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MEETING OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN INITIATIVE

OF THE CEIOF THE CEIOF THE CEIOF THE CEI----ES DIRECTOR GENERALES DIRECTOR GENERALES DIRECTOR GENERALES DIRECTOR GENERAL

TIRANA, 24 NOVEMBER 2006

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I. Overview .......................................................................................................................... 1 II. The CEI Secretariats: legal status and staff structure ............................................................ 2 III. CEI-ES Financial Report ................................................................................................... 3 IV. Report on the Use of the CEI Cooperation and Solidarity Funds.............................................. 3 V. Report on the Use of the CEI Fund at the EBRD..................................................................... 3 VI. Report on the Use of EU Funding........................................................................................ 4 VII. Future Outlook ............................................................................................................... 4 Annex 1. Structure and Staff of the CEI - Executive Secretariat .................................................. 6 Annex 2. CEI WG and TF meetings and Member States participation............................................ 8 Annex 3. Participation of the CEI-ES and PS staff members in CEI, CEI-sponsored and other international events in 2006 ..................................................................................................10 Annex 4. Provisional Financial Report of the CEI-ES..................................................................14 Annex 5. Report on the Approval of CEI Cooperation Activities and KEP Applications.....................15 Annex 6. Statistics on the use of the CEI Co-operation Fund and the Italian Trust Fund at the EBRD for financing CEI Co-operation Activities .........................................................................23 Annex 7. Report on the Use of the CEI Solidarity Fund .............................................................24 Annex 8. CEI Funding Unit – Financial Report .........................................................................26

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Annual Report1

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I. Overview2 In 2006, Albania held the CEI Presidency for the first time. The Government demonstrated a keen interest and commitment in using this opportunity for enhancing its regional status. The high level and expert meetings as well as other events organised in Albania during this year provided ample visibility to the CEI as one of the foremost regional actors and shifted the focus of CEI activities to a Member Country in Special Need, fully in line with the overall CEI strategy. Noteworthy among the events organised by the Albanian Presidency were the Meetings of Heads of Government, of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Economic Affairs and of Agriculture, the Summit Economic Forum, the Youth Forum, the Forum of Journalists, the Forum on Renewable Sources of Energy and the Tirana Transport Conference. In preparing and executing these events in their country, the Albanian authorities cooperated closely with the CEI Secretariats which, at the same time, carried on their tasks in other parts of the CEI Region in providing financial resources, expertise and logistical support to organisers during the entire period which was marked by a new record of project-related activities, by a growing number of applications for CEI funding (outpacing available resources by a ratio of 1 to 5) and - as a response to this new development - a systematic approach to the evaluation and selection process in order to ensure that the best applications would be taken into account. The salient aspects of the CEI activities in 2006 can be summarised as follows: � Since the last CEI Summit the CEI supported 94 Co-operation Activities with € 1,5 million, equal to 26,7%

of the budget of these projects amounting to € 5,4 million. � At the same time the CEI Trust Fund at EBRD contributed € 552.339 to Technical Co-operation Projects,

mainly intended to prepare the ground for subsequent bank loans. � The CEI University Network succeeded in stepping up its activities. It supported 8 Joint Programmes

providing 50 teaching grants and 130 scholarships to academics and students of the participating institutions of higher learning in 16 CEI Member States.

� The CEI Science & Technology Network extended its reach by opening up avenues of scientific co-operation within the so-called Secondary Network, i.e. research centres linked to the Trieste-based Lead Institutions. Within this Network, the second call for proposals under the title “From Research to Enterprise” was launched. From among 26 applicants from 10 CEI Member States three winners will be identified by a jury. The awards given to them will permit them to commercialise their scientific discoveries.

� A similar call for proposals was addressed to “Innovative SMEs”. It met with an excellent response. Out of 66 applications submitted by companies from 10 CEI Member States, 5 were selected as winners on the basis of a business plan detailing the way in which they planned to market their innovation.

� The CEI Funding Unit within the Executive Secretariat has achieved a remarkable insertion in EU-funded programmes. It is currently actively involved in 7 projects covering mainly areas of transport, spatial development, energy, SMEs and the Information Society. The total value of these projects is € 7,5 million of which € 0,7 million have been directly allocated to the CEI.

� The CEI Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) widened its outreach in 2006: It supported eight projects in the fields of agriculture, SMEs, tourism, cross border cooperation and human resource development whose total value amounted to around € 600.000 with about € 140.000.

� In 2006, the concept of CEI Feature Events and Activities has gained ground. These events carry the name of the CEI in their title, are usually recurring annually and they are institutionally and financially linked to the CEI Secretariats. Currently, ten activities qualify as CEI Feature Events. In selecting them, the CEI is giving preference to core issues within its Plan of Action. Not more than one Feature Event should be established in the same area.

� Co-operation with the CEI Business Dimension which had already been good in the past could be stepped up due to the establishment, at the CEI-ES, of a CECCI Liaison Office.

� In 2006, a new Plan of Action covering the years 2007 to 2009 was elaborated. It is organised around the three main areas of economic, human and institutional development and contains an annex on the instruments available for its implementation. In drawing up this Plan of Action special attention was paid to the CEI’s comparative advantage, cost efficiency, demand from Member States and feasibility. No additional areas were added in comparison with previous years. On the contrary, the new Plan of Action reflects efforts to avoid proliferation and, whenever possible, streamline the CEI activities.

1 The Annual Report is submitted to the Meeting of the Heads of Government by the Director General of the CEI-

Executive Secretariat, in accordance with the CEI Guidelines and Rules of Procedure, reading as follows: “The CEI-ES DG shall prepare an annual report on activities of the CEI-ES including financial aspects, which shall be subject to acceptance by the Meeting of the Heads of Government upon recommendation of the CNC”. (Art. 22)

2 This overview only contains some of the salient aspects of the CEI activities. A more comprehensive presentation is contained in the Implementation Report to the Plan of Action.

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II. The CEI Secretariats: legal status and staff structure The CEI Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES), established upon an offer of the Italian Government in Trieste in January 1996, is operating with the legal status of an international organisation, based on a Headquarters Agreement concluded between the Italian Government and the CEI Presidency3. The Agreement entered into force on 7 November 1997. In accordance with Art. I.1. of the Headquarters Agreement the seat of the CEI - Executive Secretariat in Trieste, via Genova 9, is made available to the CEI by the Italian Government through the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, free of charge and ties, under terms described in a Protocol4 concluded between the CEI - Executive Secretariat and the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia. The tasks assigned to the Executive Secretariat and to its Director General are described in the CEI Guidelines and Rules of Procedure in their latest revision. The staff structure of the CEI-ES was submitted by the Director General, in accordance with Art. 21 of the CEI Guidelines and Rules of Procedure, to the CNC meeting in Tirana (22-23 November 2006). The CNC, in conformity with Art. 17 of the Guidelines, approved the structure and staff of the CEI–Executive Secretariat, which is attached here-to as Annex 15. Min. Eugenio Campo, former Coordinator for Multilateral Affairs and Emergency Operations at the Directorate General for Development Cooperation at the MFA in Rome, was seconded to the CEI-ES as Deputy Director General as of 1 February. He took over the duties of Couns. Leonardo Baroncelli who was appointed Italian Ambassador to Kinshasa. At the same time, Min. Mykola Melenevskyi, was seconded by the Government of Ukraine to the CEI–ES as Deputy Director General following Minister Milan Predan from Slovenia who took up a new assignment in his country of origin. As of 9 January Ms. Lisa Luchita joined the CEI-ES as Assistant Secretary. Mr. Alessandro Lombardo joined the CEI-ES on 19 June. He took over the Evaluation Unit from Ms. Paola Plancher who went on maternity leave. The CEI-PS Executive Officer Ms. Lara Tassan Zanin was appointed Head of the Funding Unit on 1 May. She terminated her work with the CEI as of 30 September and took on a new position as Project Monitoring Officer at the European Investment Bank in Luxemburg. In her place, the CEI-ES Senior Executive Officer, Barbara Fabro, who returned from maternity leave, took charge of the Funding Unit. Moreover, in replacement of Ms. Izabela Gostisa, who went on maternity leave, Ms. Silvia Bolzan was brought in as a Project Consultant starting from 5 October 2006. Mr. Giovanni Gabassi left the CEI-Executive Secretariat on 30 September to continue his studies at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. His duties were assigned to various CEI staff members. As of 6 September 2006 Ms. Chiara Casarella reinforced the staff of the Funding Unit as Project Consultant. As of 1 May 2006, Ms. Ariola Shehaj, seconded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Albania, has taken up duties as Liaison Officer of the Central European Chambers of Commerce Initiative at the CEI-ES Headquarters. The Secretariat for CEI Projects continued to operate both from its Trieste and London offices, the latter inserted into the operational framework of the EBRD. This Secretariat, first established in 1991, owes its origin to two agreements between the CEI and the EBRD and the Italian Government and the EBRD, respectively6. As of 1 January Ms. Stefania Del Monte joined the CEI-PS as Programme Assistant in replacement of Ms. Cinzia Pica. On 31 August Ms. Ludmila Savova left the CEI-PS without replacement. For the preparation of the Summit Economic Forum short time contracts were given to Mr. Nikola Popović from Serbia and to Ms. Gaia Peracca from Italy.

