Cooperation and Development Institute

09/09/2026

📅 With less than one month to go, conversations are taking shape.

"𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆: 𝗥𝗚𝗙 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗨 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀"

With the Facility now well into implementation, the discussion will focus on what we are learning from delivery so far - and how prepared we are for the next generation of performance-based instruments.

🔎 Explore the programme: https://tiranaconnectivityforum.org/tcf-2026/

25/08/2026

At , we examined through the value it brings to a more resilient, competitive and cohesive Union.

🗓️ A year on, the picture has evolved: enlargement has renewed momentum, Albania 🇦🇱 and Montenegro 🇲🇪 are advancing in their accession paths, and the next Multiannual Financial Framework is opening new questions about how integration is financed and supported.

The task ahead is translating this momentum into delivery and impact - governance and people ready, prepared and connected to make it work. ✅

⏭️ The conversation continues at . More to come soon.

06/08/2026

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗚𝗙 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰

🆕Our latest infographic breaks down the third report as submitted by Albania, with data covering reported performance by policy area, type of funding and overall implementation.

📊This infographic is produced in the frame of the initiative “Increasing Albanian civic engagement footprint in the Growth Plan”, implemented in partnership with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Albania.

15/07/2026

𝗘𝗨 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿.

📌 At last week's EU Macro-Regional and Sea-Basin Strategy Days in Brussels, hashtag was presented to a wider audience. By bringing together partners from Italy, Albania, and Montenegro, hashtag centers on South-Adriatic cooperation to strengthen 🚆 rail institutional capacity, foster knowledge exchange in the sector, and improve preparedness to access and manage EU funding.

Learn more: https://cdinstitute.eu/2026/07/10/co4co-highlights-south-adriatic-cooperation-at-eu-strategy-days-in-brussels/

Europe in my region
EU Strategy for the Adriatic - Ionian Region
Interreg IPA South Adriatic
Regione Puglia
Regione Molise
Hekurudha Shqiptare sh.a
Željeznička infrastruktura CG

07/07/2026

#𝗖𝗼𝟰𝗖𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀

📌 At the 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼-𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 & 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, Connected for Cohesion project will showcase how regional rail cooperation can strengthen connectivity, governance and integration between Member States and Albania and Montenegro in the area.

Looking forward to swapping notes with fellow macro-regional projects, scouting new partnerships, and pushing cross-border cooperation forward.

Meet us:

🗓️ On 8 July 2026 | 17:00 – 18:30

📍At the Networking Village | SQUARE Brussels

Read more: https://shorturl.at/c3urF

Europe in my region
Regione Puglia
Regione Molise

CONNECTED 03/06/2026 Connected for Cohesion to be showcased at the Macro-Regional & Sea Basin Strategies Days 2026 The Connected for Cohesion (Co4Co) initiative will be showcased at the Macro-Regional & Sea Basin Strategies Days 2026, taking place on 8 and 9 July 2026 in Brussels. Implemented by the...

04/07/2026

📌 Shqipëria po përgatit dorëzimin e raportit të tretë të zbatimit në mes të muajit korrik, i cili pritet të dokumentojë progresin në rreth 34 masa të Agjendës Kombëtare të Reformave. 📊 Me këtë raportim, niveli i përgjithshëm i zbatimit të raportuar pritet të arrijë në rreth 48%.

🎙️Për më shumë, ju ftojmë të ndiqni intervistën e Drejtoreshës Ekzekutive të CDI, Krisela Hackaj, dhënë për RTSH Radio Televizioni Shqiptar.

02/07/2026

📌 As the European Commission is reallocating funding towards best reform performers, we reiterate our call to the 🇦🇱 Albanian and EC authorities to channel these additional resources into new measures that strengthen:

🔹parliamentary oversight and democratic institutions work on Accession and Reforms;
🔹civil society engagement in reform consultation and monitoring; and
🔹improve business readiness for participation in the EU .

🔗 Read our recommendations to RGF Monitoring Committee held one month ago in Tirana: https://cdinstitute.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CDI_2nd_RGF_Monitoring_Committee.pdf

The EU will redirect Western Balkans reform funding towards frontrunners Montenegro, Albania and North Macedonia, as other countries are struggling to keep up with reform deadlines.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/pBuQ

26/06/2026

📌 The inclusion of the in the 🇪🇺 EU’s TEN-T Core Network in 2024 marked a significant milestone - but a place on the network map does not translate automatically into operational readiness.

Across the South Adriatic corridor, persistent structural gaps in rail interoperability, electrification, and cross-border functionality continue to limit the region’s effective integration into European transport systems. 🛤️

(Connected for Cohesion) is an Interreg-funded initiative bringing together partners from Albania, Montenegro, and Italy to close these gaps: assessing institutional readiness, building a data-driven platform, and shaping a joint roadmap for long-term regional vision beyond 2027. ⏭️

Interreg IPA South Adriatic
Hekurudha Shqiptare sh.a
Regione Puglia
Željeznička infrastruktura CG
Regione Molise

22/06/2026

Invited to COELA and COWEB by the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026, we presented with EESC - European Economic and Social Committee colleagues the Opinion on the role of Growth Plans of the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine.

📌 A timely exchange of views on how to improve and the future instrument for an policy that delivers.

19/06/2026

📌 Earlier this month, our Executive Director contributed to the 3rd EU–Albania Joint Consultative Committee panel discussion “Cluster 2: Internal market, with a focus on Albania´s preparations to join EU Single Market”. As discussions on deepening gradual integration become prominent in the Enlargement agenda, the meeting pointed out that the EU is a cornerstone of European integration and that sustained progress in this area is essential for Albania’s accession preparations.

The meeting gathered civil society organisations and social partners from and the to review the state of play of the accession process. Discussions reflected a principle the EESC - European Economic and Social Committee set out in its recent Opinion on civil society's role in the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine Growth Plans: as performance-based financing becomes a permanent fixture of enlargement policy, civil society oversight needs to be built as a governance requirement.

🔗Read the Joint Declaration: https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/events/3rd-eu-albania-civil-society-joint-consultative-committee-meeting

🗓️ Next on the agenda: With we will present to and the Opinion requested by the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026.