Contacts


Executive Level

Mr. Gerhard Pfanzelter

Secretary General
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Ambassador Gerhard Pfanzelter, a prominent Austrian diplomat, has taken up his duties as Secretary General of the Central European Initiative in January 2010.

From 1999 to 2008 he was Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations.
In 2000 he served as Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and in 2002 he became Vice-President of the 57th United Nations General Assembly. During the first half of 2006 he chaired the European Union in New York during Austria's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Dr. Gerhard Pfanzelter has successfully led Austria's campaign for a non-permanent seat in the Security Council for the period 2009-2010.   Previously, from 1983 to 1989, Gerhard Pfanzelter had served as Austria's Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea and Mauritania. He then was appointed Ambassador to Syria for a four-year term, ending in 1993, when he became Head of the Department for International Organizations in the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   Ambassador Pfanzelter started his diplomatic career in Rome. He has a law degree obtained at the University of Innsbruck and an M.A. in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington D.C. Gerhard Pfanzelter is married and has three children.  

 

tel: +39 040 7786777
fax: +39 040 7786766
email: cei@cei.int
 






  

  

    




  


          

        Mr. Giorgio Rosso Cicogna 
              

        
          
Alternate Secretary General

    
    

                            
      
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Giorgio Rosso Cicogna was appointed CEI Alternate Secretary General in 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).

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786741

fax: +39 040 7786766

email: rossocicogna@cei.int
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Mr. Zoran Jovanovic
              

        
          
Deputy Secretary General

    
    

                            
      
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Zoran Jovanovic was appointed CEI Deputy Secretary General in March 2011.

During 90s he worked in the private sector (Mobtel – first mobile operator in Serbia; Putevi – civil engineering company operating in Serbia and Russia etc.), than in the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Services respectively, until beginning of 2002, when he joined the Foreign Ministry. In the period 2003/2007 he was chief of the Consular section of the Embassy of Serbia (and Montenegro) in Tirana; In 2007/2009 – chief of Desk for Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Albania; 2009/2011 – director of Directorate for Regional Initiatives and national coordinator for CEI and SEECP.

Mr. Jovanovic is married and has one son.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786754

fax: +39 040 7786766

email: jovanovic@cei.int
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    
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        Ms. Barbara Fabro
              

        
          
Senior Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Responsible for the communication and media relations; Coordination of the CEI activities in the fileds of Intercultural Cooperation including Minorities and Media; CEI Feature Events and Awards; Liaison with the Italian Delegation to the CEI Parliamentary Assembly; Liaison with UNESCO and Council of Europe.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786725

fax: +39 040 360640

email: fabro@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Paola Plancher
              

        
          
Senior Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Responsible for the overall coordination of the CEI ministerial and other high-level meetings organised at Headquarters, including liaison with the local, regional and national authorities; Supervision of procedural requirements and administrative evaluation of the CEI Cooperation Activities.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786726

fax: +39 040 360640 

email: plancher@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Lidija Arsova
              

        
          
Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Responsible for the external relations, in particular relations with CEI Presidency, Ministries of Foreign Affairs and other governmental bodies as well as with regional and international organisations; Preparation of the meetings of the CEI National Coordinators, the MFA Meeting and the CEI Summit; Coordination of the Annual Report.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786727

fax: +39 040 360640

email: arsova@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Izabela Gostisa Pasic
              

        
          
Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Coordination of the CEI activities in the fields of Climate, Environment and Tourism; Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) AUSTRIA; SEDRI - Sustainable Energy Development Regional Initiative.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786 746

fax: +39 040 7786 766

email: gostisa@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Mr. Alessandro Lombardo
              

        
          
Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
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; CEI Science and Technology Network.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786744 

fax: +39 040 7786783 

email: lombardo@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Tania Pibernik
              

        
          
Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Coordination of the CEI activities in the field of Human Resource Development; CEI University Network; CEI Youth Forum; Website editing.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786721

fax: +39 040 360640

email: pibernik@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    
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        Mr. Gianfranco Cicognani
              

        
          
Advisor

    
    

      
      
            

        
Focal Point on BIOM ADRIA Project.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786730

fax: +39 040 360640

email: g.cico@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    
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        Ms. Francesca Taliani de Marchio
              

        
          
Personal Assistant to the SG

    
    

      
      
            

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

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786722 

fax: +39 040 360640 

email: cei@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Roberta Milano
              

        
          
Senior Accountant

    
    

      
      
            

        
Administration and accounting.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786734 

fax: +39 040 360640 

email: milano@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Mr. Antonio Monteduro
              

        
          
Senior Archivist

    
    

      
      
            

        
Archives; driver.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786728 

fax:+39 040 360640 

email: monteduro@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Loretta Brcic
              

        
          
Secretary

    
    

      
      
            

        
Administration and accounting tasks; conference services.

      


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786743

fax: +39 040 360640

email: brcic@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    
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        Ms. Anna Marconato
              

        
          
Project Manager

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786 748 

fax: +39 040 7786 783 

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        Mr. Ugo Poli 
              

        
          
Project Manager

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786 759

fax: +39 040 7786 783

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        Mr. Carlo Fortuna
              

        
          
Project Manager - Transport Focal Point for Corridor V

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786751 

fax: +39 040 7786783 

email: fortuna@cei.int
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Ana Sinkovic
              

        
          
Junior Project Officer

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786 758 

fax: +39 040 7786 783 

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        Mr. Bogdan-Iustin Birnbaum
              

        
          
Junior Project Officer

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
tel: +39 040 7786 749

fax: +39 040 7786 783

email: birnbaum@cei.int 

 
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    




  


          

        Mr. Ivan Zupan
              

        
          
Project Assistant

    
    

      
      
            

        
Tel: +39 040 7786763

Fax: +39 040 360640

Email : zupan@cei.int