3 “Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Italy and the Presidency of the Central European Initiative

(CEI) on the seat of the CEI-Centre for Information and Documentation in Trieste”, Italian Law 286/28.8.97 4 “Convenzione tra la Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia ed il Segretariato Esecutivo dell’Iniziativa Centro

Europea”, Trieste, 20 December 1999. 5 The structure and staff of the Secretariat for CEI Projects is also described within Annex 1 although it is not subject

to any approval by the Committee of CEI National Coordinators. 6 The “Secretariat Agreement” concluded between the CEI represented by the CEI Presidency (CNC Chairman-in-

Office) and the EBRD, 21 July 1998, defining the structure of the Secretariat (replacing the Agreement of 12 November 1991), and the “Fund Agreement” concluded between the Government of Italy and the EBRD on a CEI Fund, 14 April 1992, amended on 23 July 1997.

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III. CEI-ES Financial Report A Provisional Financial Report on the composition of revenues and expenditures of the CEI-ES is attached as Annex 4. Due to the contributions received from Italy on the basis of the Law n.142, the CEI could not only fully cover its costs related to its staff and operations of the Executive Secretariat but could again replenish the Solidarity Fund and the special accounts for the CEI University and Science & Technology Networks and for Economic Events. The amount allocated to the Funding Unit will be fully recovered once the pledged contributions from the European Commission will be transferred. The funds allocated to operational activities from the regular budget of the CEI-ES, fully provided by Italy (and excluding the contributions by other Member States to the various CEI Funds as well as the EU funding for project implementation), totalled 928.103 EUR and represented 66,5% of the CEI-ES revenues. The expenses for the Secretariat, including staff travel, up the end of October totalled 595.486 EUR. Taking into account the expenses until the end of the year a closing balance of around 170.000 EUR is expected. This surplus is required in order to finance the running costs of the Secretariat during the first months of 2006 until the new Italian contribution arrives.

IV. Report on the Use of the CEI Co-operation and Solidarity Funds

The CEI Co-operation Fund, which became operational in 2002 and has since contributed to the financing of 260 Co-operation Activities with 3,1 million EUR, has confirmed its usefulness in pursuing the CEI priorities. Thanks to the voluntary contribution of Italy, which again in 2006 doubled the amount of the resources available, 84 new projects were approved since the last CEI Summit (out of these 20 in 2005) and supported with 823.563 EUR. This CEI support constituted 17,3% of the total costs of these projects, which represented a total value of 4,8 million EUR (Annex 5). Statistics on the use of CEI Co-operation Fund and the Italian Trust Fund at the EBRD for financing CEI Co-operation Activities in 2006 are attached as Annex 6. It deserves to be emphasised that in 2006 a better sectoral and geographical balance was achieved. Although the area of human development remained in the lead, the demand for CEI financial support of activities in the economic sector grew, especially in the fields of SMEs, tourism and agriculture. While Italy is still the leading country as to the number of applications of CEI Co-operation Activities, such countries as Albania, Bulgaria and Croatia attracted a growing share of the resources allocated in 2006. The Report on the use of the Solidarity Fund (according to the Art. 8 of the Solidarity Fund Guidelines) is attached as Annex 7.

V. Report on the Use of the CEI Trust Fund at the EBRD The total inflow to the CEI Trust Fund at the EBRD contributed by Italy has been approximately 28 million EUR, since the start in 1991. The Fund is used to finance activities of the following nature: Technical Cooperation (TC) for investment projects and development programmes: Through its Trust Fund at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Secretariat for CEI Projects promotes and supervises co-operation on investment projects alongside EBRD projects in a number of areas, including agriculture, transport, energy, SMEs, municipal infrastructure and services, banking, and insurance. Technical cooperation is offered in the form of grant-type assistance in support of specific components of a project (i.e. management training, feasibility study or pre-loan audits). Technical cooperation is considered an invaluable channel to mobilise investment capital and expertise in the countries of operation, assist legal and regulatory reform, institution-building, company management and training. This technical cooperation in conjunction with EBRD investment projects provided by the CEI Trust Fund generated over 415 million EUR of EBRD investments since 1991. The overall CEI funded TC projects approved from November 2005 to November 2006 amount to 552.339 EUR and include: Sector Study of the Forestry Study in Bosnia, Market Study for Sustainable Energy in the Slovak Republic, EastAgri CEI Network - Phase II, Consulting Services for Implementation of Management and Financial Procedures and Systems for Air Navigation System Provide in Macedonia, Brasov Urban Transport: Regulatory Strengthening Advisory Services to the City and Brasov Urban Transport: Corporate Development Programme both in Romania.

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CEI Co-operation Activities (workshops, seminars, international events): The CEI Trust Fund at the EBRD has been used to promote and assist the planning, financing and realisation of a number of Cooperation Activities with a strong focus on economic and investment subjects. The list of Cooperation Activities financed through the Fund is given in Annex 5. Since the last CEI Summit a total of 10 Co-operation Activities were supported by the CEI Trust Fund at the EBRD with 164.463 EUR for a total project value of activities amounting to 646.181 EUR. The majority of approved CAs belong to the sectors of Agriculture (3) and Environment (3), followed by SMEs (2) and Transport (2). CEI Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP): Further efforts have been made in 2006 to promote the Know-how Exchange Programme. The CEI-PS has elaborated new documentation (improved application form and rules), and promoted the KEP through CEI structures and at various meetings. Consequently, eight KEP projects were approved and implemented since the last CEI Summit reaching a total value of 588.857 EUR and with a total CEI contribution of 141.556 EUR (Annex 5). The projects concerned such sectors as agriculture, SME, cross border cooperation & local development, tourism, and human resource training. Beneficiary countries included Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, and – in a multilateral project – the countries of SEE. Three projects were implemented in favour of Romania (“Peer review initiative”, “Public Finance Management training”, and “Study tour on EU Coordination”), while two projects concerned Moldova (“SMILE – support for Moldova: Innovation, Leadership and positive Environment”, and “Building Effective Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Quality Control System in Moldova”). Business Match-making Programme: The CEI-PS assists project idea "originators" in their promotion and search for investors, partners, institutional support, technology inputs, financial sources for credit or for grants. Project information is made available through databases on Internet, publications, meetings, and the SEF where a specific project room is available to this purpose. As of November 2006, 462 organisations are included in the database with “Organisation Summaries”, which also contains 209 investment project ideas (“Investment Project Summaries”) and 124 Technical Cooperation proposals (“TC Summaries”). CEI Summit Economic Forum (SEF): The ninth edition of the Economic Forum, the annual flagship event of the Central European Initiative, was organised by the Project Secretariat in partnership with the CEI Albanian Presidency for 2006. The event took place in Tirana on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November 2006. It attracted a mix of industry leaders, senior government officials, regional, national and international organisations; financial institutions; professionals and consultants; lawyers and businessmen. This year, the SEF focused on reforms and investments for stimulating business development with particular attention to infrastructure, finance investments, innovation for competitiveness, entrepreneurship, regional integration and trade promotion. Seminars and discussions addressed current economic challenges faced by the region and was complemented by presentations of related project proposals. Similarly to past years, sessions were grouped into three thematic streams: 1) Stream 1: Fostering the business climate. 2) Stream 2: Exploiting the local potential. 3) Stream 3: Investing in innovation.

