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The Horizon Europe-funded project RISE4UKRAINE officially kicked off in Brussels on 14 October, bringing together representatives of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) and project partners, including Ukrainian representatives participating both in person and online.
The UA NEXT project: Training Co-creators of Unity of Ukrainians in Bulgaria concluded on 16 July 2026 with a certificate award ceremony at the Embassy of Ukraine in Sofia.
On 25 June 2026, Secretary General Franco Dal Mas took part in the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 (URC 2026) in Gdańsk, Poland, the leading international conference dedicated to Ukraine's reconstruction, organised by the Governments of Ukraine and Poland.
Deputy Secretary General Yurii Mushka took part in the certificate awarding ceremony of the UA NEXT: Strengthening Dialogue and Local Engagement of Ukrainian Communities in CEI Countries project, held in Prague on 29 May 2026 at the Embassy of Ukraine, Czech Republic.
Curating, conservation and cultural memory debated at CEI Venice Forum for contemporary art curators
The University of Trieste and the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv concluded the final week of their joint capacity‑building project with the workshop Upheaval Ukraine: Rethinking Security in a Changing Europe” held in Gorizia from 23 to 27 February 2026.
The meeting of the CEI Committee of National Coordinators (CNC), held in Bucharest on 26 February 2026, officially marked the start of the Romanian CEI Presidency 2026.
CNC Meeting: Secretary General reiterates strength of Europe’s response in addressing war in Ukraine
During his opening remarks at the last Committee of National Coordinators’ meeting (CNC) under the Serbian Presidency in Belgrade on 25 November 2025 – held on the eve of the CEI Ministerial Meeting scheduled for tomorrow – Secretary General Franco Dal Mas addressed the Russian aggression against Ukraine:
The 19th South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF) was held in Chișinău, Moldova on 17-18 November 2025, bringing together around 100 leading figures from the media landscape, including editors-in-chief, media owners, CEOs, journalists, media experts, diplomats, policymakers, and academics.
Yesterday, the project 'Resilience and Preservation: Security, Migration and Cultural Heritage Protection in Ukraine” kicked off at the University of Trieste's Gorizia campus with the Italian–Ukrainian Students' Joint Workshop, “Upheaval in Ukraine: The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in the Ukraine Conflict”.
On 26 September 2025 Secretary General Franco Dal Mas concluded his week of activities on the margins of the 80th United Nations General Assembly with the Informal Meeting of the CEI Ministers of Foreign Affairs chaired by Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marko Đurić, under the Serbian CEI Presidency.
CEI Secretary General Hon. Franco Dal Mas, paid an official visit to Podgorica on 2 April, where he met with the Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, Ervin Ibrahimović.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending 10 million EUR to Ternopilelectrotrans, a municipal public transport operator in the city of Ternopil, an economic centre in western Ukraine.
Micro and Small Medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of Moldova’s economy.
On 13 February 2025, CEI Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, Juraj Blanár, in Bratislava to present the priorities of the CEI and discuss cooperation with Slovakia.