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.
tel: +39 040 7786777
fax: +39 040 7786766
email: cei-es@cei-es.org
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-es.org
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-es.org
Expert
Mr. Gianfranco Cicognani
Science and Technology Advisor
Science and Technology, Energy.
tel: +39 040 7786730
fax: +39 040 360640
email: g.cico@cei-es.org
Professional Staff
Ms. Barbara Fabro
Senior Executive Officer
Intercultural Cooperation, Media, Science and Technology, Minorities; liaison with UNESCO and the Council of Europe; liaison with the Italian delegation to the CEI Parliamentary Assembly.
tel: +39 040 7786725
fax: +39 040 360640
email: fabro@cei-es.org
Ms. Paola Plancher
Senior Executive Officer
Cooperation Fund - Evaluation Unit
tel: +39 040 7786726
fax: +39 040 360640
email: plancher@cei-es.org
Ms. Tania Pibernik
Executive Officer
Human Resource Development; CEI University Network; CEI Youth Forum; Newsletter and website.
tel: +39 040 7786721
fax: +39 040 360640
email: pibernik@cei-es.org
Ms. Lidija Arsova
Executive Officer
Liaison with the CNC; meetings of MFA; Summit of the Heads of Government; Annual Reports; Plan of Action; liaison with other regional organisations.
tel: +39 040 7786727
fax: +39 040 360640
email: arsova@cei-es.org
Ms. Izabela Gostisa Pasic
Executive Officer
KEP AUSTRIA Programme management; SEDRI - Sustainable Energy Development Regional Initiative; CEI cooperation in Climate/Environment and Tourism sector
tel: +39 040 7786 746
fax: +39 040 7786 766
email: gostisa@cei-es.org
Mr. Alessandro Lombardo
Executive Officer
EU projects, Science & Technology Network.
tel: +39 040 7786744
fax: +39 040 7786783
email: lombardo@cei-es.org
General Service Staff
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-es@cei-es.org
Ms. Roberta Milano
Senior Accountant
Administration and accounting.
tel: +39 040 7786734
fax: +39 040 360640
email: milano@cei-es.org
Mr. Antonio Monteduro
Senior Archivist
Archives; driver.
tel: +39 040 7786728
fax:+39 040 360640
email: monteduro@cei-es.org
Ms. Loretta Brcic
Secretary
Administration and accounting tasks; conference services.
tel: +39 040 7786743
fax: +39 040 360640
email: brcic@cei-es.org
Professional Staff (EU Projects)
Ms. Anna Marconato
Project Manager
tel: +39 040 7786 748
fax: +39 040 7786 783
email: marconato@cei-es.org
Mr. Carlo Fortuna
Project Manager - Transport Focal Point for Corridor V
tel: +39 040 7786751
fax: +39 040 7786783
email: fortuna@cei-es.org
Ms. Ana Sinkovic
Junior Project Officer
tel: +39 040 7786 758
fax: +39 040 7786 783
email: sinkovic@cei-es.org
Mr. Bogdan-Iustin Birnbaum
Junior Project Officer
tel: +39 040 7786 749
fax: +39 040 7786 783
email: birnbaum@cei-es.org
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