VI. Report on the Use of EU Funding This chapter is included for the first time in the Annual Report. The activities in which the CEI has become involved due to its participation in EU-funded projects have reached a dimension which justifies a separate presentation. These activities are remarkable for a number of reasons. They are, first of all, dealing with areas of major significance to CEI Member States, such as transport, energy, spatial development, SMEs or ICT. Secondly, they are implemented with partners from a variety of backgrounds, both governmental and non-governmental, and thus lead to valuable new contacts. Third, they frequently entail the activation of CEI working structures, giving a new and more concrete meaning to the existing CEI networks in the form of Project Steering Groups. As can be seen from Annex 8, the budgetary means which are earmarked for the 7 projects currently being implemented exceed 700.000 EUR. It needs to be pointed out, however, that some of these projects have a duration of several years so that the above-mentioned amount does not correspond to an annual budget. In order to meet the obligations stemming from these activities carried out within the so-called Funding Unit the CEI-ES has hired a number of project assistants entirely financed from the EU allocations.

VII. Future Outlook The imminent enlargement of the European Union with the accession of Bulgaria and Romania at the beginning of 2007 will also have direct repercussions on the CEI which henceforward will be composed of nine EU and nine non-EU Member States. One of the immediate consequences will be that know-how

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transfer to the non-EU countries will be stepped up since the newcomers to the EU have accumulated a significant expertise during their accession process which is of relevance to others. Another consequence will be that the CEI disposes of an even stronger “lobby” in Brussels and thus should be able to avail itself more than until now of the support of the European Commission and the relevant EU programmes, especially the so-called Pre-accession Instrument and the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. For the future role of the CEI, the attitude of its EU Member States will be decisive in terms of financial resources but also with regard to their willingness to take full advantage of the CEI as a unique regional body offering a number of tailor-made instruments and networks for fostering regional cohesion. Needless to say, developments with regard to the other existing actors and the attitude of the European Union towards the CEI will not remain without influence on the future of the organisation which, without any doubt, constitutes one of the successful examples of a post-Cold War co-operation in a conflict ridden zone of Europe whose transformation the CEI has not only accompanied since 1989 as a witness but to which it has made a contribution of its own.

Amb. Harald Kreid Director General

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ANNEX 1: Structure and Staff of the CEI Secretariats

CEI Executive Secretariat Amb. Harald Kreid, Director General Overall management function, liaison to CEI structures, specifically to the Heads of Government, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and other high level meetings, the meeting of Political Directors and the CNC, representation of the CEI in outside events, advisor to the CEI Presidency and to the Chairpersons of the CEI Working Groups.

Min. Eugenio Campo, Alternate Director General Alternate Director General and chargé d’affairs in the absence of the DG, Business Dimension (CECCI), liaison with SEF (Roundtable of CEI Ministers of Economic Affairs), liaison with OECD/LEED, administrative and legal questions, financial management, relations with Italian authorities in the above mentioned areas, Project Evaluation and activities in the field of Civil Protection, Combating Organised Crime, SMEs.

Min. Mykola Melenevskyi, Deputy Director General Parliamentary Dimension, Environment, Interregional and Cross-border Cooperation, Minorities, Youth Forum, Focal Point for the coordination of activities of other regional organizations, liaison with authorities of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine.

Ing. Gianfranco Cicognani, PhD, Science and Technology Advisor Science and Technology, Energy.

Ms. Giulia Del Fabbro, Senior Executive Officer Culture, Science and Technology, Education, CEI Cooperation Activities in the above mentioned areas, CEI Science and Technology Network, CEI University Network (governmental level).

Ms. Barbara Fabro, Senior Executive Officer Coordination of the CEI Funding Unit activities and project implementation (since 2 October 2006).

Ms. Paola Plancher, Senior Executive Officer (on maternity leave since 25 July 2006)

Ing. Lara Tassan-Zanin, PhD, Executive Officer (from 1 May to 30 September 2006) Head of the CEI Funding Unit.

Ms. Lidija Arsova, Junior Executive Officer CNC meetings, meetings of Political Directors, Conference on CEI Co-operation, Planning Meeting of the CEI Troika with Parliamentary Dimension and Business Dimension, meetings of MFA, Heads of Government, Annual Report, Information and Media, CEI Cooperation Activities in the above mentioned area.

Ms. Izabela Gostisa Pasic, Junior Executive Officer (on maternity leave since 21 October 2006)

Ms. Tania Pibernik, Junior Executive Officer CEI University Network, CEI Youth Orchestra, Youth Affairs, CEI Cooperation Activities in the above mentioned area, CEI Newsletter.

Mr. Giovanni Gabassi, Assistant Executive Officer (until 30 September 2006) Human Resource Development and Training, Expansion of the CEI Science and Technology and CEI University Networks, CEI Newsletter, relations to the press.

Mr. Alessandro Lombardo, Assistant Executive Officer CEI Evaluation Unit.

Ms. Francesca Taliani de Marchio, Personal Assistant to the Director General Correspondence, travel desk, social secretary.

Ms. Roberta Milano, Accountant (on maternity leave until 1 September 2006) Administrative tasks.

Mr. Antonio Monteduro, Archivist Archive, registry, mail, driver.

Ms. Loretta Brcic, Assistant Secretary (on maternity leave since 4 October 2006) Administrative tasks, switch board, receptionist, conference services

Ms. Lisa Luchita, Assistant Secretary (since 9 January 2006) Switch board, receptionist, conference services.

Ms. Chiara Casarella, Project Consultant (since 6 September 2006) Technical coordination and implementation of EU-funded projects.

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Ms. Silvia Bolzan, Project Consultant (since 5 October 2006) Technical coordination and implementation of EU-funded projects.

Ms. Chiara Cecchetto, Project Assistant Technical coordination and implementation of EU-funded projects.

Mr. Massimiliano Rudella, Project Administrative Assistant Administration and accounting in the context of the Funding Unit.

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Ms. Ariola Shehaj, CECCI Liaison Officer

Secretariat for CEI Projects Ing. Guido Paolucci, Head of the Secretariat for CEI Projects Overall management of the London and Trieste offices of the Secretariat for CEI Projects, cooperation with International Financial Institutions (EBRD, EIB, WB, Council of Europe Development Bank) and International Organisations (OECD, UNECE, FAO), Summit Economic Forum.

Trieste office

Ing. Lara Tassan-Zanin, PhD, Executive Officer (until 30 April 2006) Projects in Infrastructure, Transport, Environment, Information Society, external funding and implementation of EU funded projects, development of the CEI Project Opportunity Methodologies (databases, project guide, matchmaking), SEF organisation.

Ms. Slavena Radovanovic, Executive Officer Human Resource Development & Training, Information Technology, Tourism, Evaluation and monitoring of cooperation activities financed by the CEI-PS, Website update coordination, CEI–PS finance management, SEF.

Ms. Elisabetta Dovier, Junior Executive Officer SMEs, Energy, cooperation activities in these areas, maintenance of CEI-PS mailing list and publications, SEF.

Mr. Adrian Keler, Junior Executive Officer Know-how Exchange Programme, Agriculture, Transport, CEI Cooperation Activities in the above mentioned areas, SEF.

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The following persons were employed as trainees, mainly dealing with the Summit Economic Forum:

Mr. Nikola Popović SEF preparation.

Ms. Gaia Peracca SEF preparation.

London office

Ms. Marta Simonetti, Political Analyst Coordination of CEI Project Secretariat at the EBRD: supervision of project development, co-ordination with other national and international organisations, SEF organisation at the EBRD, development of economic strategies. Ms. Ludmila Savova, Analyst (until 31 August 2006) Analyst for CEI countries, assistance to project development, cooperation activities, SEF organisation. Ms. Stefania Del Monte, CEI Programme Assistant Administration, logistics, SEF.

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Mr. Yannis Arvanitis, Intern Ad hoc assistance for SEF preparation and specific projects.

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Annex 2: Working Group and Task Force Meetings and Member States Participation

WG on AGRICULTURE

Date: 22 May 2006

Place: Rome, Italy

Participants: CEI Member States (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine), CEI Executive Secretariat, Secretariat for CEI Projects, European Commission – DG Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

WG on CIVIL PROTECTION

No meetings were held in 2006.

TF for Establishing a Work Programme of the WG on COMBATING ORGANZED CRIME

Date: 19 October 2006

Place: Trieste, Italy

Participants: CEI Member States (Belarus, Italy, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia), CEI Executive Secretariat

WG on CULTURE

Date: 26 May 2006

Place: Bratislava, Slovakia

Participants: CEI Member States (Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia), CEI Executive Secretariat.

WG on EDUCATION


WG on ENERGY


TF on ENVIRONMENT and TRANSPORT

Date: 5-6 October 2006

Place: Zagreb, Croatia

Participants: CEI Member States (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and Serbia), CEI Executive Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), EST goes EAST Clearing House, Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe.

WG on HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

Date: 9 November 2006

Place: Prague, the Czech Republic

Participants: CEI Member States (Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia), CEI Executive Secretariat.

