The first generation of Slovene civil servants successfully concluded the core course for EU Civilian Crisis Management Missions. Ambassador Mitja Štrukelj, Coordinator for Western Balkans at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia awarded trainees with the C3MC certificates signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Žbogar, Minister of Interior Katarina Kresal and Minister of Defence Ljubica Jelušič. The course finally placed Slovenia on the map of the EU civilian crisis management trainings.
Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia Katarina Kresal visited CEP's core course for civil servants for EU Civilian Crisis Management Missions, that is currently being conducted in the Police Training Centre in Gotenica. The minister expressed her support to the course and wished luck to all future civilian missions members who are participating in the course.
Today the first training for civil servants for EU Civilian Crisis Management Missions organized in Slovenia started at CEP. An intensive 14-day training will equip participants with a comprehensive knowledge and skills needed to be seconded to the civilian missions. The training will take place at CEP and Police Training Centre in Gotenica between 8 and 21 November 2010.
Today a five-day workshop on “Creating an Ethical Work Environment” successfully finished in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. The project was prepared by the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) in cooperation with and on request of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia, and is a part of Slovenia’s International Development Cooperation. The training was the second in line of trainings and workshops CEP organizes for Serbian police and was designed for executive police officials.
Director of the Directorate for Civil-Military Planning in the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU Mika-Markus Leinonen visited CEP. CEP Programme Director, Andreja Dolničar Jeraj, welcomed Leinonen and presented the CEP's work done for the Core Course for the secondments of civilian personnel in international civilian missions.
On Tuesday in Ohrid started the 3rd module of the training project "EU Negotiations: Techniques, Skills and Content" organized by the Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Customs Administration of the Republic of Macedonia. This 3rd module is a continuation of the training module entitled "Negotiating with the European Union" and aims to further improve the effective presentation of Macedonian stands in the process of EU negotiations taking into account negotiation techniques and public speaking skills in the chapter of taxation.
At a press conference held today, the Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Žbogar, expressed his satisfaction with this year's Bled Strategic Forum. The two-day event which, according to the Minister, represents a great success for the two main organisers – the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for European Perspective – was attended by more than 400 participants from 40 different countries.
The Project Group for Research on the Diplomatic History of Central and South East Europe, Studia diplomatica Slovenica has published a new book by Dr. Ernest Petrič, "Foreign Policy – Basic Theory and Practice", which belongs to the Monographie series. Dr. Petrič has succeeded in bringing together his theoretical and practical knowledge about international relations in this new monograph, which has been reviewed by Dr. Andrej Rahten. The review is published below. The book is currently available only in the Slovenian language and can be ordered by e-mail at 
Centre for European Perspective hosted the inter-ministerial working meeting on the implementation of the Strategy for cooperation of the Republic of Slovenia in international civilian missions and training for public servants for secondments in the international civilian crisis missions. The meeting was intended for representatives of all Ministries of the Republic of Slovenia, governmental offices and bodies affiliated to the Ministries. Its main objective was to encourage participants of the meeting to second civil servants to the civilian missions and to participate in the training for civil servants for secondments that CEP will implement in October this year.
In Skopje started a second module of the project "EU Negotiations: Techniques, Skills and Content" organized by the Centre for European Perspective, Slovenia, in cooperation with the Customs Administration of the Republic of Macedonia. The module is entitled "Negotiating with the European Union" and aims to improve the negotiation techniques of the Macedonian senior public servants that will play a decisive role in the Macedonia – EU negotiations in the chapter of taxation.
We are pleased to announce this year's first issue of the Scientific Journal European Perspectives (Vol. 2, Nr. 1). European Perspectives is a scientific journal that publishes original, peer-reviewed scientific articles focusing on relevant political, sociological, social, security, economic and legal as well as ethnic, minority and cross-cultural issues related to European and Euro-Atlantic integrations and South-Eastern Europe. This issue includes:
