''The CEI is a valuable tool which has grown over time, adapting to new developments and today has new potential". This is what the Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC), Michele Valensise, told ANSA News Agency during his visit in Trieste on 20 February. Valensise also highlighted the new challenges ahead, especially in relation to the EU macro-regional strategies. He underlined the need for promoting closer relations between the CEI and the Adriatic Ionian Initiative, in a spirit of complementarity.
During his visit at the CEI Headquarters – the first ever from a SG of the Italian MFA - Amb. Valensise had the opportunity to meet with the executive level and the staff of the Secretariat who provided him with an overview of the main CEI developments from a political and project-oriented perspective. Amb. Valensise was accompanied by Couns. Andrea Orizio, Head of the Unit for the Balkan Region at the MFAIC and CEI National Coordinator.
On that same day, the CEI and the MIB-School of Management organised a conference with Amb. Valensise under the title "Balkans, Italy and the European Union: together to overcome the crisis. Diplomacy, cooperation opportunities". The event, held at the prestigious seat of MIB, was attended by high representatives from political, economic, academic and cultural institutions as well as by students of the MIB and the University of Trieste - Degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences.
Amb. Valensise also had the opportunity to meet with the President of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, Debora Serracchiani. They discussed the role of the Region towards the Balkans and possible synergies between the Region and the MFA in this respect. Reference was made to the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, the framework in which the Region is coordinator for the Italian Regions of Pillar 2, concerning transport and energy.
For more information: fabro@cei.int
Meeting with Amb. Valensise at the CEI Headquarters
During his visit at the CEI Headquarters – the first ever from a SG of the Italian MFA - Amb. Valensise had the opportunity to meet with the executive level and the staff of the Secretariat who provided him with an overview of the main CEI developments from a political and project-oriented perspective. Amb. Valensise was accompanied by Couns. Andrea Orizio, Head of the Unit for the Balkan Region at the MFAIC and CEI National Coordinator.
On that same day, the CEI and the MIB-School of Management organised a conference with Amb. Valensise under the title "Balkans, Italy and the European Union: together to overcome the crisis. Diplomacy, cooperation opportunities". The event, held at the prestigious seat of MIB, was attended by high representatives from political, economic, academic and cultural institutions as well as by students of the MIB and the University of Trieste - Degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences.
Amb. Valensise also had the opportunity to meet with the President of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, Debora Serracchiani. They discussed the role of the Region towards the Balkans and possible synergies between the Region and the MFA in this respect. Reference was made to the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, the framework in which the Region is coordinator for the Italian Regions of Pillar 2, concerning transport and energy.
For more information: fabro@cei.int
Meeting with Amb. Valensise at the CEI Headquarters