From 18 to 20 October, CEF representatives Aleksandra Tekijaški, Robert Bauchmüller and Svetlana Lausević played an active role in several high-level reform events in Podgorica, Montenegro. In parallel,…

From 17–21 November 2025, young public administration professionals from across the Western Balkans met in Belgrade, Serbia, to deepen their policy knowledge, exchange experiences, and strengthen regional…

The European Commission’s 2025 Enlargement Package, presented on 4 November 2025, confirms that EU enlargement is again a top strategic priority. The report shows that progress across the Western Balkans,…

Darya Sukhatska, Head of Training and Development Unit at the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, shares her experience from the recent Training of Trainers workshop. She reflects on how the program supported…

On November 12, 2025, in Skopje, we launched, together with the Ministry of Finance of North Macedonia, the project “Public Finance Academy of the Ministry of Finance of North Macedonia: Transformation…

On November 7, 2025, over 280 leaders from ministries, municipalities, public agencies, academia, and business gathered at the Brdo Congress Centre for the second JUTRI (TOMORROW) Conference: Public Administration…

We are happy to share a reflection by Mateja Vraničar Erman, Chair of the Advisory Board at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, who took part in the CEF Expert Development Program.…

We were delighted to welcome Economic Reform Programme (ERP) and Reform Agenda (RA) teams from the Western Balkans and Türkiye, alongside representatives of the European Commission, in Brussels for the…

On 15–16 October 2025, CEF brought together policymakers, international partners, and private sector leaders in Ljubljana for the high-level regional conference “Partnerships for Taking Policies Towards…

To mark the 10th anniversary of the CEF becoming an international organization, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of North Macedonia and the current chair of the CEF Governing Board Gordana Dimitrieska-Kochoska…