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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.
On 15–16 April 2025, the Central European Rural Tourism Forum (CERT Forum) was held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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 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.
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
On 29 March 2025, the international conference "The Potential of Cargo Bikes to Transform Last-Mile Delivery" was held at the Destil Creative Hub in Tirana, Albania. The event brought together policymakers, urban planners, logistics experts and civil society representatives from CEI countries and the Western Balkans.
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.
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.