the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and Joint Council on Youth (CMJ), for the first time the CEI participated in the meetings of the aforementioned CoE youth statutory bodies.
On 18 October 2024, the CEI-Executive Secretariat participated in the high-level Balkan Economic Forum in Zagreb, Croatia. The event - held under the auspices of and co-financed by the CEI as its flagship event for 2024 - gathered academics, students, media and other figures of the public and private sectors.
The symposium “Science @ CERIC 2024 - Celebrating 10 Years of Scientific Excellence” was successfully held in Lecce on 16-17 October.
The GreenPATH project Steering Committee convened from 14 -16 October at the EUREF Campus in Berlin, a reference site and a symbol of the shift to renewable energy and sustainable mobility in Germany.
On 15 -16 October in Valencia, the CEI-Executive Secretariat attended the second project meeting of the TREASURE project, organised in Valencia by the Fundacion Valenciaport.
The CEI has recently achieved a significant milestone by being granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.
The inaugural concert of this CEMAN Orchestra's 2024 tour took place in Trieste on 2 October, marking the beginning of a series of musical events in several CEI Member States until 9 October.
The Blue Danube Film Festival is a film festival, which showcases independent films from the Danube region.