News
Thu, 23/04/2015
The current efforts in the region aimed at reinforcing connectivity and the transport system within the overall EU enlargement strategy were the focus of an international conference jointly organised by the CEI and the European Commission – Directorate General European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). The event, held in Trieste on 21 April, also focused on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), which provides financial and technical support to the candidate countries and potential candidates in the Western Balkans.
Tue, 21/04/2015
The Annual Report 2014 of the CEI Fund at the EBRD was presented during the CEI Steering Committee Meeting at the EBRD Headquarters in London on 17 April 2015.
Mon, 20/04/2015
The CEI Steering Committee (SC) and the CEI Committee of National Coordinators (CNC) met on 17 April 2015 at the Headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London.
The SC meeting, gathering the CEI National Coordinators and representatives from the CEI countries at the EBRD Board of Directors, focused on the recent developments in CEI-EBRD cooperation.
The SC meeting, gathering the CEI National Coordinators and representatives from the CEI countries at the EBRD Board of Directors, focused on the recent developments in CEI-EBRD cooperation.
Wed, 15/04/2015
The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in special partnership with the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), have opened the Call for Applications 2015 of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism. The Call is divided into two categories: “Professional journalists” (4.000 EUR) and “Young professional journalists” (1.000 EUR).
Mon, 13/04/2015
33 participants from 25 organisations from 11 CEI Countries (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia) gathered in Klagenfurt on 8-10 April to attend the first Danube:Future international workshop. Rectors from the Universities of Cluj-Napoca, Prague, Krems and Trieste were also invited to the event.
Mon, 13/04/2015
Key stakeholders who joined projects under the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013 gathered in Trieste, on 31 March 2015, to attend the capitalisation event for transport-related projects.
Tue, 31/03/2015
The CEI is glad to announce a new Call for Proposals for the CEI Know‐How Exchange Programme (KEP) ‐ AUSTRIA. The projects will be co‐financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation through an agreement between the CEI and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).
Fri, 27/03/2015
More than a hundred participants from CEI countries included in the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) participated in the third Workshop for Networking and Cluster Development in Danube Region, held on March 10-11, 2015 in Vukovar, Croatia.
Fri, 20/03/2015
A two-week study visit (3 - 17 March 2015) took place in Albania in the Shkodra, Malesi e Madhe and Puke Districts (Shkodra Region), in the framework of the one-year KEP AUSTRIA project for the development of a “New micro-credit scheme to women empowerment”. The Project is co-financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation with around 50.000 EUR.
Fri, 20/03/2015
Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State as well as international and regional organisations are invited to apply to the CEI Cooperation Fund for innovative actions favouring mobility and networking. Proposals need to focus on capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, in particular from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States. The activities can take the form of conferences, seminars, workshops, and training activities.
Tue, 17/03/2015
In order to comply with the European rules on public procurement, the CEI Secretariat – Office for EU projects has established a list of economic operators for the most convenient provision of goods and services.
Tue, 17/03/2015
The Central European Initiative (CEI), in compliance with the “General Procurement Notice” of 31 July 2014 is drawing up a list of experts in order to meet the specific needs in the field of European affairs of availing itself with professional and technical knowledge in this sector.
Tue, 03/03/2015
The Central European Initiative is pleased to announce that the next Calls for Proposals within the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) will be launched this spring as follows:
- KEP AUSTRIA: planned to be launched the last week of March, with a closing date in early June. The indicative budget for this call is 170,000 EUR.
Tue, 03/03/2015
The Central European Initiative (CEI) and OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale) signed a Protocol for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, on Friday 27 February 2015.
Tue, 24/02/2015
Eighteen women from Foca, Srebrenica and Bratunac participated in a two-day training on power and economic leadership from 31 January to 1 February 2015 in the framework of the project “Smallholders Farmers’ Access to Markets in Eastern and Northern Bosnia-Herzegovina and Northern Albania” . The event focused on exploring the concept of power amongst women from different backgrounds, including entrepreneurs, farmers, civil society members and representatives from local communities.
Mon, 23/02/2015
''The CEI is a valuable tool which has grown over time, adapting to new developments and today has new potential". This is what the Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC), Michele Valensise, told ANSA News Agency during his visit in Trieste on 20 February. Valensise also highlighted the new challenges ahead, especially in relation to the EU macro-regional strategies. He underlined the need for promoting closer relations between the CEI and the Adriatic Ionian Initiative, in a spirit of complementarity.
Mon, 16/02/2015
The CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence is an award aimed at encouraging cross-border cooperation and promotion in the field of literature for young writers from non-EU CEI countries (Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine). The winner will receive a cash award of 5,000 EUR for a three-month residence in any CEI Member State of the candidate’s choice. During this period, the selected author will work on the literary project he or she proposed in his/her application.
Fri, 13/02/2015
The principles and tools of public participation in budgeting process were the topics of dicussions at the two seminars on “Public Participation in Budgeting Process on Local Level” held in Cherkassy city on January 20-21 and in Vinnitsa city on January 22-23, 2015.
The seminars were organised in the framework of the Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation PAUCI Project entitled "Performance budgets in Cherkasy and Vinnitsa - support for good governance and financial transparency of local governments in Ukraine".
The seminars were organised in the framework of the Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation PAUCI Project entitled "Performance budgets in Cherkasy and Vinnitsa - support for good governance and financial transparency of local governments in Ukraine".
Fri, 13/02/2015
On 12 and 13 February, a meeting of bilateral (Austria, Germany, Italy and Sweden in particular) and multilateral donors, including the main IFIs supporting the SEE 2020 Strategy for Jobs and Growth, was organised in Sarajevo by the Regional Cooperation Council – RCC.
Thu, 12/02/2015
The CEI Cooperation Fund, financed by all Member States, supports small-scale projects mainly taking the form of seminars, workshops, short training courses or other kinds of events. Within the Call for Proposals 2014 the CEI is co-funding 59 projects with an overall approved amount of 466.350,00 EUR and an average grant per project of around 7900 EUR. All of the activities will be implemented in 2015 in the CEI region.