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09: The European Union as a Global Player

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Hauptschule
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German and English language

The seminar will focus on the achievements, ambitions and perspectives of the external action of the European Union and, in particular, its common foreign, security and defence policy. It will examine the record and the future options of the EU vis-à-vis regions such as the Western Balkans, the Middle East and Africa. It will study the role of the EU within the United Nations, its place in the transatlantic relationship, its relations with Russia and China and its new „European Neighbourhood Policy“. The seminar will also take a look at the structures be-hind the Union’s external action and the changes fore-seen in the EU Constitutional Treaty (EU Foreign Minister, European External Action Service).“

Secretary General, CEI - Central European Initiative, Trieste Comment
Ambassador, Belgian Embassy, Roma Chair
UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations Chair
Councellor of Foreign affairs, he is currently Director of the Policy and planning staff (Centre d Analyse et de Prévision) at the French ministry of foreign affairs Chair
Chair, International Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna Chair

Mag. Dr. Gerhard PFANZELTER

Secretary General, CEI - Central European Initiative, Trieste

1962-1966 Law Studies (doctorate in law), University of Innsbruck, Austria
1964-1965 International Law, University of Strasbourg, France
1966-1967 School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Centre
1967-1968 School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C., M.A. in International Relations
1969-1972 Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Cabinet of the Foreign Minister
1972-1975 First Secretary, Austrian Embassy Rome, Italy
1975-1979 Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations New York, Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission
1979-1983 Deputy Director of Department for International Organizations, and Head of Policy Co-ordination Unit, Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1983-1989 Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Guinea and Mauritania
1989-1993 Ambassador to Syria
1993-1999 Director of Department for International Organizations, and Head of Delegation to Global Conferences, Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1999-2008 Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations New York
  2000-2001 Vice-President of ECOSOC
  2002-2003 Vice-President of the General Assembly
  2006 Austrian Presidency of the European Union
  2007-2008 Austrian Security Council Campaign
2009 Alternate Secretary General of the Central European Initiative
since 2010 Secretary General of the Central European Initiative, Trieste, Italy

Jean DE RUYT

Ambassador, Belgian Embassy, Roma

1973-1974 Press Attache, Belgian Embassy Kinshasa
1975-1978 Deputy Head of Mission, Belgian Embassy Algiers
1978-1981 Director, Investment Promotion, New York
1982 Deputy, Middle East Department, Foreign Ministry
1982-1987 Counsellor, Permanent Representation to European Union
1987-1991 Deputy Chief of Mission, Belgian Embassy Washington
1991-1994 Director, Politico-Military Affairs and Co-Ordinator for European Security Matters, Foreign Ministry
1993-1994 Permanent Representative to WEU
1994-1996 Ambassador of Belgium to Poland
1995-1996 Foreign Minister´s Representative for preventive Diplomacy and Peacekeeping in Africa
1996-1997 Ambassador of Belgium to NATO
1997-2001 Director General Political Affairs
2001-2004 Ambassador of Belgium to United Nations
since 2004 Ambassador of Belgium to Italy

Dr. Sir Emyr KCMG JONES PARRY

UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations

since 1973 Member of HM Diplomatic Service
1997-1998 Director European Union
1998-2001 FCO Political Director
2001-2003 UK Ambassador to NATO
since 2003 UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations

MA Pierre LEVY

Councellor of Foreign affairs, he is currently Director of the Policy and planning staff (Centre d Analyse et de Prévision) at the French ministry of foreign affairs

 He was until February 2005 head of the Service for common foreign and security policy (CFSP). He was previously deputy director of the cabinet of Pierre Moscovici, Minister delegate for european affairs, between 1997 and 2002. He has held various positions at the Quai d Orsay, as assistant director at the Department of economic and financial affairs, and at the Department for european cooperation. He has been posted in Germany and Singapore. He had held previously several positions at the Ministry of Economy and finance (Directorate for economic external relations), dealing with trade policy and relations with Asia.
 Lecturer in international relations at the Institut d études politiques de Paris and at the Ecole Nationale d Administration (ENA).

Dr. Thomas MAYR-HARTING

Chair, International Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna

1977 Law Studies in Vienna (Dr. iur.)
1977-1978 Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges
1978 Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague
1979 Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service
1982-1986 Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels
1986-1990 Austrian Embassy, Moscow
1991-1993 Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna
1993-1995 Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna
1995-1999 Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
1996-1999 Deputy Political Director, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
1999-2003 Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels
2002-2004 Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans
2003-2004 Representative of the Federal Chancellor of Austria in the Commission on the Reform of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna
2003-2008 Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
2008-2011 Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York
2009-2010 Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York (President of the Security Council in November 2009)
2011 Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York
2011-2015 Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York
since 2015 Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels
 Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin

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