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Press freedom in a country does not only depend on the politics. Christian Spahr, head of the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung underlines this on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May. “Especially in South East Europe it is visible that deficits of media freedom do not necessary result out of direct pressure from the politics.” All media players bear responsibility for media freedom, Spahr said. The region takes only average positions in global rankings.
On 23 April 2013, the Ukraine Dairy Market Forum took place in Kiev to launch a policy dialogue between the EBRD, FAO, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, key market regulators and players aiming at improving the climate for investments in the dairy sector and bringing cooperation between the private and public sectors to a new level. The Forum is one of the activities of a technical assistance project worth €60.000 supported by the CEI Fund at the EBRD contributed by Italy.
Lászlo Kövér, Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly, opened the meeting of the CEI Parliamentary Dimension (PD), held in Budapest on 24 April 2013. The meeting was chaired by Richárd Hörcsik, President of the CEI PD and head of the Hungarian Delegation to the CEI PD.
The 6th Conference on Creativity and Innovation took place in Pula (Croatia) on 19-20 April 2013, organised by the Croatian Network for Development and Creativity (MRAK), with the intention to assign the annual awards for creativity and innovation.
Ms. Selma Prodanovic, Short Term Expert within the EU-supported project “Improving Cooperation in South-East Europe by Actions for Strengthening the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) “, led by the CEI, participated in the panel dedicated to Creative Industry Potentials and Creative Industry Clusters.
The CNC, chaired by the Hungarian Presidency represented by Ambassador Edit Batorfi, dealt with an intense agenda:
The new CEI Secretary General Amb. Giovanni Caracciolo di Vietri met Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi in Budapest on Tuesday, 9 April 2013.
The Adriatic Sea Forum is taking place in Trieste on 21-22 March 2013. It is the first major international event dedicated to maritime tourism on the Adriatic, gathering representatives from 7 countries, 25 regions and more than 150 destinations involved in the tourism development and tourism industry. The CEI, as a supporting organisation of the Forum, has promoted the meeting with central and regional authorities, in particular in the Eastern Adriatic area.
at the Department of Mathematics and Geosciences (DMG) at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP/ESP section) - have developed over the last decade a comprehensive and unique study about macroseismic data of the Vrancea region in Romania. The strongest earthquakes occurring in the region since 1940 have been examined and mapped.
On the occasion of the Meeting of the European Association of Public Service Media in Southeast Europe (EAPSM), held on 8 March in Ljubljana, at the premises of RTV Slovenia, the CEI had the opportunity to present a documentary film of three episodes entitled “How do I see my neighbour?”. The documentary was produced by young directors from nine national broadcasters from the region with the aim to stimulate understanding and dialogue, reconciliation and good neighbourly relations.
Among 93 submitted proposals, three new projects were approved on 4 March 2013 under the KEP AUSTRIA Call for Proposals 2013 (closing date: 28 December 2012).
The Hungarian Minister of State for Infrastructure Mr. Pál Völner received in Budapest the Acting Secretary General of Central European Initiative Mr. Giorgio Rosso Cicogna 20 February 2013 for an in depth consultation on the activities to be promoted by the Hungarian CEI Presidency in the field of transport. Most specifically the implementation of the European Strategy on the Corridors was reviewed.