WG on INFORMATION AND MEDIA

Date: 7 April 2006


Participants: CEI Member States (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia and Ukraine), CEI Executive Secretariat, Secretariat for CEI Projects, Albanian Media Institute (AMI), South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO).

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WG on INTERREGIONAL AND CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION

Date: 23 January 2006


Participants: CEI Member States (Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine), CEI Executive Secretariat, Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Sviluppo Marche (Development Agency of Region Marche) and Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia (ISIG).

WG on MINORITIES


WG on SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


WG on SMALL AND MEDIUM SEIZED ENTERPRISES

Date: 10 April 2006


Participants: CEI Member States (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia and Slovenia), CEI Executive Secretariat, Secretariat for CEI Projects, representatives of the partners involved in the Project “IDEA”.

WG on TOURISM

Date: 23 May 2006

Place: Zagreb, Croatia

Participants: CEI Member States (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine), CEI Executive Secretariat.

WG on TRANSPORT

Date: 1 March 2006


Participants: CEI Member States (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy, Macedonia and Slovenia), CEI Executive Secretariat, Secretariat for CEI Projects, Secretariats of Corridors IV, V and VIII.

TF on the Preparation of the YOUTH FORUM of the WG on YOUTH AFFAIRS

Date: 29 May 2006


Participants: CEI Member States (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Slovakia and Slovenia), CEI Executive Secretariat, University of Trieste and Ljubljana Urban Institute (LUZ).

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Annex 3: Participation of CEI-ES and PS Staff Members in CEI, CEI- sponsored and Other International Events in 2006

1. Main CEI events Meeting of the Heads of Government Tirana, 24 November – Amb. Kreid, Min. Campo, Min. Melenevskyi, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Arsova

Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs Tirana, 26 May – Amb. Kreid, Min. Campo, Min. Melenevskyi, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Arsova, Mr. Keler

Meeting of the Ministers of Economy Tirana, 23 November – Min. Campo, Mr. Paolucci

Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture Durres, 20 October – Amb. Kreid, Mr. Keler

Meeting of Political Directors Rome, 23 October – Amb. Kreid, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Arsova

Conference on CEI Co-operation Trieste, 23 June – CEI-ES staff, CEI-PS staff

Steering Committee Meeting London, 21 April – Amb. Kreid, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Simonetti, Ms. Savova, Ms. Del Monte, Ms. Luchita

CNC Meetings Tirana, 17 February – Amb. Kreid, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Arsova Trieste, 18 March – Amb. Kreid, Min. Campo, Min. Melenevskyi, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Arsova London, 20 April – Amb. Kreid, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Simonetti, Ms. Savova, Ms. Del Monte, Ms. Luchita Tirana, 24-25 May – Amb. Kreid, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Arsova, Mr. Keler Trieste, 22 June – Amb. Kreid, Min. Campo, Min. Melenevskyi, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Arsova Vienna, 22 September – Amb. Kreid, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Arsova Rome, 24 October – Amb. Kreid, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Arsova Tirana, 22-23 November – Amb. Kreid, Min. Campo, Min. Melenevskyi, Mr.Paolucci, Ms. Arsova Trieste, 15 December – Amb. Kreid, Min. Campo, Min. Melenevskyi, Mr. Paolucci, Ms. Arsova

Meeting of the CEI Parliamentary Assembly Tirana, 2-3 November – Min. Melenevskyi

CECCI Presidents’ Meeting Thessaloniki, 6 October – Ms. Shehaj

CEI Summit Economic Forum Tirana, 22-23 November – CEI-ES staff, CEI-PS staff

CEI Youth Forum Durres, 22-23 November – Min. Melenevskyi, Ms. Pibernik, Ms. Cecchetto

2. CEI WG and TF meetings WG on Agriculture Trieste, 22 May – Min. Campo, Mr. Keler

TF for Establishing a Work Programme of the WG on Combating Organized Crime Trieste, 19 October – Min. Campo, Mr. Lombardo, Ms. Luchita

WG on Culture Bratislava, 26 May – Ms. Del Fabbro

Task Force on Environment & Transport Zagreb, 5-6 October – Min. Melenevskyi

WG on Human Resource Development and Training Prague, 9 November – Ms. Radovanovic

WG on Information and Media Trieste, 7 April – Amb. Kreid, Min. Campo, Min. Melenvskyi, Ms. Arsova

WG on Interregional and Cross-border Cooperation Trieste, 23 January – Amb. Kreid, Ms. Gostisa Pasic, Ms. Tassan Zanin

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WG on SMEs Trieste, 10 April – Min. Campo, Ms. Dovier, Ms. Tassan Zanin, Mr. Keler

WG on Tourism Zagreb, 23 May – Ms. Gostisa Pasic

WG on Transport Trieste, 1 March – Min. Campo, Ms. Tassan Zanin, Mr. Keler

TF on the Preparation of the Youth Forum of the WG on Youth Affairs Trieste, 29 May – Min. Melenevskyi, Ms. Pibernik 3. Other events Information Seminar on CEI University Network Poznan, 13 January – Mr. Gabassi

First Meeting of Great-IST Working Groups Trieste, 30-31 January – Mr. Cicognani, Ms. Del Fabbro, Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Gostisa Pasic, Mr. Keler, Mr. Rudella, Ms. Cecchetto, Mr. Popović

ALSO Project Meeting of Italian Partners on Financial Issues Ancona, 2 February – Mr. Rudella

Meeting with the Albanian Prime Minister and several Cabinet Members Tirana, 7 February – Amb. Kreid

“International Academic Forum on Flat Tax Rate” Bled, 3-4 February – Mr. Keler

Launching Meeting of IDEA Project Gorizia, 8 February – Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Dovier

InnovAction – “International Fair of Knowledge, Ideas and Innovation” Udine, 9-11 February – Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Dovier, Mr. Keler, Mr. Gabassi

ZIP-NET Project Preparation Meeting Zrenjanin, 3-5 March – Ms. Tassan Zanin

Visit to the European Commission - DG RELEX and DG Enlargement Brussels, 7 March – Amb. Kreid

Great-IST Project Meeting Brussels, 14 March - Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Gostisa Pasic

INTERREG III B CADSES Lead Partner Seminar on Project Changes, Final Report and Project Communication Prague, 15-16 March – Ms. Cecchetto

Preparation Meeting of the CEI Forum on Renewable Energy Sources Vienna, 17 March – Ing. Cicognani, Ms. Dovier

Great-IST Project Meeting with European Commission Project Officer Brussels, 17 March - Ms. Tassan Zanin

FASTER Project Meeting Rome, 20 March - Ms. Tassan Zanin

ALSO Project 1st Workshop Barcelona, 20-21 March 2006 – Ms. Gostisa Pasic

Final Meeting of the Project "Feasibility Study of CORRIDOR VIII railways missign links" Rome, 27-28 March - Ms. Tassan Zanin

Meeting of the Secretariats of Corridors Crossing the CEI Region Trieste, 1 March – Min. Campo, Ms. Tassan Zanin

RAVE Space 3rd Project Meeting Warsaw, 6-7 April - Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Gostisa Pasic

“IDEA” Project – Meeting with National Focal Points Trieste, 11 April – Mr. Campo, Ms. Dovier, Ms. Gostisa Pasic

EastAgri Annual Meeting Berlin, 4-5 May – Mr. Keler

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CEI Workshop “New Challenges for Transfrontier Co-operation on the new EU eastern border” Chernivtsi and Suceava, 8-9 May – Min. Melenevskyi

CEI Seminar with a Workshop “Classification and Quality in Hospitality Industry” Opatija, 8-9 May – Ms. Gostisa Pasic

1st Project Meeting of the Project "Feasibility Study of CORRIDOR VIII road access to ports" Bari, 11-12 May – Ms. Tassan Zanin

EBRD Annual Meeting London, 21-23 May - Ms. Tassan Zanin

Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Working Table Meetings and Meeting of the Regional Table Belgrade, 29-30 May – Min. Campo

Kick-Off Meeting of the Carpathian Project Vienna, 31 May – 1 June – Min. Melenevskyi

CROSS-5 Project Meeting Trieste, 8 June – Mr. Campo, Ms. Tassan Zanin

Technical Meeting of the Adriatic-Baltic Landbridge Project Venice, 8 June – Ms. Gostisa Pasic

NOVAREGIO Meeting Heraklion, 15-16 June – Amb. Kreid

NAV 2006 – “International Conference on Ship and Shipping Research” Genova, 21-23 – Ms. Cecchetto

