Contacts

Ambassador Margit Waestfelt was appointed CEI Alternate Secretary General in January 2013 after having held the post of Austrian Ambassador to Finland. Having studied law and worked as an assistant professor at the University of Vienna, M. Waestfelt entered the Austrian diplomatic service in 1978. Her first assignment abroad was in Paris. Subsequently, she joined the Department for Legal and Consular Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Vienna. From 1990 to 1995 she worked as Cultural Counsellor at the Austrian Embassy in Moscow and in 1995 was appointed Deputy Head of Mission in Moscow. After returning to Vienna she was nominated Ambassador for external relations during the Austrian Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2000. From 2002 to 2008 M. Waestfelt was Head of the Austrian Permanent Mission to the OSCE and then appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Finland.

Giorgio Rosso Cicogna served as CEI Acting Secretary General until March 2013. Previously he served as CEI Alternate Secretary General since June 2010.He joined the Italian Foreign Ministry in 1971 for a diplomatic career of over twenty years. Among his assignments: Assistant to the Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Head of the Secretariat of the Foreign Minister, Advisor for International and European Affairs to the Ministers for Science/Technology and for Public Holdings. He also served as Consul in Vienna, Counsellor and Chargé d' Affairs in New Delhi and Alternate Head of the Italian Delegation to the CSCE again in Vienna, and held several positions at the Economic Department of the Italian Foreign Ministry.
In 1991 Mr. Rosso Cicogna retired from government service and started a new career in the private sector as Director General of the Italian Federation of Industries for the Trieste region. In 1998 he joined TELIT (the only producer of cellular and satellite phones in Italy) as Executive Vice-president for corporate planning and for international, institutional and public affairs; later he was a consultant to the top management of several companies. In 2008 he was appointed Managing Director of the International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS) of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Coordination of ministerial and other high-level meetings organised at CEI Headquarters; Liaison to the local, regional and national authorities; Supervision of procedural requirements and administrative evaluation of CEI Cooperation Activities.

External relations, in particular liaison to the CEI Presidency, Ministries of Foreign Affairs and other governmental bodies, regional and international organisations; Preparation of the CNC meetings, MFA Meetings and CEI Summits; Coordination of the Annual Report; Website updating. (Currently on maternity leave)

Responsible for the administrative and financial issues; Coordination of the CEI participation in EU Projects and Programmes;  Coordination of the CEI activities in the field of Science and Technology; including CEI Science and Technology Network.

Personal assistance to the Secretary General; correspondence and travel desk.

Archives, procurement, registry, mail, driver.