The Central European Initiative (CEI) held its annual Steering Committee meeting on Friday 27 April 2012, at the Headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London.
The top priority of the meeting, gathering CEI National Coordinators and representatives from the CEI countries at the EBRD Board of Directors, was to approve the budget of the CEI Fund at the EBRD for 2012. Mr Guido Paolucci, Programme Manager of the Office for the CEI Fund at the EBRD, presented the Annual Report outlining the projects and activities supported by the Fund during 2011. The presentation was concluded with the Fund’s financial report for the previous year, and the proposal of the 2012 budget, approved by the Committee. This budget included more than 2 million EUR dedicated to Technical Cooperation (TC) and the Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP), the CEI Fund’s operational programmes, through which it supports transition countries – ODA eligible CEI Member States – in the process of integration with the European Union.
