The CEI University Network General Assembly Meeting was hosted by the Adam Mickiewicz University - Centre for European Integration in Poznan on 3 June 2011.
The meeting was opened by Prof. Stefan Jurga – Director of the Centre for European Integration, who welcomed participants on behalf of the Polish Coordinating University together with Vice Rector Jacek Witkos and chaired by Prof. Lorenza Rega, on behalf of the Rector of the University of Trieste, Prof. Francesco Peroni.
Ms. Tania Pibernik, CEI Executive Officer, welcomed participants on behalf of CEI Secretary General, Amb. Gerhard Pfanzelter.
Representatives of the Executive Board and Coordinators of selected Joint Programmes had the chance to meet and exchange views on past and future activities.
Special focus was put on the results of the Call for proposals 2010: Participants reaffirmed that the CEI UniNet was a unique instrument for promoting cooperation across the CEI Region and that there was an ever increasing demand especially from non EU Member States. In this regard, they agreed on the fact that the funding issue was the main priority for the future and that efforts in elaborating “ad hoc” project proposals ought to be made in accordance with the selection criteria of EU Programmes. The next CEI UniNet call for proposals, to be launched in October, will be elaborated along these lines.
Next year’s Executive Board meeting will be held at the Odessa National Maritime University.
