News
Fri, 24/01/2014
The multimedia exhibition of the ADRIA A Project was opened on 20 January, 2014 at the city hall of Trieste. A touch-screen installation - illustrating a proposal for a cross-border light rail transport service - gives visitors the chance to see the lines, stops and pathways meant to link ports, airports, train stations and cities from Ferrara in Italy to Ljubljana in Slovenia through a single metropolitan transport network. A video on ADRIA A and information on its activities are also available.
Fri, 24/01/2014
A new three-year agreement between the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the CEI-ES was signed for the Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) AUSTRIA on the occasion of the CNC Meeting in Vienna on 23 January 2014.
Fri, 24/01/2014
The first meeting of the Committee of National Coordinators (CNC) under the Austrian CEI Presidency 2014 took place in Vienna on 23 January.
Austria presented its priorities and programme of events during 2014, in particular the high-level events such as the Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs (MFA Meeting), the Meeting of the Heads of Government (CEI Summit), the Meeting of the Political Directors of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of CEI Member States (PoD Meeting) and the meetings of the Committee of National Coordinators.
Austria presented its priorities and programme of events during 2014, in particular the high-level events such as the Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs (MFA Meeting), the Meeting of the Heads of Government (CEI Summit), the Meeting of the Political Directors of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of CEI Member States (PoD Meeting) and the meetings of the Committee of National Coordinators.
Thu, 23/01/2014
The young Hungarian director Eszter Haidú is the winner of the CEI Prize (3.000 EUR) assigned in the framework of the 25th Trieste Film Festival. Her documentary “Judgment in Hungary”, presented at the Festival as Italian premiere, is about the trial of a group of Hungarian rightwing extremists who in 2008 and 2009 committed a series of attacks on random members of the Roma community. Six people were killed, including a five-year-old, and another five were injured. The film is a classical courtroom-drama taking place in a small and claustrophobic court room in Budapest.
Mon, 13/01/2014
On 10 January, 2014, Sen. Stefania Giannini - newly elected Head of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation to the CEI Parliamentary Assembly - visited the CEI headquarters to start up a new active phase of the Parliamentary Dimension of the Organisation.
Thu, 09/01/2014
On 12 December 2013, the new CEI Plan of Action (PoA) was formally approved by the CEI Heads of Government. The document, in force as of 1 January 2014, provides the CEI with a focused and project-oriented roadmap for the tri-annual period 2014-2016.
Elaborated by the CEI Member States, in cooperation with the CEI Secretariat and the CEI Networks of Focal Points, the CEI PoA is conceived as a flexible and dynamic tool able to quickly adapt to the evolving European landscape.
Elaborated by the CEI Member States, in cooperation with the CEI Secretariat and the CEI Networks of Focal Points, the CEI PoA is conceived as a flexible and dynamic tool able to quickly adapt to the evolving European landscape.
Wed, 08/01/2014
The last meeting of the Committee of National Coordinators (CNC) under the Hungarian CEI Presidency 2013 was held in Budapest on 16 December 2013. On that occasion, the participants took stock of the numerous activities and events, which organised both by the Presidency and the CEI Secretariat throughout the year.
Fri, 13/12/2013
The Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (C-ERIC) - a Project led by Synchrotron aimed at facilitating access of Scientific Communities of CEI Member States to the Synchrotron Radiation Laboratories (Elettra) and to the Free Electron Laser Laboratories (Fermi) - will be based in Trieste.
Thu, 05/12/2013
The 6th Steering Committee meeting of the project “Improving cooperation in South East Europe by actions for strengthening of the RCC” (SRC SEE) was held in Brussels on 2 December, 2013.
Thu, 05/12/2013
The 5th meeting of the project “Rail Hub Cities for South East Europe” (Rail4SEE), held in Ljubljana on 4 December, 2013, was organised by the Regional Development Agency of Ljubljana.
The Lead Partner and Work Package leaders presented the overall status of activities, project criticalities, the upcoming semester plans and finally the in-depth analysis and planning of outputs to be produced within the project’s final activity year.