CEI Conference on Transport Tirana, 30 June – Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Shehaj

Project “Creation of the new energy management agencies in Northern Primorske (SI) and in Province of Udine (IT)” – Launching Meeting Udine, 7 July – Ms. Dovier

Great-IST Project Meeting Paris, 10 July – Ms. Gostisa Pasic

Launching Meeting of the Adriatic – Baltic Landbridge Project Gdansk, 12-14 July – Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Cecchetto

CEI International Summer School Cervia, 4 September – Amb. Kreid

RAVE Space Seminar for Teachers Sales (Trieste), 5-6 September – Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Casarella

CEI Literary Round Table Vienica, 6-7 September – Amb. Kreid, Ms. Del Fabbro

Design Competition of Trieste Contemporanea for Objects of Glass Venice, 9 September – Amb. Kreid, Ms. Del Fabbro

Creativity and the Spirit of Enterprise – MOS 2006 Celje, 9 September – Ms. Radovanovic

Meeting of all CARPATHIAN PROJECT Partners Vienna, 12-13 September – Min. Melenevskyi

Re-Launching Meeting of the Great-IST Project Brussels, 13 September 2006 - Ms. Tassan Zanin, Ms. Casarella

CEI Consultation on the European Technology Platform Food for Life Bratislava, 20 September – Mr. Keler

Conference on the Interreg IIIA Italy-Slovenia Project MapSharing Trieste, 20 September – Ms. Casarella

CEI Forum on Renewable Energy Sources Tirana, 21-22 September – Ing Cicognani, Ms. Dovier

“The role of Minority Organisations in preserving National Minorities Identity” Dubrovnik, 2-3 October - Min. Melenevskyi

NAPAN Steering Committee meeting Rijeka, 4 October – Mr. Keler

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RAVE Space 4th Project Meeting Corfu, 5-6 October – Ms. Casarella, Ms. Cecchetto

CEI Journalists’ Forum Tirana, 6-7 October – Amb. Kreid, Ms. Arsova

Evaluation Meeting of the “AER/CEI Peer Review Initiative” Trieste, 16 October – Mr. Melenevskyi, Mr. Keler

ALSO Project 2nd Workshop Barcelona, 16-18 October – Ms. Cecchetto

INTERREG III B CADSES Annual Conference and Project Exhibition Leipzig, 23-25 October – Ms. Casarella, Mr. Rudella

"10 years SECI - from Dayton to Brussels"- 10th SECI Anniversary Conference Vienna, 27 October – Amb. Kreid

International Conference “Discussions on cross-border co-operation among countries in the Balkans” Trebinje, 27 October - Min. Melenevskyi

16th Archival Day and 21st Conference of the Members of the International Institute of Archival Science Trieste, October 27-28 – Mr. Monteduro

Meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian TF for preparing the CEI Presidency Sofia, 2 November – Amb. Kreid

CEI Prague Forum on Human Resource Development and Training Prague, 10 November – Ms. Radovanovic

Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Working Table Meetings and Meeting of the Regional Table Bucharest, 15-16 November – Min. Campo

Presentation of the AB Landbridge and FASTER Projects 9th CEI Summit Economic Forum – Project Room “Transport and Sustainable Development” Tirana, 22-23 November – Ms. Casarella

VI CEI Youth Forum – Workshop on “Youth: Active Promoter of Sustainable Development” Durres, 22-23 November – Ms. Cecchetto

Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Great-IST Project Belgrade, 7-8 December– Ms. Casarella

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Annex 4: Provisional Financial Report of the CEI-ES

(Status: 31 October 2006)

Bank € 523.453,93 Cash € 717,142005 Closing

Balance Total € 524.171,07

Contributions Italian MFA €

1.393.053,00

Others Bank € 2.569,00

Revenues

Total € 1,395.622,00

Cooperation Fund Solidarity Fund CEI University and S&T Special Economic Events Feature Events & Activities Funding Unit

€ € € € € €

387.343,0030.000,00

180.760,00170.000,00110.000,0050.000,00

Transfers

Total € 928.103,00

Staff Salaries Social security (I.N.P.S.) Insurance

€ € €

322.623,8655.884,0316.874,61

Meetings Travels

Headquarters € €

41.606,7831.923,72

Office Telephone

Hardware, software, website Cleaning Service car Postage Stationary and typography Maintenance Operational (office furniture and equipment, office supply, security, energy costs, etc.)

€ € € € € € € €

15.295,6414.414,7114.129,567.591,256.617,11

10.661,418.441,32

49.210,61

Others Bank expenses € 212,19

Expenditures

Total € 595.486,80

Balance on 31 October 2006 2005 closing balance € 524.171,07Revenues € 1.395.622,00Sub-total € 1.919.793,07 Transfers € 928.103,00Expenditures € 595.486,80 Total on 31 October 2006 € 396.203,27Estimated expenses until 31 December 2006 € 226.000,00

Estimated closing balance to be transferred to 2007 budget € 170.000,00

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Annex 5: Report on the Approval of CEI Cooperation Activities and KEP Applications

The following CEI Cooperation Activities have been funded from the CEI Co-operation Fund from November 2005 until October 2006.

CF N° Ref.N. Activity Area

Proposing country

Proposing Institution Total cost

CNC decision Approved

1 1202.053-

05 Cultural Tourism and Community Tourism Albania

Friends of Music Association 77.310

Piestany November

2005 8.000

2 1202.076-05

Developing Cross-border Co-Operation in the CEE Areas: an assessment of strengths, weaknesses, opportunity and threats through the establishment of a SWOT analysis

Interregional and Cross-

border Cooperation

Italy Institute of Sociology,

Gorizia 56.000

Piestany November

2005 7.500

3 1202.078-05

Training of Teacher’s Trainers in Human Rights Education With Young People

Youth Affairs Bulgaria People to People

International, Plodviv

18.039 Piestany

November 2005

4.628

4 1202.080-

05 The Bosnian Triptych Culture Poland Borderland

Foundation Sejny 265.263 Piestany

November 2005

11.000

5 1202.083-

05

Workshop “Exchange of experiences in the development of nautical tourism“ – alignment of the current legislation with the international standards

Tourism Serbia and Montenegro

Ministry of Tourism of Montenegro

9.537 Piestany

November 2005

3.542

6 1202.091-

05

First Issue of the Winter School for Junior Diplomats from South East Europe on European Affairs

Human Resource

Development and Training

Bulgaria Diplomatic Institute 29.645

Piestany November

2005 7.780

7 1202.095-05

Regional Meeting and Preparation of Survey ‘Digitisation in South-Eastern Europe’ of the South-East European Digitization Initiative

Science and Technology

Bulgaria Institute for Bulgarian Language

20.900 Piestany

November 2005

6.600

8 1202.096-

05

International Summer Conference on Probability and Statistics

Science and Technology Bulgaria

Bulgarian Statistical Society

16.200 Piestany

November 2005

5.925

9 1202.097-05

Vilem Mathesius Courses 21st series

Culture Czech Republic

Institute of Formal and

Applied Ling., Faculty of Math.

and Physics, Charles Uni.

40.100 Piestany

November 2005

5.000

10 1202.101-05

Conference on the Status of Roma National Minority in the Region

Minorities Serbia and Montenegro

Ministry of Human and

Minority Rights 24.400

Piestany November

2005 8.500

11 1202.102-

05

International Conference on Public Art in Central and Eastern Europe

Culture Slovakia Civic Association Billboart Gallery

Europe 30.957

Piestany November

2005 5.480

12 1202.107-

05

First Regional (Balkan) Congress of Landscape Architecture - Conservation and Safeguarding of Parks and Landscape Cultural Heritage

Culture Serbia and Montenegro

Serbian Woods ltd. 22.830

Piestany November

2005 4.600

13 1202.110-

05

CEI Workshop “Challenges for Transfrontier Co-


border Ukraine

State Sci. & Tec. Centre for inter-sectorial & reg.

38.986 Piestany

November 2005

12.000

16


Proposing country



operation on the new EU eastern border” and Meeting of the CEI Working Group on Interregional and Cross-border Co-operation

Cooperation prob. of the Env. Saf. and Res.

Cons.

