Newly hired diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are on mission in Brindisi today: it is a fundamental step in the training process designed to consolidate the professional profile of Italian diplomats in sectors such as peacebuilding and peacekeeping. A process which has to start from the very beginning of a young diplomat’s career. Peacebuilding and peacekeeping are two fields to which the Italian government has always been particularly committed, and that have become all the more significant especially now that Italy will join the UN Security Council commencing on 1 January 2017.