Contacts


Executive Level

Mr. Gerhard Pfanzelter

CEI 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.
 

 

Via Genova 9 // Trieste

tel. +39 040 7786777
fax +39 040 7786766
email : cei-es@cei-es.org
web : http://www.ceinet.org






  

  

    




  


          

        Mr. Mykola Melenevskyi
              

        
          
CEI  Deputy Secretary General

    
    

                            
      
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Minister Mykola Melenevskyi, a career diplomat seconded by Ukraine, is the Deputy Secretary General of the CEI-Executive Secretariat. Min. Melenevskyi joined his assignment in Trieste in 2006. His responsibilities cover coordination with the CEI Parliamentary Dimension at the level of Parliamentary Committee, General Committees and Parliamentary Assembly meetings; coordination of activities of other regional organizations; care of the CEI Interregional and Cross-border Cooperation, CEI Youth Forum; liaison with the respective authorities of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. Graduate in International Relations, Min. Melenevskyi joined foreign service of Ukraine in 1992 in the Protocol Department. Continued his diplomatic career in the Department of Bilateral Relations/Europe, Directorate of the UNO and other International Organizations. Was posted in the Embassy of Ukraine in Greece, deployed as the Deputy Head of the OSCE Centre in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. Has the diplomatic rank of Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 2nd class.


Tasks: Parliamentary Dimension, Focal Point for the coordination of activities of other regional organizations, Interregional and Cross-border Cooperation, liaison with authorities of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, Youth Forum.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786735

fax +39 040 360640

email : melenevsky@cei-es.org

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    
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        Mr. Gianfranco Cicognani
              

        
          
CEI  Science and Technology Advisor

    
    

      
      
            

        
Science and Technology, Energy.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste



tel. +39 040 7786730

fax +39 040 360640

email : g.cico@cei-es.org

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    
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        Ms. Barbara Fabro
              

        
          
CEI  Senior Executive Office

    
    

      
      
            

        
Implementation of CEI activities in Intercultural Cooperation, Media, Science and Technology, Minorities; liaison with UNESCO and the Council of Europe

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786725

fax +39 040 360640

email : fabro@cei-es.org

web :http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Paola Plancher
              

        
          
CEI  Senior Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Cooperation Fund - Evaluation Unit

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786726

fax +39 040 360640 

email : plancher@cei-es.org

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Tania Pibernik
              

        
          
CEI  Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Implementation of CEI activities in Education / CEI University Network, CEI Youth Forum, CEI Newsletter, website.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786721

fax +39 040 360640

email : pibernik@cei-es.org

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Lidija Arsova
              

        
          
CEI  Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Liason with the CNC, meetings of MFA, Summit of the Heads of Government, meetings of Political Directors, Annual Reports, Plan of Action, liaison with the Secretariats of other regional organisations.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786727

fax +39 040 360640

email : arsova@cei-es.org

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Izabela Gostisa Pasic (currently on maternity leave)
              

        
          
CEI  Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
Implementation of CEI activities in the context of CEI Special Fund for Climate and Environment Protection; Austrian Know-How Exchange Programme, Climate and Environment, Tourism.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786 746

fax +39 040 7786 783

email : gostisa@cei-es.org

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Mr. Alessandro Lombardo
              

        
          
CEI  Junior Executive Officer

    
    

      
      
            

        
EU projects, Science & Technology Network.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786744 

fax +39 040 7786783 

email : lombardo@cei-es.org 

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Mr. Bogdan Birnbaum
              

        
          
CEI  Assistant

    
    

      
      
            

        
CEI Special Fund for Climate and Environment Protection; Austrian Know-How Exchange Programme (CEI KEP - Austria); implementation of activities in the following areas of CEI co-operation: Climate and Environment, Tourism. (temporary assignment)

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786 777 

fax +39 040 360640 

email : birnbaum@cei-es.org 

web : www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    
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        Ms. Francesca Taliani de Marchio
              

        
          
CEI  Personal Assistant to the SG

    
    

      
      
            

        
Personal assistant to the Secretary General, correspondence and travel desk.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786722 

fax +39 040 360640 

email : cei-es@cei-es.org 

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Roberta Milano
              

        
          
CEI  Senior Accountant

    
    

      
      
            

        
Administration and accounting.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786734 

fax +39 040 360640 

email : milano@cei-es.org 

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Mr. Antonio Monteduro
              

        
          
CEI  Senior Archivist

    
    

      
      
            

        
Archives, registry, mail, driver.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786728 

fax +39 040 360640 

email : monteduro@cei-es.org 

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Loretta Brcic
              

        
          
CEI Secretary

    
    

      
      
            

        
Assistance with administrative and accounting tasks, switch board, receptionist, conference services.

      


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786777 

fax +39 040 360640

email : brcic@cei-es.org 

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    

    
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        Ms. Chiara Casarella
              

        
          
CEI  Project Officer

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786742 

fax +39 040 7786783 

email : casarella@cei-es.org 

web : http://www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Anna Marconato
              

        
          
CEI  Project Officer

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786 748 

fax +39 040 7786 783 

email : marconato@cei-es.org 

web : www.ceinet.org
        

      
    


  


 







  

  

    




  


          

        Ms. Ana Sinkovic
              

        
          
CEI  Project Officer

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786 758 

fax +39 040 7786 783 

email : sinkovic@cei-es.org 

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        Mr. Carlo Fortuna
              

        
          
Adviser - Transport Focal Point for Corridor V

    
    

      
      
            

              


              

          
Via Genova 9 // Trieste


tel. +39 040 7786751 

fax +39 040 7786783 

email : fortuna@cei-es.org