14 1202.111-05

CEI seminars on standardization method for the identification of fish parasites


Poland University of Gdansk

35.586 Piestany

November 2005

7.516

15 1202.012-05

The Selection of Contemporary Materials for Plane Bearings, Gears and Pulleys Manufacturing


Serbia and Montenegro

University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Kragujevac

6.900 Piestany

November 2005

2.700

16 1202.014-

05 A Bridge to the Balkans Culture Italy Corte Sconta

Dance 36.910 Piestany

November 2005

9.000

17 1202.084-05

19th Bled eConference - eValues


Slovenia

eCommerce Center, Faculty

of Organizational Sciences,

University of Maribor

90.500 Trieste

December 2005

7.000

18 1202.088-

05

MAREMETRAGGIO 2006 – International Best Short Film Festival

Culture Italy Associazione

Maremetraggio 256.000 Trieste

December 2005

16.885

19 1202.109-05

Confronti – Immagini della Nuova Europa, Comparisons – Images of the New Europe

Culture Italy

Scuola del Vedere – Libera Accademia di

Belle Arti

45.000 Trieste

December 2005

6.050

20 1202.113-05

Conference “Stability and Trust” – Educative Training Seminars for future decision makers, future opinion makers, and academic citizens

Youth Affairs Serbia and Montenegro

“Stvaralačka omladina Novog Sada” (Creative Youth of Novi Sad) - SONS

33.070 Trieste

December 2005

11.810

21 1202.087-

05

Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) follow-up training

Civil Protection IFRC IFRC, Budapest 44.000

Tirana February

2006 14.000

22 1202.115-

06

CLASSIFICATION AND QUALITY IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY (with the accent on hotels) A Seminar with a Workshop

Tourism Croatia

Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and

Development of the Republic of

Croatia

16.080 Tirana

February 2006

8.000

23 1202.082-05

WORKSHOP ”Exchange of experiences in the promotion of Active & Extreme activities in protected areas”

Tourism Serbia and Montenegro

Ministry of Tourism of Montenegro

15.469 Tirana

February 2006

4.880

24 1202.056-05

Cultural Diversity - a Common Wealth (Awareness Raising on Shared values across Nations and Cultures)

Youth Affairs Albania

“Contemporary Vision for

Development and Human

Rights” Center

29.665 Tirana

February 2006

12.000

25 1202.117-

05

CEI Days on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Energy Austria Austrian Energy

Agency 37.517 London

April 2006 15.194

26 1202.001-

06

Architecture and Public Spaces of Historic Cities in the CEI Region

Culture Poland International

Cultural Centre, Krakow

31.823 London

April 2006 6.000

27 1202.003- Regional Tuning – Education Serbia and Alternative 38.185 London 10.010

17


Proposing country



06 Towards the European Higher Education Area

Montenegro Academic Educational

Network – AAEN

April 2006

28 1202.004-06

CEI Round-Table Discussion at Vilenica, CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence

Culture Slovenia Slovene Writers’ Association

74.301 London April 2006

15.000

29 1202.009-

06

Business Opportunities in clothing and textile sector in CEI countries

SMEs Italy

Promofirenze, Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of

Florence

52.086 London

April 2006 24.465

30 1202.019-06

“Immaginando Terre Condivise” (Imagining Common Lands)

Culture Italy

ZERYNTHIA Associazione per

l’Arte Contemporanea


10.000

31 1202.034-

06 Apolonia International Festival Culture Albania

ASMH Associations 108.170

London April 2006 14.820

32 1202.055-

06 Be Fine On-line Information and Media

Serbia and Montenegro

Novi Sad School of Journalism 15.132

London April 2006 6.462

33 1202.056-06

CEI Youth Orchestra (activities for 2006)

Other Other

The Central European

Initiative Youth Orchestra


30.000

34 1202.016-06

Effective Cooperation Among See Local Administrations – The Proactive Approach In Solving Regional Problems

Human Resource


Bulgaria Economic Policy Institute

35.160 Tirana May 2006

14.410

35 1202.020-

06 XVI International Archival Day

Human Resource


Italy

International Institute for

Archival Sciences (IIAS) of Trieste

and Maribor

70.250 Tirana

May 2006 9.230

36 1202.025-06

3rd DRC (Danube Rectors’ Conference) Summer School on Regional Co-operation

Education Austria

Institute for the Danube Region

and Central Europe


3.000

37 1202.027-

06

History Education in Southeast Europe: a regional review and teacher training

Education Other

Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in

Southeast Europe –CDRSEE

51.119 Tirana

May 2006 9.450

38 1202.028-

06 Faculty of Management Summer School 2006 Education Slovenia

University of Primorska, Faculty of

Management Koper

88.667 Tirana

May 2006 4.400

39 1202.076-06

Capacity Building: Cultural Development and EU Integration Process

Human Resource


Macedonia Jeunesses Musicales Macedonia


15.000

40 1202.078-06

First Annual Balkan Network Conference on Cooperation between the Strategic and Research Centers

Human Resource


Bulgaria Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute


5.190

41 1202.082-06

V International Conference - European Summer School of Classics

Education Italy

University of Trieste,

Department of Classics


3.500

18


Proposing country



42 1202.093-06

Creativity and the Spirit of Enterprise - MOS 2006

Human Resource


Slovenia

GIZ PODJETNOST, Association of Interest and

Development of Family and Women`s

Entrepreneurship


13.125

43 1202.008-

06

International Juvenile Video-Workshop in Vojvodina

Youth Affairs Serbia and Montenegro

Cinema Filmworkshop,

Kanjiža 9.700

Tirana May 2006 2.900

44 1202.022-06

“Building a bridge of friendship between nations through the folk dances”

Youth Affairs Italy Regional Youth Folk Association

– AFGR 54.880 Tirana

May 2006 5.000

45 1202.057-

06

“INherit to INnovate” 10th Anniversary International Culture Week in Pécs

Youth Affairs Hungary

Student International

Exchange Network (SIEN)

Foundation

107.480 Tirana

May 2006 12.000

46 1202.059-06

ACCESS – training course in human rights education for young people

Youth Affairs Bulgaria People to People

International Plovdiv Chapter


5.000

47 1202.088-

06

ORBIS 2006 - 8th Central European Scout and Guide Jamboree

Youth Affairs Czech

Republic

Junak – Association of Scouts and

Guides of the Czech Republic

216.747 Tirana

May 2006 5.000

48 1202.011-

06 Advisory Trans-border Centre - "GO-GO" SMEs Italy

ACCOA, Chamber of Commerce for Central Europe

62.000 Tirana

May 2006 10.000

49 1202.041-

06 “NETA MEETING” Culture Slovenia Kulturno Društvo 21.832 Tirana

May 2006 4.000

50 1202.043-06

“Pine Wind” – Workshop and Production of Theater Performance - Choreodrama

Culture Croatia Croatian National Theater Ivan Pl.

Zajc, Rijeka 77.000 Tirana

May 2006 6.000

51 1202.047-06

Preparation activities of 2. Biennial of Quadrilateral; Meetings of the curatorial team

Culture Croatia

Museum of Modern and

Contemporary Art, Rijeka


2.000

52 1202.048-

06

Capacity building and networking in maternal child and adolescent health

Science and Technology Italy

Paediatric Hospital and

Research Institute Trieste

144.940 Tirana

May 2006 20.000

53 1202.081-

06

16th International Folk Music Festival "Mikołajki Folkowe"

Culture Poland The Association of Folk Culture

Animators, Lublin21.063

Tirana May 2006 4.000

54 1202.016-

06 CEI Journalists Forum Information and Media Albania

Albanian Media Institute 38.442

Trieste June 2006 28.802

55 1202.026-06

Formal Approaches to South Slavic and Balkan Languages (FASSBL 5)


Bulgaria

Institute of Bulgarian

language – Bulgarian

Academy of Sciences

27.000 Trieste June 2006

8.100

56 1202.013-

06 Regional Conference of Clusters SMEs Slovenia

Chamber of Commerce and

Industry 40.112


57 1202.029-

06

3rd CEI Eco-tourism Seminar and Study-tour in Hungary

Tourism Hungary Hungarian

National Tourist Office

12.980 Trieste

June 2006 6.490

58 1202.031-06

Fair of development ideas


Bosnia and Herzegovina

Women’s Centre Trebinje


9.000

19


Proposing country



border cooperation

59 1202.035-

06

Preserving the non material culture, music and customs through cultural and rural tourism and Networking the cities in the Balkan region

Tourism Serbia and Montenegro Balkankult 20.000


60 1202.062-06

Development and promotion of tourist tour “Targovishte – crossroad of the Roman, Thracian, Slavic and Balkan civilization”

Tourism Bulgaria

Centre of Regional

Development - Targovishte


5.000

61 1202.063-06

Study tour “Developing tourist centers at sites under the protection of UNESCO”

