In July 2026, the 6th World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC 2026) was held in Finland, jointly hosted by Helsinki, Espoo, and Tampere. The event was an exceptionally large-scale professional gathering, both in terms of the number of participants (more than ...

This newsletter summarizes the latest news and events of the BorderLabs CE project, presenting the results of cross-border cooperation in Central Europe, pilot experiences, and upcoming programs ...

On the 30th of June, the fifth and final workshop of the b-solutions project titled “Serbian members in an EGTC” was held in Novi Sad, Serbia. Within the framework of the project, commissioned by the Banat Triplex Confinium EGTC, the ...

The annual ESPON Seminar was held in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 17–18 June 2026 under the title Mind the Gap: Addressing Cognitive Distance to Territorial Cohesion ...

CESCI has traditionally placed a strong emphasis on the training and mentoring of future professionals. In this spirit, we participated in the Professional Day organised by the István Pálfi Regional Development Foundation on 23 June 2026, which once again provided ...

The European Cross-Border Platform (ECBP) held its annual meeting on 10 and 11 June 2026 in Brussels, in the premises of the Committee of the Regions (CoR). The meeting was co-organised by the CoR and the Central European Service for ...

The partners of the BorderLabs CE project held the closing conference in Brussels on 10 June 2026, as a side event of the European Cross-Border Platform’s annual meeting. The conference attracted a broad audience of nearly 100 participants representing EU ...

CESCI also participated in the annual conference of the European Association of Geographers (EUROGEO), held between 21 and 24 May 2026 at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg, the Netherlands ...

The Ruralscapes project, supported by the INTERREG Danube Region Program, aims to develop the Ipoly River region, protect landscape values, and establish a unified approach to landscape use. Thanks to this professional work, opportunities arise to develop local and regional ...

CESCI held its annual General Assembly in Gyula on 27-28 May 2026. The two-day programme served the association’s formal decision-making, professional reflection and the strengthening of the CESCI community at the same time ...

On 12-13 May 2026, the partners of the BorderLabs CE project took part in a study visit to the Danish-Swedish border region, organised by CESCI. The two-day programme in Copenhagen and Malmö explored how one of Europe’s best-known cross-border metropolitan ...

The European Commission has been organising the online knowledge exchange events called ‘Beyond Borders Breakfast Debate’ since the beginning of 2021 ...

Between 15 and 16 April 2026, the partners of the BorderLabs CE project took a study trip to “the heart of Europe”, the trinational Meuse-Rhine Euroregion ...

The running team of CESCI took part in the 8th Košice–Miskolc Ultramarathon, held on April 18, 2026 ...

The Research Institute for National Strategy hosted the opening conference of the “Bridge2EastCE – Bridge to the East” project in Budapest, implemented with the support of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme. CESCI was also represented at the event ...