The EU and Its Neighbours: Opportunities and Challenges for the Eastern Partnership
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheRecent turmoil in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood, and especially in Ukraine, has put the Union and its current Neighbourhood Policy to a considerable test. What key challenges have to be tackled in order to ensure a peaceful and mutually beneficial partnership between the EU and its neighbours?
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Peter BALAS
Head, Support Group for Ukraine, European Commission, Brussels
| 1972-1978 | Desk officer for South East Asia, Ministry of Foreign Trade of Hungary, Budapest |
| 1978-1982 | Commercial Counsellor, Commercial Representation of Hungary in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1982-1986 | Director, Ministry of Foreign Trade of Hungary |
| 1986-1991 | Deputy Head, Representation of Hungary to the GATT |
| 1989-1991 | Chairman, Meat Market Analyses Group, International Meat Council |
| 1991-1994 | Director General, Ministry of International Economic Relations of Hungary |
| 1994-1996 | Assistant State Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Hungary |
| 1996-2000 | Deputy State Secretary for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Hungary |
| 2000-2002 | Deputy State Secretary for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary |
| 2002-2005 | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the WTO - World Trade Organization |
| 2002-2004 | Chairman, Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body, WTO |
| 2004-2005 | Chairman, Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance, WTO |
| 2005-2014 | Deputy Director General, DG Trade, European Commission |
| since 2014 | Head, Support Group for the Ukraine, European Commission |
Dr. Miroslav LAJCAK
Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Slovak Republic, Bratislava
| 1988-1991 | Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, Prague |
| 1991-1993 | Embassy of Czechoslovakia, Moscow |
| 1993-1994 | Director, Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Slovakia; Director, Cabinet of the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava |
| 1994-1998 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to Japan |
| 1998-2001 | Director, Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava |
| 2001-2005 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro), Republic of Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| 2005-2006 | Personal Representative of EU High Representative for CFSP to facilitate the Montenegrin dialogue |
| 2005-2007 | Director General for Political Affairs - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bratislava |
| 2007-2009 | High Representative / EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Gallery |
| 2009-2010 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic |
| 2010-2012 | Managing Director, Europe and Central Asia, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels |
| 2012-2016 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic |
| since 2016 | Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic |
| 2017-2018 | President of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly |
Maia PANJIKIDZE
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi
| 1988 | Professor and Lecturer of Philology |
| 1994 | First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia |
| 2004 | Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia |
| 2004-2007 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 2007-2010 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| 2010-2011 | Full Professor of Philology, Guram Tavartkiladze University |
| 2012 | Spokesperson and Head of Central Office, Georgian Dream coalition |
| since 2012 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi |
Oksana ZABUZHKO
Writer and Freelance Artist, Kyiv
| Oksana Zabuzhko is one of the most renowned contemporary Ukrainian poets, writers and essayists, known both for her literary works and social activism. She studied philosophy at the Kiev University, where she also obtained her doctorate. During the 1990s she taught at Penn State University, Harvard and University of Pittsburgh as a visiting writer. She has published four volumes of poetry and three novels, including the Ukrainian national bestseller Field Research in Ukrainian Sex, as well as numerous literary and scholarly essays. Her works are available in a dozen of languages, including English translations of her internationally acclaimed collection of poems and essays A Kingdom of Fallen Statues. Her essays and numerous translations of her poetry are also being published in various international literary journals. |
Lamberto ZANNIER
Secretary General, OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna
| 1991-1997 | Head of Disarmament, Arms Control and Cooperative Security, NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| 1997-2000 | Chairperson of the Negotiations on the Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe |
| 2000-2002 | Permanent Representative of Italy to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague |
| 2002-2006 | Director, Conflict Prevention Centre, OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| 2008-2011 | UN Special Representative for Kosovo and Head, UNMIK - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
| since 2011 | Secretary General, OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna |
Mag. Cornelia VOSPERNIK
Journalist and Presenter, Ö1 Journals and ORF Weltjournal, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
| 1985 | Erstes Praktikum beim ORF, Slowenische Abteilung, Landesstudio Kärnten; danach Aktueller Dienst Kärnten |
| 1986-1988 | United World College of the Adriatic, Abschluss: International Baccalaureate |
| 1989-1994 | Studium Dolmetsch für Slowenisch und Italienisch, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Abschluss Mag. phil |
| 1996 | Wechsel in die Zeit im Bild 1 Redaktion mit Schwerpunkten Innenpolitik und Außenpolitik |
| 1999-2001 | Leiterin Korrespondentenbüro London, danach Außenpolitik ZiB und Moderatorin diverser Sendungen (ZiB1, Weltjournal) |
| 2007-2010 | Leiterin des ORF-Büros in Peking |
| 2011-2012 | Leiterin der Nachrichten ORFeins |
| seit 2012 | Leiterin des neu gegründeten Büros Nordosteuropa |
| seit 2013 | Moderatorin Ö1 Journale |
| seit 2014 | Moderatorin ORF Weltjournal |
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