The CEF Governing Board gathered in Bucharest under Romania’s chairing and endorsed the 2027 Work Program, setting the direction for the CEF’s continued support to its members, stronger public institutions,…

As part of the WeCoach component of the EU-funded WeLead: EU Scheme for Young Professionals in the Western Balkans (WeLead) project, Rindi Daja from the Albanian Development Fund reflects on how coaching…

This week, we celebrated Knowledge Management Week at CEF as part of the Global Knowledge Management Week organized by the Knowledge Management Global Network (KMGN), of which CEF is a member. We used…

With the support of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, we are launching the Public Budgeting Learning Program (PBLP), a three-year regional capacity building program designed to strengthen…

As part of the WeCoach component of the EU-funded "WeLead: EU Scheme for Young Professionals in the Western Balkans" (WeLead) project, Kiti Shabanaj from the Office of the Prime Minister of Albania reflected…

The CEF is at the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Bangkok, Thailand, this week. Our Director, Jana Repanšek, and Chief Officer for Strategy, Robert Bauchmüller,…

We were pleased to take part in the Learn4Dev Annual Meeting 2026, held on October 8–9, 2026, in Geneva and hosted by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and its SME Trade Academy. Bringing together learning…

Moving decisively beyond declarations, the CEF opened its flagship regional conference, Financing the Green Transition, in Celje today, gathering over 90 top decision-makers, financial leaders, and international…

Development cooperation can create lasting value when technical expertise is combined with the capacity to apply, share, and sustain knowledge within institutions. CEF and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für…

Across the Western Balkans, the EU-funded multi-beneficiary project “EU Scheme for Young Professionals in the Western Balkans” (WeLead), implemented by CEF, has supported a new generation of young public…