Influencing Council decisions in an enlarged Union
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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" |