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Influencing Council decisions in an enlarged Union

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Alpbacher Hauptschule (Turnsaal)
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in englischer Sprache
Partner, BXL Consulting, Brussels
Ambassador ret.; Consultant, Federation of Austrian Industry, Vienna
Director-General, DG "Press, Communication, Protocol" in the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, Brussels Chair

LL.M. Pavel TELICKA

Partner, BXL Consulting, Brussels

1986 graduation from the Law Faculty at the Charles University in Prague
Unit of public international law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1988 Unit of private international law and in two years time became legal adviser within the CSFR delegation for the negotiations on the Europe Agreement on Association
1991-1995 different positions at the Czechoslovak/Czech Mission to the European Communities in Brussels, including the ones of Deputy Head and Head of Mission
1995 became Director of the European Communities Department and the following year Director General of the Integration Section (EC, NATO, UN) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998 appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and shortly after Chief Negotiator for the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union
1999 promoted to I Deputy Minister and appointed State Secretary for European Affairs
2002 Ambassador and Head of Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the European Communities
2004 nominated by the Czech Government for the post of Commissioner
co-founded BXL Consulting with offices in Prague and Brussels
2005 joined the European Policy Centre (EPC) as a Senior Advisor on an external basis
appointed European Coordinator for one of the priority projects within TEN-T for the railway network Rail Baltica

Dr. Gregor WOSCHNAGG

Ambassador ret.; Consultant, Federation of Austrian Industry, Vienna

1960-1965 Jusstudium, Universitäten Wien, Grenoble und Trinity College, Cambridge
1965-1966 Postgraduate-Studium in Europarecht und Nationalökonomie am "Collège d'Europe" in Brügge, Belgien
1966 Nach Gerichtspraxis Eintritt in das Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche
  Integration
1968-1973 Österreichische Vertretung, Vereinte Nationen in New York
1973-1975 Österreichischer Botschafter, Kairo
1975-1981 Leiter, Abteilung Presse und Information im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
1981-1986 Österreichischer Botschafter in Nairobi und Ständiger Vertreter bei den UN-Organisationen in Nairobi über
  Umweltschutz UNEP und Städteplanung HABITAT
1986-1987 Leiter, Generalsekretariat im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
1987-1996 Leiter, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche Integration im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten;
  Stellvertreter von Bot. Dr. Manfred Scheich bei den EWR- und EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen
1993-1996 Stellvertretender Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für
  auswärtige Angelegenheiten
1997-1999 Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
1999-2007 Ständiger Vertreter Österreichs, Europäischen Union

Dr. Hans BRUNMAYR

Director-General, DG "Press, Communication, Protocol" in the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, Brussels

 studied law at the University of Vienna
since 1967 civil servant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna
1968-1973 Cultural attaché at Austrian embassy in Paris and Deputy Permanent Delegate of Austria to UNESCO
1976-1982 Counsellor at Austrian embassy in Buenos Aires
1982-1985 Minister-Counsellor at Austrian embassy in the Hague
1990-1995 Deputy Head of the Austrian Mission to the European Union; preparation of and participation in negotiations on
  accession of Austria to the EU
1995-2001 Deputy Director-General for legislative procedures in codecision, transparency, information policy and public
  relations in the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU
since 2002 Director-General of DG "Press, Communication, Protocol"