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The first AII Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) under Hellenic Chairmanship was held in Brussels on October 9, 2024.
Read more: AII COMMITTEE OF SENIOR OFFICIALS – BRUSSELS, 9 OCTOBER 2024
On October 1, 2024, Ambassador Giovanni Castellaneta, Secretary General of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII), participated in the Kick-off Conference of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Region (EUSAIR) and AII, held in Corfu, Greece.
The 18th Coordination Meeting of Regional Organisations hosted by the Central European Initiative – Executive Secretariat in Trieste on 17 September 2024 witnessed the presence of high-level representatives from the Secretariats of regional organizations, such as the Adriatic Ionian Initiative, the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, and the Regional Cooperation Council. Special guests were the European Commission, the Regional School of Public Administration, and the Regional Anti-corruption Initiative.
Read more: 18th Coordination Meeting of Regional Organisations - 17 September 2024, Trieste
On September 24th in Bari (Italy) a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Permanent Secretariat of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII-PS) and the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) Bari establishing a collaboration aimed at strengthening dialogue and cohesion between the Adriatic-Ionian region, in line with the European integration process.
The CE.S.MA, Marche Study Center, named after the late and famous luminary of medicine "Giuseppe Giunchi", founded in 1983, pursues the aim of enhancing the knowledge and image of the citizens of the Marche Region to whom, in Italy and around the world, particular merits have been recognized.
At the same time, the Center also intends to pay grateful recognition to those citizens from outside the Marche region who have made an intense commitment through their activities to the promotion and valorisation of the Marche region, inspired by the principles of human solidarity and cultural, scientific and economic promotion. To this end it has established the honorific distinction of "Marchigiano ad Honorem".
The ceremony took place on May 30, 2024 at the Sala Capitolare of the Senate of the Italian Republic, Piazza della Minerva, Rome. The Marchigiano ad Honorem prize (17th edition) was awarded to the Italian Ambassador and Secretary General of the Adriatic Ionian Initiative Giovanni Castellaneta.
The awards ceremony was opened by institutional greetings from Senator Antonio De Poli, Commissioner of the Senate of the Republic (video message), followed by speeches of the Honorary President of the Ce.S.Ma H.E. Giorgio Girelli, Ambassador of the Republic of San Marino, of the journalist Rosanna Vaudetti and of the director of the CE.S.MA Pina Gentili.