Tourism Macedonia Ministry of Economy


5.050

62 1202.100-06

Promotion of cooperation among the cities of the Adriatic


border cooperation

Croatia Association

"Dreamlike Book Fair in Istria"


9.000

63 1202.046-06

CEI Day at Mittelfest Culture Italy Mittelfest Association


15.000

64 1202.067-

06

International Rally of Young Fire-fighters and Rescuers

Civil Protection Belarus

Ministry for Emergency Situations

60.600 Trieste

June 2006 12.150

65 1202.087-

06

International Workshop on Combating International Crime

Combating Organized

Crime Belarus

Ministry of Interior/Academy 8.268


66 1202.089-05

Cooperation on the Protection and Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions in South-Eastern Europe

Environment UNEP UNEP 165.000 Trieste June 2006

30.000

67 1202.032-06

Conference on Sustainable Development of Rural Area – Eligibility of candidate countries for EU funds

Agriculture Croatia Hrvatski farmer 43.150 Trieste June 2006

14.300

68 1202.040-06

From farm to fork–issues of chain of marketing - results and dissemination of experiences between the CEI County Region

Agriculture Albania BLEKALB 33.770 Trieste June 2006

14.620

69 1202.017-

06 Study session “Four for Youth” Youth Affairs Slovakia Youth Council 13.695


70 1202.024-

06 Art Generator - Urban Arts Platform Youth Affairs Macedonia

Performing Arts Center

"Multimedia" 15.865


71 1202.030-06

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Youth Affairs Slovenia

Association for developing

voluntary work Novo Mesto


6.000

72 1202.071-

06

SEE between the EU integration process and establishment of new "divisions" - 5th Edition of Summer University “Democracy and Participation”, Vlora

Youth Affairs Albania KRIIK-ALBANIA

Association 90.760 Trieste

June 2006 9.000

20


Proposing country



73 1202.094-06

3rd Meeting “Young People of Europe” – Central regions in the future of Europe – Historical and Natural parks of Europe

Youth Affairs Italy Associazione Carta di Cividale


5.000

74 1202.015-

06

Minority associations as protectors of national identity

Minorities Croatia Office for National

Minorities 42.257


75 1202.084-

06

Breaking the Vicious Circle of Roma Cultural Isolation

Minorities Albania

Contemporary Vision for

Development and Human

Rights Centre

29.257 Trieste

June 2006 11.600

76 1202.086-

06

6th International Conference “Ethno-social and confessional processes in the contemporary world”

Minorities Belarus

Yanka Kupala State University,

Grodno - Department of cultural studies

7.500 Trieste

June 2006 2.500

77 1202.089-06

Geographies of Europe Education Italy

University of Trieste, Pul,

Koper, Padova, AISSLI UNESCO


8.400

78 1202.092-

06

International Conference on the Balkan-Danube Area

SMEs Italy EURISPES 49.950 Written

Procedure 10.000

79 1202.095-06

VI CEI Youth Forum Youth Affairs Albania

Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports

Coordination Youth Policies Department

20.800 Written Procedure

15.600

80 1202.042-06

CEI Prague Forum on Human Resource Development and Training: Financing of Further Professional Training

Human Resource


Czech Republic

National Training Fund

42.000 Vienna

September 2006

12.000

81 1202.044-06

The CEI Dubrovnik Diplomatic Forum – Lifelong Learning and Diplomacy

Human Resource


Croatia Diplomatic

Academy of the MFA Croatia

39.500 Vienna

September 2006

15.295

82 1202.060-

06

“CEI International Conference: SMEs and Entrepreneurship – Transforming the Balkan Economy”

SMEs Serbia Ministry of

Economy, Serbia 27.940 Vienna

September 2006

9.930

83 1202.103-

06

“Bridges & Barriers” (A project supported through the EU CARDS Media Support Programme)

Information and Media Serbia

Media Centre Belgrade 100.262

Rome October 2006

25.393

84 1202.105-

06

Trieste Film Festival - 18th Edition (CEI Event, CEI Award)

Culture Italy Association Alpe

Adria Cinema 433.000 Rome

October 2006

15.000

Total 4.763.135 823.563

21

The following CEI Co-operation Activities have been funded from the CEI Trust Fund at the EBRD from November 2005 until October 2006.

TF N° Ref.N Activity Area

Proposing country



1 1202.090-05

TRANSCARP: Transnational cooperation for sustainable transportation in the Carpathians

Environment Italy

European Academy of Bolzano –

EURAC

52.000 Piestany

November 2005

12.500

2 1202.099-05

Corridor VIII as a backbone of the CEI region: technical ass. of the road accessibility to the Albanian ports of Durres and Vlore and to the Bulgarian ports of Burgas and Varna

Transport Italy Corridor VIII Secretariat

200.000 Piestany

November 2005

28.200

3 1202.007-06

“European Summer Academy of Organic Farming – Bioacademy 2006”

Agriculture Czech Republic

PRO-BIO Association of

Organic Farmers 72.280

Trieste March 2006

16.620

4 1202.104-

05

School of Quality – Managers of Environmental Management System (EMS)

Environment Serbia and Montenegro

Center of Quality,

Mechanical faculty of Podgorica,

University of Montenegro

19.040 London

April 2006 8.020

5 1202.018-

06

CEI Consultation on the European Technology Platform Food for Life: Optimising regional benefit

Agriculture Slovakia

VUP Food Research Institute, Bratislava

49.945 London

April 2006 19.938

6 1202.100-05

Business Transfer East - Second Phase (in a short form: BTE II)

SMEs Italy

Veneto Productivity Centre of Vicenza


6.000

7 1202.068-06

Streamline Regulations and Administrative Procedures for Greenfield Investment

SMEs Other OECD The Investment Compact


25.000

8 1202.069-

06

Cross-border Capacity Building in the Area of Environmental Protection: Implementation of the ROCEM (Romanian Centre of Environmental Management) Concept in Moldova

Environment Moldova

Ministry of Ecology and

Natural Resources of the

Republic of Moldova

64.230 Trieste

June 2006 20.060

9 1202.072-06

“Food safety training for increased competitiveness of SME in CEI Member States”

Agriculture Slovenia

Institute for food safety and

consumer’s health

protection ZAZA Dobrovnik


10.975

10 1202.049-

06

NGO Capacity Building for promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production in South Eastern Europe

Environment Bulgaria

UNEP National Committee- Bulgaria and

UNEP Regional Office for Europe

49.710 Vienna

September 2006

17.150

Total 646.181 164.463

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The following KEP Applications have been funded from the CEI Trust Fund at the EBRD from November 2005 until October 2006.

TF N° Ref.N Activity Area

Proposing country

Proposing Institution

Total cost


1 1206.016-

05

AER Peer Review Initiative (APRI) in the CEI Region

Cross-border Cooperation

Italy Assembly of

European Regions49.000

Trieste December

2005 16.100

2 1206.004-

06

Prospects of EU-Ukraine economic relations

Cross-border Cooperation

Poland Center for Social

and Economic Research – CASE

54.956 Trieste March 2006

22.456

3 1206.005-

06

Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in South East Europe: identification and implementation of good policy practices

SMEs OECD

Investment Compact

OECD Investment Compact


38.200

4 1206.006-

06

SMILE (Support for Moldova: Innovation, Leadership and positive Environment)

SMEs/CECCI Italy Padua Chamber of

Commerce 79.000

Trieste June 2006

28.000

5 1206.008-

06

Support to the development of rural tourism and setting up of a professional tourist organization with member municipalities of the Rose Valley, Bulgaria

Tourism Austria Tourismusverband

Wildschönau 48.600

Written Procedure July 2006

20.000

6 1206.007-

06

Workshop: Introduction to Public Finance Management (for Junior Governmental Officials Assigned to Public Finance Management Positions)

HRD&T Slovenia Centre of

Excellence in Finance - CEF

24.355 Vienna

September 2006

8.068

7 1206.009-

06

“Building Effective Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Quality Control System in Moldova”

Agriculture Slovakia

State Veterinary and Food

Administration of the Slovak Republic

10.791 Vienna

September 2006

4.592

8 1206.010-

06 Study tour on EU co-ordination

Agriculture Poland

Federal Ministry of Agriculture,

Forestry, Environment and

Water Management of Austria, Ministry

of Agriculture and Rural

Development of Poland

9.255 Rome

October 2006

4.140

Total 588.857 141.556

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Annex 6: Statistics on the use of the CEI Co-operation Fund and the Italian Trust Fund at the EBRD for financing CEI Co-operation

Activities in 2006 1. Sectoral focus

Table 1 - Approved CEI Co-operation Activities by area

2006 AREA

Approved Cooperation

Activities (CAs)

Agriculture 5 Civil Protection 2 COC 1 Culture 10 Education 6 Energy 1 Environment 4 HRDT 7 Information and Media 3 ICBC 2 Migration7 - Minorities 3 Science and Technology 2 SMEs 7 Tourism 6 Transport - Youth Affairs 12

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Table 2 - Approved CEI Co-operation Activities by country

2006 COUNTRY

Approved Cooperation

Activities (CAs)

Albania 7 Austria 2 Belarus 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Bulgaria 6 Croatia 7 Czech Republic 3 Hungary 2 Italy 13 Macedonia 3 Moldova 1 Poland 2 Romania - Serbia and Montenegro8 8 Slovakia 2 Slovenia 7 Ukraine - Other 5

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7 The Ministers of Foreign Affairs at their meeting in Tirana on 26 May 2006 decided to transform the Working Group

on Migration into a Task Force of the Working Group on Combating Organised Crime. This means that as of next year issues on Migration will be reported under the activities of the Working Group on Combating Organised Crime.

