External Analysis of Lobbying Strategies
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Oliver DREWES
Spokesperson, Commissioner McCreevy, European Commission, Brussels
Graduated in law and governance and holds a postgraduate degree in European law. | |
He is the spokesman for the internal market and services at the European Commission (Commissioner Charlie McCreevy) since the beginning of the Barroso Commission in November 2004. He started working in 1995 at the European Parliament, and continued his career subsequently several years in the private sector, before joining the European Commission as member of cabinet of Commissioner Franz Fischler in 2000 where he stayed till the end of the Prodi Commission. |
Diplom-Politologe Hajo FRIEDRICH
Correspondent, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Brussels
1978-1983 | Study of Political Science and Economics in Marburg/Lahn and Berlin |
1982-1986 | Scientific Assistant at Berghof-Stiftung für Konfliktforschung, Berlin, and Journalist for Newsletter "Bürgerrechte und Polizei" (Cilip) |
1987-1992 | Consultant in a Consulting Company; from 1989 in Brussels |
since 1993 | Freelance Journalist and moderator |
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 |