On March 24, 2025,  as expression of the excellent long-term cooperation between The Romanian Institute for Europe-Asia Studies (IRSEA) and the Faculty of International Business and Economics (REI), Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE), Ambassador (p) Gheorghe Savuica continued IRSEA’s “Diplomatic Training Programme”, initiated in 2009.

The programme comprised of an interactive course on “Diplomacy and Norms of Diplomatic Practice” taught to the postgraduate students of ASE pursuing a master’s degree in“Economic Diplomacy”, at REI.

Organised with the valuable support of Prof. Anca Ilie, PhD, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of International Business and Economics (REI) of ASE, the module provided the postgraduatestudents with norms and instruments to employ in their future work, be it in Economic  Diplomacy  or at corporate level.

At the end of the lecture, the trainees addressed questions to the course instructor, particularly dedicated to the field of International Relations and the role of Diplomacy as well as to his most responsible and risky diplomatic experiences.

The post graduate students have been awarded with Certicates of participation at the course.

*Ambassador (p) Gheorghe Savuica is the Founder and President of IRSEA and Founder and Honorary President of Romania-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is a graduate of Moscow State Institute of International Relations. As a career diplomat with over four decades of diplomatic service, an University recognized  specialist on Southeast Asia and ASEAN, speaker of Bahasa Indonesia, Russian and English, he represented Romania as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan and Indonesia and Chief of Mission, with Cabinet Letter, to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cyprus, Finland and Estonia.

He published multiple articles, thought-pieces and commentaries reflecting his views on current dynamics in International Affairs and the ongoing developments related to the greater scope of Europe Asia relations. He authored several major chapters in edited volumes on Romania’s Foreign Policy, published by the Romanian Academy.

Ambassador (p) Savuica is a former Director of the Republic of Moldova Division, former Director of the Asia Pacific Division and former Director General of the Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Latin America Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ROMANIA.