8 Because of the separation of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006, as of 2007 activities will be attributed to the respective country only.

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Annex 7: Report on the Use of the CEI Solidarity Fund

(Status: 31 October 2006)

N° Date Description Expenses

1 3-Jan bank expenses 11,002 19-Jan ROM - CEI Youth Forum, Trencin Sebe/Szabolcs 794,003 2-Feb bank expenses 11,004 6-Feb UK - CEI WG on ICBC, Trieste - Hotel Roma 216,005 6-Feb SK - CEI Youth Forum, Trencin 789,506 13-Feb BEL - Int'Cont. Slovak Rep. 125,267 15-Feb ALB - CEI Youth Forum, Trencin 789,508 2-Mar BUL - CEI youth Forum, Trencin 219,509 2-Mar bank expenses 11,0010 6-Mar S&M - CEI WG on ICBC, Trieste 381,8511 16-Mar ALB - CEI WG on Transport, Trieste - Jolly Hotel 230,0012 16-Mar UK - CEI WG on ICBC, Trieste 775,9513 24-Mar BEL - WG on Info. And Media, Trieste 702,8214 31-Mar S&M - CEI WG on ICBC, Trieste 782,5015 31-Mar BUL - Innovation Fair, Udine 764,5016 31-Mar ALB - WG of Energy, Trieste 626,5017 4-Apr bank expenses 11,0018 4-Apr BEL - WG on SMEs, Trieste 578,4419 7-Apr ALB - CEI WG on Transport, Trieste (hotel) 230,0020 13-Apr ALB - CEI WG on Transport, Trieste (trave) 924,5021 19-Apr ALB - CEI WG Info and Media, Trieste (travel) 482,5022 19-Apr ALB - CEI WG Info and Media, Trieste (hotel) 115,0023 19-Apr S&M - CEI WG Info and Media, Trieste (hotel) 242,0024 28-Apr ALB - WG on SMEs, Trieste (hotel) 178,0025 28-Apr ALB - CEI WG Info and Media, Trieste (hotel) 237,0026 28-Apr ALB - CEI WG Info and Media, Trieste (hotel) 158,0027 28-Apr BEL - CEI WG on SMEs, Trieste (hotel) 267,0028 3-May bank expenses 11,0029 16-May ITA - ICMPE contribution Training 10.000,0030 17-May WG Info and Media, Trieste (transport exp) 55,0031 23-May UK - WG on Culture, Bratislava (hotel+travel) 548,0032 29-May ALB - WG on Youth Affairs, Trieste (travel) 706,0033 29-May MK - WG on Youth Affairs, Trieste (travel) 378,0534 30-May ALB - WG on Agriculture, Rome (travel) 353,5035 30-May UK - WG on Agriculture, Rome (travel) 778,5036 30-May ALB - WG on Agriculture, Rome (hotel) 307,5037 5-Jun bank expenses 11,0038 5-Jun ALB - CEI WG on SMEs, Trieste (travel) 507,5039 9-Jun S&M - Workshop Bukovina (travel) 815,5040 12-Jun S&M - WG on Culture, Bratislava (hotel+travel) 716,5041 12-Jun S&M - CEI WG Info and Media, Trieste (travel) 492,5042 15-Jun BEL - CNC Meeting, Trieste (travel) 396,6843 20-Jun S&M - CEI WG on SMEs, Trieste (hotel+travel) 437,3044 22-Jun BUL - CNC Meeting, Trieste (travel) 589,0645 28-Jun BUL - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 210,0046 28-Jun S&M, BUL - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 225,0047 28-Jun ALB - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 210,0048 29-Jun BEL - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 301,8049 29-Jun ALB, S&M, - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 875,4550 4-Jul bank expenses 11,00

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51 12-Jul BUL - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 285,0052 12-Jul ALB - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 420,0053 12-Jul BiH - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 485,0054 12-Jul ALB - WG on Youth Affairs, Trieste (hotel) 420,0055 12-Jul ALB - CNC Meeting, Trieste (hotel) 420,0056 12-Jul MK - WG on Youth Affairs, Trieste (hotel) 315,0057 2-Aug bank expenses 11,0058 24-Aug S&M - Conf.on CEI Coop, Trieste (travel) 322,5059 24-Aug S&M - Conf.on CEI Coop, Trieste (hotel+travel) 563,5060 24-Aug S&M - Conf.on CEI Coop, Trieste (travel) 442,5061 4-Sep bank expenses 11,0062 14-Sep BEL - CEI Days on Energy, Tirana (travel) 764,1663 15-Sep BEL - CEI Days on Energy, Tirana (hotel) 234,0064 3-Oct bank expenses 11,0065 16-Oct ALB - WG Crossborder Coop, Trieste (hotel+travel) 701,7066 16-Oct BUL - Regional Meeting, Piestany June 06 1.337,5067 19-Oct BEL - TF Migration, Trieste (flight) 547,4868 24-Oct BEL - TF Migration, Trieste (hotel) 166,00 TOTAL 37048,50

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Annex 8: CEI Funding Unit – Financial Report

N° Project Title EU Programme

& other resources

Duration Sector Total project

cost CEI budget (including CEI co-

financing)

CEI co-

financing

Year 2006 Exp. (% of the CEI budget)

1

FASTER – Fostering Alliances for Sustainable Transport in

European Research: supporting SMEs

participation in EU R&D projects

Sixth Framework Programme;

‘Integrating and Strengthening the

European Research Area"

PRIORITY 1

01/10/2004 01/04/2007

Transport, SMEs

€ 927.316,00 € 54.952,00

€ 10.072,00

22%

2

Great-IST - Preparing for future

international co-operation in

Information Society Technologies (IST)

Sixth Framework Programme;

‘Integrating and Strengthening the

European Research Area”

PRIORITY 2

01/06/2005 01/12/2006

Information Society

Technologies€ 395.000,00 € 172.860,00 € 13.500,00 21%

3

ALSO by Interreg -Achievement of

Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategy by INTERREG

IINTERACT EU Programme - 2nd Call for Proposals

16/06/2005 15/06/2007

Lisbon Agenda;

Cross-border cooperation

€ 1.260.413,00 € 87.987,00 € 29.464,00 36%

4

RAVE SPACE - Raising Awareness of Values of Space

through the Process of Education

INTERREG III B CADSES

3rd Call for Proposals

01/03/2005 31/12/2007

Environment - Spatial Planning

€ 1.743.000,00 € 215.000,00

€ 15.000,00

32%

5

IDEA – Interactive Database for

Enterprises and Associations – An

interactive platform to promote Business Support Services in the CEI Countries

Italian Law N. 84 of 2001: Italian contribution for

the stabilization in the Balkans

01/01/2006 31/07/2007

SMEs € 214.500,00 € 60.000,00 € 60.000,00 25%

6 Adriatic-Baltic Landbridge

INTERREG III B CADSES. 4th Call

for Proposals

01/06/2006 30/04/2008

Transport € 2.489.998,32 € 95.643,96 € 31.881,32 23%

7

EIE – Energy Intelligent Europe –

Establishment of local energy

agencies of Udine (Italy) and Nova Gorica (Slovenia)

INTELLIGENT ENERGY – EUROPE EU Programme

Horizontal Key Action 2 “Think

globally, act locally”

Establishment of Local and

Regional Energy Agencies

01/01/2006 13/12/2008

Energy € 419.000,00 € 30.000,00 € 15.000,00 -

TOTAL € 7.449.227,30 € 701.442,96 € 114.917,32

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