Informest, Agency for Development and International Economic Cooperation, with the support of the project iCON partnership (www.icon-project.eu), has the pleasure to invite you at the workshop on the cross-border ICT networks scheduled on May, 25th 2012 at 9.00, at the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia, via Giosuè Carducci 2 (Gorizia).

In the framework of the EU co-funded SEETAC project - South East European Transport Axis Cooperation, the third Transport Ministerial Conference will take place in Athens, on 22 May, gathering transport and infrastructure Ministers or their representatives of Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, namely the SEETAC target countries. Representatives of the European Transport Associations (CER, ESPO and UIC), International Financing Institutions (EBRD, EIB, WBIF, World Bank), European Commission (DG Enlargement, DG Mobility and  Transport) and the SEE Joint Technical Secretariat will also participate in the meeting.

The ministerial meeting will be preceded by the Infrastructure Forum, which will focus on the coordination of planning priorities and investments in the region, and will address issues beyond infrastructure, aiming at efficient multimodal transport operations development, overcoming the existing administrative and border crossing obstacles. The main outcomes of the Forum will serve as a basis for the discussion of the ministerial meeting, which will focus on the investment priorities in Southeast Europe Transport Networks and on the financial mechanism to boost investment in transport infrastructure in view of developing an efficient transport system in the region.

The "Guida alle PMI del Montenegro" has been put online. The study, presented at an event organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Trieste on May 11, is the output of the Axis II - Internationalisation - Development of economic relations between Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Montenegro of the ADRIA 3 Project - Strenghtening and development of the cooperation with Eastern Adriatic countries. The document is freely downloadable from the project site www.adria3.eu/documenti.asp after the registration.

On 17th of May 2012, it will be held in Gorizia (Italy) the final event of the SEPA project.

The project SEPA has started in 2009 and has involved eight territories of the South East Europe area: Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Serbia. The partnership has been working together since the beginning by pursuing the common objective of improving the socio-environmental impact of the industrial areas through the outline and test of innovative management models and eco-friendly investments.

The presentation of the Axis II "Internationalization - Development of Economic Relations between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Montenegro" in the framework of ADRIA3 Project - financed by the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia through L. 19/2000, will be held on 11 May in Trieste at the Chamber of Commerce. During the event, the local partner, the Directorate for the support of SMEs in Montenegro NASME, will make a country presentation highlighting the opportunities of cooperation between SMEs of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and Montenegro.