In CESCI’s planning activities for 2026, a prominent role will be played by the preparation of territorial analyses for three of the cross-border cooperation programmes for the 2028–2034 period. In connection with these tasks, the inception reports were presented at the Programming Committee meetings in March 2026.

At the beginning of 2026, CESCI started preparing the territorial analyses of three Interreg programmes: Hungary–Serbia, Hungary–Slovakia, and Hungary–Slovakia–Romania–Ukraine. Following the request from the programme authorities, CESCI first compiled the so-called inception reports in the first month of the year. The analytical work will be greatly supported by the fact that CESCI had also prepared the previous territorial analyses of these programmes. In the planned methodology, particular emphasis will be placed on stakeholder involvement and engagement, the analysis of functional areas and processes shaped by cross-border interactions, and the capitalisation of lessons learned from previous programmes. By the end of March 2026, all three programmes held their first Programming Committee meetings, where CESCI presented the respective inception reports. With the approval of these reports, work on all three programmes has officially started and will continue throughout 2026.