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The Digital Health Europe Summit 2021, a three-day event starting on 28 September, was organised for inspiring and forward-looking debates, starting from the results of the HORIZON 2020 project Digital Health Europe (DHE).

Tourism is a way to help open up the beauty of Albania both to its own citizens and worldwide; it brings about many opportunities to the local economy: additional income, more business, and new jobs.

The research found that changes in mobility behaviour patterns have negatively affected the business operations of public transport operators in all of the analysed cities and will almost certainly continue to negatively affect them.

The 2021 edition of the Summer Seminar for Young Public Policy Professionals focused on “Exploring Post-Covid Recovery Scenarios for Central and South-Eastern Europe” was held in Varna, Bulgaria, on 6-10 September. 

Secretary General Roberto Antonione has recently participated in the 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe to discuss economic, social- and health-related issues and devise future directions for concerted global action.
"We believe that supporting the translation and circulation of literary works could encourage mutual understanding and good neighbourly relations, in line with the CEI mission of promoting intercultural dialogue and preserving cultural diversity", declared CEI Deputy Secretary General, Nina Kodelja.
In the context of the SUSTOURISMO project, the CEI-Executive Secretariat is happy to announce the launch of a new pilot activity in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region which will be running from 23/07/2021 to 03/10/2021.

The CEI co-funded 93rd International Session of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) was concluded on Sunday, 10 July. This first hybrid session was held at the College of Europe (Natolin Campus) and brought together decision-makers, representatives from NGOs, institutions, and young people to discuss the future of Europe.

In the framework of the TAAFE -Towards an Alpine Age-Friendly Environment project, the Central European Initiative Executive Secretariat participated in the virtual Transnational Conference on June 16th, aimed at promoting age-friendly environments to national and international stakeholders in the Alpine Space and discuss the chal

Public and private institutions registered in a CEI Member State, as well as international and regional organisations, are invited to apply to the CEI Cooperation Fund for innovative actions favouring mobility and networking.

We need constructive dialogue, solidarity and re-engagement to address the challenges and the European perspective of the region.

The Parliamentary Committee of the CEI Parliamentary Dimension met on 15 June for an online meeting under the title “Promotion of equality and solidarity mechanisms in health care”.

The CEI-funded forum organised by the cluster of health, wellness and tourism this year took place in a hybrid mode (in Belgrade and online) on 15 April.

The CEI has recently participated in the WHO-led ministerial and expert subregional meeting on health and well-being in the Western Balkans.

The six-month project funded through the CEI Extraordinary Call launched in response to the COVID-19, aimed at facilitating and adjusting telemedicine in 5 care centres in Moldova.

The second meeting of the Committee of National Coordinators (CNC) under the CEI Montenegrin Presidency 2021 was virtually held on 27 May. The gathering witnessed the participation of representatives of the European Commission and of the European Parliament in order to explore possible avenues for cooperation. 

The best ideas submitted by the schools in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Italy) and the City of Trieste under the first edition of Call for Ideas ‘Active young citizen for sustainable development in CEI and AII areas' were officially announced during the award ceremony in Trieste on 24 May. 
The three winning schools in Albania, Croatia and Hungary were officially announced at the award ceremony at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) on 19 May.

The second of the three conferences under the CEI post-Covid Economic Recovery Dialogue Forum was successfully held on 29 April. The event was organised by the CEI-Executive Secretariat in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).

We are glad to announce the Call for Proposals for the CEI Know‐how Exchange Programme (KEP), a development instrument aimed at supporting the transfer of expertise from organisations in the EU to peers in the non‐EU countries within the CEI region.
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