Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council since the 1st of January 2013. He previously served as a Coordinator of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (2008–2012). In November 2004, he became Chairman of Working Table I of the Stability Pact for the South-eastern Europe, where he served until the end of 2007. He was a member of the Review Group of the Stability Pact, which proposed the transformation of the Stability Pact into the Regional Co-operation Council.