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• AII Permanent Secretariat
• Youth
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The AII Permanent Secretariat is proud to announce the launch of the 3rd edition of the Call for Ideas and Award Competition “ IMAGINE!” Active Young Citizens for Sustainable Development in Central European Initiative and Adriatic Ionian Initiative Areas. It is designed to stimulate the engagement of youth in the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the Adriatic Ionian Initiative (AII) regions in the framework of the United Nations Agenda 2030  for Sustainable Development.

Read more: 3rd Edition - Call for Ideas and Award Competition “IMAGINE!” Active Young Citizens for...

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• AII Permanent Secretariat
• Amb.Castellaneta
• Youth
• UniAdrion
• Forum AI Chambers of Commerce

On November 23, Adriatic Ionian Initiative (AII) Secretary General, Ambassador Castellaneta and Secretary General of the Forum of the Adriatic Ionian Chambers of Commerce (Forum AIC), Mr. Michele De Vita, signed the convention between the AII Permanent Secretariat and the Forum AIC on the “Western-BALKANship” project.

Read more: Signing Ceremony of the Western-Balkanship project - November 23

• University cooperation
• AII Permanent Secretariat
• Amb. Pigliapoco
• Fora
• Youth
• UniAdrion
• Chairmanship/Bosnia-Herzegovina (2022-2023)

The AII Round Table on Interuniversity Cooperation, named "Recovery plan for Interuniversity Cooperation in the Adriatic - Ionian Region: What can we expect in the next 3-year time?” organized by UniAdrion in cooperation with the AII Permanent Secretariat and the University of Zenica. The Round Table took place on November 28^th in Zenica, within the framework of the AII Chairmanship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Read more: Round Table on Inter-University cooperation - 28 November, Zenica

• Other activities
• AII Permanent Secretariat
• Amb. Pigliapoco
• Regional Organizations
• CEI
• Chairmanship/Bosnia-Herzegovina (2022-2023)

On 7 November 2022, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Milkov hosted the annual meeting of the CEI Foreign Ministers in Sofia. Supporting Ukraine in the ongoing Russian aggression against it; mitigating the impact the war is having across the region, on its citizens and economies; furthering European integration and diversification of energy supplies, were among the topics analysed and discussed, especially with regard to the recent escalation in Ukraine, witnessing attacks to cities and civilian infrastructures.

The Ministers underlined the CEI’s valuable role in fostering constructive regional cooperation among its Member States and its concrete actions. They noted that this role had become even more vital in view of the pressing international challenges; and that it would be of particular importance also in rebuilding Ukraine and in the European integration process. 

The Ministers identified coordination, solidarity and unity as the answers to the pressing issues. This and other important messages were sent and incorporated into their Joint Statement adopted at the end of the gathering.

Amb. Pigliapoco, Head of the AII Permanent Secretariat was invited to attend and in his statement highlighted four main points:

• AII TRIO-Presidency Joint Statement condemning in the strongest terms the military invasion of Ukraine from the Russian Federation;
• Speeding up the EU integration process of the Western Balkan countries;
• The Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairmanship of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative (June 2022-May 2023);
• Fruitful cooperation with the Central European Initiative.