The Director of CESCI-Carpathia, Mr. Rudolf Bauer, was invited to the first meeting on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2025/925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2025 on the Instrument for the Development and Growth of Border Regions (BRIDGEforEU).

The meeting took place on 16 April 2026 at the Albert Borschette Conference Centre in Brussels and was attended by representatives of all EU member states. The meeting was chaired by Ms Nathalie Verschelde, representative of DG REGIO and prepared by Mr Ricardo Ferreira, DG REGIO-D2. Slovakia was represented by the First Secretary of the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU, Mr. Matúš Drotár, who informed that the responsible authority for this regulation will be the Ministry of Investments,
Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic.

Mr. Rudolf Bauer presented the results and experience of the 3-year implementation of the #ACCESS.

 

As part of the Hungarian presidency of the European Council, in Budapest on the 13th-15th In November 2024, another edition of the “Art of cooperation” event took place.

The INEUREG 2024 conference was held on October 4, 2024 in Bratislava.

On March 12, 2024, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Faculty of Management of Comenius University in Bratislava and CESCI Carpathia.