09: The European Union as a Global Player
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Hauptschule
Seminar
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German and English languageThe 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).“
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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 |
