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On 12 November, the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) attended the meeting of the EUSAIR Pillar 3 Thematic Steering Group on Environmental Quality, in order to present the results achieved so far with the NAMIRS and the newly approved ASAP proje

On 8 November 2024, the CEI-Executive Secretariat, in cooperation with the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and the Transport Community Permanent Secretariat, hosted the public event “Advancing regional integration through enhanced passenger rail services in the CEI region”.

On 31 October 2024, the CEI-Executive Secretariat participated in the International Workshop Internationalization in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities, organised in Tirana. The workshop aimed to explore the strategies for future collaboration in Higher Education.

In the framework of the Albanian CEI Presidency, the Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation in Albania, in cooperation with the Executive Secretariat of the CEI, organised in Tirana, on 23 October 2024, the International Workshop: "Digitization, Access, and Protection in the Cultural Heritage Sector".

On 18 October 2024, the CEI-Executive Secretariat participated in the high-level Balkan Economic Forum in Zagreb, Croatia. The event - held under the auspices of and co-financed by the CEI as its flagship event for 2024 - gathered academics, students, media and other figures of the public and private sectors.

The symposium “Science @ CERIC 2024 - Celebrating 10 Years of Scientific Excellence” was successfully held in Lecce on 16-17 October.

The GreenPATH project Steering Committee convened from 14 -16 October at the EUREF Campus in Berlin, a reference site and a symbol of the shift to renewable energy and sustainable mobility in Germany.

On 15 -16 October in Valencia, the CEI-Executive Secretariat attended the second project meeting of the TREASURE project, organised in Valencia by the Fundacion Valenciaport.

The 6th SEE Mosaics Meeting, a regional conference on mosaic heritage conservation, restoration and protection was held in Budapest, at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, on 8-11 October 2024 under the topic “Mosaics from 1900’s – Modern materials, new problems”.

The CEI has recently achieved a significant milestone by being granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.

On 10 October 2024, Sarajevo hosted the Workshop “Best Practices from EU Policies and Strategies to Achieve a Sustainable Blue Economy: What Path for Bosnia and Herzegovina?”, which underscored a strategic collaboration between TRUE BLUE and ASAP, two CEI projects.
The GRETA project (Greening Regional Freight Transport in Functional Urban Areas) successfully brought together experts from the logistics sector and from public authorities to discuss alternatives in the last-mile freight deliveries in urban areas at the event “Decarbonizing last mile deliveries in FUAS” hosted at the Green Logistics Expo in Padua on 9 October -  one of Italy’s most valuable forums for discussing sustainable logistics.

The inaugural concert of this CEMAN Orchestra's 2024 tour took place in Trieste on 2 October, marking the beginning of a series of musical events in several CEI Member States until 9 October.

The National Coordinators (CNC) of the CEI Member States convened in Trieste on 8 October 2024 for their 3rd meeting under the Albanian Presidency focused on institutional activities, project updates, and administrative matters critical to the CEI’s operations.

We are thrilled to announce that today marks the official start of the CEMAN Orchestra 2024 tour, a prestigious musical journey across several of the CEI Member States. The Inaugural performance taking place in Trieste, Italy, will set the stage for a series of concerts that will continue across the region until 9 October.

Parliamentary Delegations from the CEI Member States attended the Parliamentary Assembly meeting of the CEI Parliamentary Dimension held in Tirana on 1 October 2024 under the Albanian CEI Presidency.

The International Conference “Tourism in the Eastern and Southeastern Europe – New paths of development” was held in Tirana on 27 September 2024 in the framework of the Albanian CEI Presidency and the Chairmanship of the South-East European Cooperation Process - SEECP.

The European Youth Parliament (EYP) held its highly anticipated Presidents’ Summit 2024 in Kraków, Poland, from 19-22 September 2024. This pivotal event, supported by the CEI, brought together 35 youth leaders, including 19 Presidents of EYP National Committees, for an exchange of ideas, knowledge-sharing, and leadership development.

On 27 September in New York, the Foreign Ministers of CEI Member States gathered for their annual informal meeting, on the margins of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The meeting, under the Albanian CEI Presidency, held in the format of a working breakfast, was hosted by Albania’s Foreign Minister Igli Hasani.

Building on the success  of the NAMIRS project, a new project funded by the Interreg IPA Adrion Programme, ASAP  - the Adriatic Sensitive Areas Protection - Mechanism, was officially launched on 24 September 2024 at the CEI’s premises.

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