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Our Deputy Secretary General Yurii Mushka attended the Warsaw Security Forum (WSF) on 29–30 September 2025 as an institutional partner representative.
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.
On 24 september 2025 at the “Friends of the Balkans” meeting, convened by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, in the presence of the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, and the Foreign Ministers of the Group, Secretary General Franco Dal Mas addressed the gathering, reiterating the need to speed up the integra
Secretary General, Franco Dal Mas, is in New York on the occasion of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, where the CEI participates as an Observer.
On 17–19 September 2025, Deputy Secretary General Ivana Pejović participated in the regional workshop in Bar, Montenegro, organised by the South-Eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) Secretariat.
Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, today welcomed to the Executive Secretariat Kaush Arha, President of the Indo-Pacific Forum and President of the Advisory Board of the Trieste Summit Association, accompanied by Francesco Parisi, President of the Trieste Summit, and Alberto Pasino.
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).