The Lead Partner and Work Package leaders presented the overall status of activities, project criticalities, the upcoming semester plans and finally the in-depth analysis and planning of outputs to be produced within the project’s final activity year.
Wed, 27/11/2013
This year’s Human Resources Development Forum held in Prague on 22 November, 2013 gathered experts from Ministries of Education, universities and/or other specific organisations from Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovankia and Ukraine.
Mon, 25/11/2013
The Steering Committee Meeting and the Innovation Fair of the project WIDER (“Green growing of SMEs: Innovation and development in the energy sector in MED area”) took place in Barcelona (Spain) on 18-20 November 2013, on the premises of ACCIÓ (project partner). Ten project partners gathered to discuss the ongoing and planned activities of the project including the first WIDER Innovation Fair.
Thu, 14/11/2013
The Ministerial Conference of the ACROSSEE project (Accessibility improved at border crossings for the integration of South East Europe), entitled “Institutional coordination for overcoming the crisis: investments and horizontal measures to increase the development of the SEE region”, was organised on 12 November 2013 by the Central European Initiative, in cooperation with the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.
Wed, 13/11/2013
On 12 November, 2013 the Transport Ministerial Conference in Trieste was organised within the framework of the EU-funded project ATTAC (Attractive Urban Public Transport for Accessible Cities) by the Central European Initiative in cooperation with Miskolc Holding, the project lead partner.
Fri, 08/11/2013
The development and investment plans related to renewable energy sources in Belarus were presented during a press conference held on 6 November within the framework of the International Fair “Ecomondo” . Specialised journalists and potential investors attending the event had the opportunity to meet the representatives of BREA, the Belarusian Renewable Energy Association.
Thu, 31/10/2013
Ministers for Science and Technology, State Secretaries, Deputy Ministers and High officials from the 18 Member States of the Central European Initiative, as well as representatives of the European Commission, gathered in Trieste on 29 October 2013 at the Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology.
Thu, 31/10/2013
This year’s CEI Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs entitled “The Mission of the CEI on the Eve of its 25th Anniversary”, was held under the Hungarian Presidency on 31 October in Gödöllő (Hungary). Chaired by Mr. János Martonyi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hungary, it was attended by his colleagues from nine countries, i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Fri, 25/10/2013
Exchange of information and good practices on sustainable mobility in tourism areas was on top of the agenda of the 'Seemore Central European Transfer Seminar', on 24 October 2013 at the CEI headquarters in Trieste.
Local and regional authorities in charge of tourism and mobility attended the seminar, from 12 touristic areas in six European countries: Trieste, Grado and Lignano in Italy; Porec, Pula and Dubrovnik in Croatia; Koper and Bled in Slovenia; the Balaton region in Hungary; the Belgrade region in Serbia; Kotor in Montenegro.
Local and regional authorities in charge of tourism and mobility attended the seminar, from 12 touristic areas in six European countries: Trieste, Grado and Lignano in Italy; Porec, Pula and Dubrovnik in Croatia; Koper and Bled in Slovenia; the Balaton region in Hungary; the Belgrade region in Serbia; Kotor in Montenegro.
Thu, 24/10/2013
''Sustainable Energy Development in South East Europe'', was the title of the conference held on 18 October 2013 in Belgrade and organised by Business Info Group under the auspices of the Serbian Ministry of Energy , Development and Environmental Protection.
Wed, 23/10/2013
On 17 October, 2013 Serbian Minister for Education, Science and Technological Development, Tomislav Jovanović, and his Assistant Minister, Radomir Žikić, met in Belgrade with Mr. Giorgio Rosso Cicogna, Special Advisor to CEI Secretary General.
Discussions focused on the activities of the Central European Initiative and on Serbia’s position with regard to regional cooperation in the field of Science and Technology, especially in view of the upcoming Meeting of the CEI Ministers for Science and Technology, on 29 October in Trieste.
Discussions focused on the activities of the Central European Initiative and on Serbia’s position with regard to regional cooperation in the field of Science and Technology, especially in view of the upcoming Meeting of the CEI Ministers for Science and Technology, on 29 October in Trieste.