The success proved through organizing of the first Montenegro Summer School for Young Diplomats is a confirmation of readiness of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro to keep up with regular and continuous activities not only regarding training for its diplomatic services but also in terms of development of regional initiatives and cooperation in this domain.
At the official opening in Berane, at the Memorial House of the first Montenegrin Minister of Foreign Affairs Duke Gavro Vuković H.E. Mr Milan Roćen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro said: 'The first Montenegro Summer School of Diplomacy 'Gavro Vuković' is devoted to the challenges for diplomats, primarily from the countries of the region, and it offers a good opportunity for exchange of opinions and ideas about actual EU and NATO processes in the context of their enlargement. At the same time, this gathering is a real chance for mutual acquainting and networking of young diplomats from the region and their colleagues from the EU countries. The School is focusing on modern tendencies in diplomacy and modalities of developing professional traits of a modern diplomat that no country can do without. I hope that this year's Summer School will be the beginning of a long tradition and that our young diplomats will gather every year, to socialize and to learn from each other in such a pleasant environment. Also, I hope that there will be more countries that will express interest in sending their diplomats to this School. For starters, we are more than satisfied. Here are the attendees from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and, of course, Montenegro. EU countries Italy, Slovenia and Estonia also sent their diplomats. Total number of registered participants and experienced diplomats and other eminent lecturers from Montenegro and abroad is forty.'

Young diplomats who attended the School were Ms Triinu Pits and Mr Bjorn Piibur (Estonia), Ms Valeria Baistrocchi (Italy), Ms Vesna Klemenčič and Mr Žiga Fišer (Slovenia), Ms Antonela Dhimolea and Mr Luizim Cota (Albania), Ms Maja Ivanjko and Ms Jasminka Sakić (Croatia), Ms Samra Deverović and Mr Goran Behmen (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ms Milena Karagaća and Ms Ivana Radosavljević (Serbia), Ms Atina Ničoška and Mr Dejan Đučić (FYR Macedonia), as well as Ms Ana Zeković, Ms Ferida Mandić and Ms Marija Živković, and Mr Miladin Bogetić, Mr Dragan Krivokapić and Mr Filip Kalezić (Montenegro).
Lecturers at the Summer School for Young Diplomats were H.E. Mr.Leopold Maurer, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Montenegro; H.E. Mr Roderick Moore, US Ambassador to Montenegro; H.E. Ms Slavica Milačić, Ambassador, Head of Permanent Mission of Montenegro to the European Union; H.E Ms Karin Jaani, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia; H.E. Mr Florian Raunig, Ambassador of Austria to Montenegro; H.E. Mr Vesko Garčević, Ambassador of Montenegro to Austria; H.E. Mr Petar Turčinović, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Montenegro; Dr Anton Bebler, Professor of Political Science and of Defense Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Mr Živko Andrijašević, PhD, University of Montenegro; Ms Milica Kadić Aković, MA in Public Relations and Mr Radoje Cerović, MSc, Psychologist and Strategic Communication Expert.

Lecture topics were: Western Balkans in the United Europe: EU Perspective; History of Montenegrin Diplomacy; the European Perspective of the Western Balkans - the Conditionality Policy: Membership vs. Partnership; EU Enlargement: the new member states' perspective; Interactive Workshop on Communication Techniques; Challenges for a Diplomat: an Envoy or an Active Participant in Negotiations?; the Importance of Young Diplomats' Network in Enhancing the Stability of the Western Balkans; Transatlantic Dimension of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy: the Culture of Cooperation and Dialogue in Foreign Affairs; the Experiences and Challenges of Small Countries' Diplomacies.
In addition, an interactive workshop was held on the Attitude of EU Countries towards EU and NATO Enlargement (Individual presentations by young diplomats, representatives of EU countries: Estonia, Italy and Slovenia), as well as an interactive workshop on Achievements and Challenges on the Road to European and Euro-Atlantic Integration (Individual presentations by young diplomats, representatives of the countries from the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia).