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Fri, 04/12/2020

Disability e-learning platform supports people with intellectual disabilities in Albania

With the COVID-19 Extraordinary Call the CEI-Executive Secretariat has enabled the Albanian NGO Help the Life Association (Ndihmoni Jeten) to implement the project “Disability E-learning Platform (DEP)”.
Cooperation fund
COVID-19 Extraordinary Call
Economic growth
Thu, 03/12/2020

ADRIPASS Final Conference: strategies and tools to reduce cross-border obstacles

After three years of successful implementation, the partnership of the ADRIPASS project (Integrating multimodal connections in the Adriatic Ionian Region), funded under the INTERREG ADRION Programme and led by the Central European Initiative - Executive Secretariat, virtually gathered on 2 December for their final conference.
ADRIPASS
EU projects
Environmental protection
Tue, 01/12/2020

Opportunities and challenges of sustainable mobility for EU tourism discussed at 1st webinar of SUSTOURISMO project

On 26 November, around fifty participants joined the 1st Webinar of the EU project SUSTOURISMO funded by the Interreg ADRION programme organised by the Central European Initiative – Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) to get closer to the tourism-sector-related stakeholders.
EU projects
SUSTOURISMO
Economic growth
Tue, 01/12/2020

Active participation in BLUE_BOOST Final Conference

On 27 November the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) actively participated in the virtual final conference of the BLUE_BOOST project, entitled Boosting the innovation potential of Blue Economy.
blue_boost
EU projects
Economic growth
Tue, 01/12/2020

From local stores to e-commerce: MSMEs in North Macedonia step up their game

The North Macedonian association of businesses and consultancies Kreacija has been able to level up the digital capacities of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country thanks to the financial support granted through the CEI COVID-19 Extraordinary Call. 
COVID-19 Extraordinary Call
Cooperation fund
Economic growth
Fri, 27/11/2020

CEI Fund at the EBRD supports technical cooperation for energy, transport and capacity building in Western Balkans

With a total contribution of EUR 470,000, the CEI Fund at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has enabled the implementation of four Technical Cooperation Projects in the Western Balkans in the areas of energy, transport and capacity building.

technical cooperation
EBRD
Wed, 25/11/2020

Pandemic fatigue: new approaches needed to respond to the challenges faced by people across region

The CEI-WHO Task Force converged virtually today to discuss ways the pandemic fatigue might be affecting the COVID-19 response among citizens in the CEI region.

CEI-WHO Task Force
Health
Presidency
Wed, 25/11/2020

UNGA adopts resolution on cooperation between United Nations and Central European Initiative

On 23 November 2020 the UN General Assembly, recalling its resolution 66/111 of 9 December 2011, by which it granted observer status to the CEI, adopted the resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Central European Initiative”.
Fri, 20/11/2020

Stronger distance learning solutions in Belarus

The CEI’s funding granted within the framework of the Covid-19 Extraordinary Call has empowered SCHOOLS.BY to strengthen their online service promoting distance learning in Belarus. In particular, the support has enabled them to develop additional tools in their transition to distance learning.
COVID-19 Extraordinary Call
Cooperation fund
Intercultural cooperation
Wed, 18/11/2020

Results of 1st COME-IN Label Call!

Congratulations to 11 museums from Austria, Bangladesh, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, and Slovenia on receiving the COME-IN LABEL for their efforts in making their structures and exhibitions more accessible for all.
COME-IN
EU projects
Economic growth
Wed, 18/11/2020

CEI joins Working Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture from South-Eastern Europe

The Ministers of Agriculture from South-Eastern Europe organised by Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and the Regional Development Standing Working Group (SWG), virtually gathered for their 14th Annual Working Meeting on 17 November.  
Tue, 17/11/2020

Largest film festival in Central and Eastern Europe successfully held online

Despite the global restrictions caused by COVID-19, the CEI-supported Festival Identity 2020 workshop held in the framework of the 24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival on 29-30 October had a very positive turnout.
Mon, 16/11/2020

CEI-funded project strengthens capacities of frontline healthcare workers in South-Eastern Europe

The South-Eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) Secretariat, a beneficiary of the CEI COVID-19 Extraordinary Call for Proposals, has unrolled the project “Strong nurses for strong health systems and a healthier world”, a Know-how Exchange Programme activity funded under the CEI Fund at the EBRD. Its first regional webinar “Primary Healthcare as main gatekeeper and crucial systemic element in the COVID-19 containment”, took place on 26 October 2020.
COVID-19 Extraordinary Call
KEP
Health
Thu, 12/11/2020

SETAN Webinar “Social enterprises and COVID-19”: a forefront role in case of emergency

Participants from 14 countries gathered on 10 November to discuss how to strengthen social enterprises’ vision and role by improving knowledge and raising awareness on vital issues in the time of COVID-19.
SETAN
EU projects
Wed, 11/11/2020

CEI-WHO TF on balancing delivery of essential healthcare services

How to ensure essential healthcare services whilst responding to the COVID-19 emergency was the focus of today’s webinar, organised with WHO Europe in the context of the CEI-WHO Task Force, dedicated to a dual-track primary healthcare response to the pandemic.

CEI-WHO Task Force
Health
Good Governance
Tue, 03/11/2020

​​​​​​​CEI-supported pilot event on anti-corruption and good governance highlights challenges in Western Balkans

The Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI) anti-corruption initiative held a webinar presenting the State Capture Assessment Diagnostics (SCAD) tool on 30 October 2020 as part of the CEI KEP project “Capacity Building for Implementing Innovative EU Monitoring Tools for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption” funded under the CEI Fund at the EBRD.
KEP
Just Societies
Health and Social Innovation
Wed, 28/10/2020

Testing strategies and capacities on top of CEI-WHO Task Force agenda

In light of the growing number of infected cases and spread of the pandemic, the CEI-WHO designated Task Force (TF) in response to COVID-19 met on 28 October to discuss testing capacities, instruments and solutions adopted in the CEI Member States.
CEI-WHO Task Force
Wed, 28/10/2020

CEI and OGS converge to step up actions called for in “Trieste Declaration on Science”

38 representatives from 11 different countries virtually met at a conference today aimed at pinpointing new opportunities for scientific collaboration in the field of solid earth science between and among Central and South-Eastern European countries.

Tue, 27/10/2020

CEI-supported key media event SEEMF 2020 successfully held in a hybrid format

The limitations brought by the global pandemic did not break the spirit of the annual South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF), which took place in a new and hybrid format on 22 October 2020.

Good Governance
Sun, 25/10/2020

Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) continues to support Junior Anti-Corruption Practitioners from South-Eastern Europe

This year’s online Summer School of the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) maintained its tradition of partnering with national authorities from the RAI Member States and international organisations.
Just Societies
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