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The Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI), together with the National Institute for Justice, organised the 17th edition of the Summer School for Junior Anti-corruption Practitioners from Southeast Europe. The event, co-financed through the CEI Cooperation Fund - endorsed by the Bulgarian CEI Presidency - took place on 4-8 July in Sofia

After almost two years of virtual meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, on 12-13 July  the Consortium of the project SUSTOURISMO Sustainable Tourism & Mobility Hand-by-Hand development met in Berat (Albania) to discuss and evaluate the progress of project activities. Project partners presen

With his project “Surface Friendly Carrier System”, Oleg Vereshchagin from Ukraine is the winner of the CEI Award at the 14th International Design Contest “Trieste Contemporanea”.

5 projects for a total amount of around 1.1 million EUR have recently been approved under the Technical Cooperation Programme supported by the CEI Fund at the EBRD, financed by Italy.

The 3rd event of the cycle of seminars on Green and Digital Transition organised by C

On 7 July, the FORTIS Project partners gathered at the premisis of the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia (ARFVG) in Trieste for their final conference.

Ensuring effective procedural rights guarantees for suspects and accused persons is an essential element of cross-border judicial and police cooperation.

Over the last six months the ADRIPASS PLUS partners have collected relevant inputs and updated the previously delivered Transnational Strategy for the Improvement of Multimodal Transport in Adrion Area.

...a modern and environmentally-friendly transport system is essential to enhance countries’ trade, tourism, and overall competitiveness, as well as raise the quality of life in the region...(PoA 2021-23)

Project partners, relevant stakeholders, and all participants interested in modalities for improving sustainable passenger transport in the Adr

CEI-supported regional cooperation could make valuable contributions to the re-establishment process.

Analysing the implications of the Ukrainian war for financial cooperation and development as well as the role of the EU for enhancing security, stability and growth in the Pan-European region were the main debating topics of the recently online Trieste Inves

The project is part of the EBRD’s Green Cities  Programme aimed at supporting cities in identifying and planning priority projects that can help them become greener and more sustainable.
CEI DSG Nina Kodelja opened this 1st of a series of 8 gatherings attended by key players in the Italian maritime and transport system of Trieste and Venice.

On 14 June, a delegation from the CEI-Executive Secretariat headed by Secretary General Roberto Antonione paid a visit to Zagreb to meet with the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenković and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Gordan Grlić Radman.

We are proud to announce that the CEI has become a Bronze Sponsor of the “Giuseppe Tartini 330” project in honour of the 330th anniversary of the birth of the renowned composer and violinist from Piran/Pirano (Slovenia).

Several speakers, starting from Alain Baron, European Commission, Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, underlined the importance of multimodal transport and in particular of rail connections with ports, as their main link to the hinterland.
Representatives of associations of local and regional authorities (LRAs) from the CEI Member States, Mayors and local leaders - among which the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water, Nikolay Sidzhimovas - had the chance to exchange views and make their voices heard on the topic "CEI Local and Regional Authorities in the post crisis Europe - prospects for sustainable and resilient future".
In her welcome address, DSG Nina Kodelja highlighted the importance the CEI attached to partnerships also in the field of health - a priority element included in the CEI Plan of Action 2021-2023. She mentioned the work carried out since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, recalling, in particular, the CEI-WHO Task Force in response to the COVID-19 emergency, and the political endorsement - at the level of the prime ministers - of the WHO roadmap for Health and well-being in Western Balkans, at the margins of the CEI Summit in December 2021. 
The thematisation of theatre as an effective and successful method for the social activation of vulnerable groups was the focus of the CEI-supported conference “Theatre Inclusion-Social Activation“ held on 1-3 June 2022 during the 57th Maribor Theatre Festival, the oldest and most prominent international theatre festival in Slovenia.
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