Slovenia currently holds the one-year presidency of the association which comprises 17 countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
During the Slovene presidency, meetings of working groups and parliamentary assembly as well as separate meetings of foreign, agriculture and information society ministers were held. Immediately before the Prime Ministers' meeting (from 23 to 25 November), the 7th CEI Summit Economic Forum will take place at the same venue. The main events of the forum will be the business conference and round table of ministers of the economy of CEI member states.
