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The final stop of the CEI-EBRD Roadshow in the Western Balkans took place in Tirana on 8 May 2025.

The international conference “Young music for a young Europe” was organised in the framework of the Palmanova International Music Competition on 4 May 2025.

The CEI, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) jointly presented in Skopje on 7 May 2025, the results and impact of operations supported by the CEI

The CEI - Executive Secretariat took part in the Italy-Croatia Business Forum held in Zagreb, on 6 May 2025 attended by Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani; Croatian Minister of Economy Ante Šušnjar and Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić-Radman.

On 6 May 2025, the CEI and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - presented in Belgrade the latest activities of the CEI Fund at the EBRD. 

As part of his ongoing round of political consultations with representatives of the CEI Member States, Secretary General. Hon. Franco Dal Mas, visited Ljubljana on 5 May, where he met with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon.

The CEI joins the many around the world mourning the loss of Pope Francis, an authoritative voice of our time, who, until the very end, bore witness to a pontificate committed to addressing imbalances and inequalities in the pursuit of justice and peace among peoples.

Last October the CEI was granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.

On 15 April 2025, the CEI Committee of National Coordinators gathered at the premises of the Serbian Mission to Brussels, under the Serbian CEI Presidency 2025.
Partners of the GreenPATH project, co-funded by the Interreg Central Europe Programme, convened in Trieste for the third Steering Committee meeting on 15–16 April 2025.

On 7-10 April in Trieste, the CEI-Executive Secretariat, in collaboration with AREA Science Park and with the financial support of the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG), organised a study visit for twenty-five local development practitioners from North Macedonia.

During an online institutional exchange on 10 april 2025, between the CEI Secretary General. On. Franco Dal Mas and WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, both parties reaffirmed their strong partnership, underscoring the importance of continued collaboration to promote health and well-being through regional cooperation.
We are glad to announce that our annual Call for Proposals of the CEI Cooperation Fund is open for applications!

On April 8-9 2025, partners of the Project GRETA  - Greening Regional Freight Transport in Functional Urban Areas met in Budapest to discuss the progress of the project, focusing on pilot activities carried out in Budapest (Hung

During an official visit to Zagreb, CEI Secretary General Hon. Franco Dal Mas, met with the Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Gordan Grlić-Radman.

The main results and conclusions included in the report “Connecting science and diplomacy in Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries” - elaborated by the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Trieste in cooperation with the CEI-Executive Secretariat - were presented at the “Workshop on Science Diplomacy Training”, an event organised by t

The CEI - Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) has supported once again this year's OberMUN titled "Diplomacy: Our path to peace". It is the Model United Nations simulation (MUN) that is annually organised by the Trieste-based high school Liceo Scientifico “Guglielmo Oberdan” involving students from various countries.
The Regional Policy Dialogue on Good Governance and Women’s Leadership in Southeast Europe brought together over 70 high-level participants from across the region and the EU, on 1 April 2025 in Sarajevo. The event was organised by the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) in partnership with the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and Women on Boards Adria (WOBA), with co-funding from the CEI, the America for Bulgaria Foundation, and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC).
The International Conference Equal Pay Day 2025, held in Prague on 25-26 March under the theme “Potential”, brought together some 1.800 participants and featured 30 speakers at the main conference, with a hundred of attendees at the second event, Empower Day.

The third and final Stakeholder's Roundtable, led by CEI - Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) within the framework of the SUSTANCE project, took place in Trieste on 3 April 2025. The event brought together representatives from the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the Municipality of Trieste, Trenitalia, and EGTC GO.

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