Central European Initiative

Central European Initiative (CEI) in relation with International Trade

In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Central European Initiative (CEI): A regional cooperation organization including Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia; the German states of Bavaria and Baden- Wtintemberg participate in transport working groups; Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, and Bulgaria have applied for membership. Formerly known as the Pentagonal Group when five members (Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, and the former Yugoslavia) belonged, and subsequently as the Hexagonal Group after Poland joined.