The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be at the SIOI tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. to participate in the inauguration ceremony for the 2025-2026 Academic Year and the Preparatory Course for the Diplomatic Career Competition.
The Minister said: “The training of future Italian diplomats is instrumental to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives. This is the reason why we have launched a comprehensive reform of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic competition, which will enable us to attract the best minds and the most talented young people and promote ever closer ties with the private sector and universities. The diplomatic competition will be open to all students with a master’s degree. Literature, mathematics, communication sciences, and engineering are just some of the skills we want for the diplomats of the future, for a Ministry of Foreign Affairs that is increasingly focused on growth and the promotion of exports.”
The changes are not limited to the diplomatic career. In 2025 alone, almost 1,000 new officials and administrative assistants with IT and commercial skills were hired. Recruitment will continue with further calls for applications for specializations in cybersecurity, international trade, architecture, and engineering. These professionals will also benefit from courses organized by SIOI, the Italian Society for International Organization, an institution dedicated to analysis and research in geopolitics and international relations founded in 1944. For 56 years, among other things, it has served as a school of advanced training for international careers. The diplomatic career preparation course has trained thousands of Italian diplomats, with more than 600 alumni now serving in our diplomatic corps.
