Cultural and political role of minorities in Europe – Romania s contribution
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WKÖ - Rudolf Sallinger-Saal
Plenary
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German and English language
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Dr. Gheorghe CIUHANDU
Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Timisoara/Romania
| 1970-1973 | Ingenieur im Temeswarer Industrietrust für Bauwesen |
| 1975-1993 | Ingineur/Forscher, Institut für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bauwesen Timisoara |
| 1993-1996 | Dozent an der Technischen Universität Timisoara, Direktor des Institut für Forschung und |
| Entwicklung im Bauwesen | |
| seit 1996 | Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Timisoara/Romania |
Nicolae GHEORGHE
| 1999 | - up to present, March 2006 Adviser on Roma and Sinti Issues of the Contact Point for Roam and Sinti Issues, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights , Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| Permanant Employement: | |
| Senior researcher, Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy, 1972- 1999,on | |
| Second employment: | |
| Activist and Coordinator of projects in Romani CRISS- | |
| Rom Center for Social Intervention and Studies, | |
| a civic , non-profit body established, in 1993, | |
| by the Institute of Sociology-Bucuresti, Centre des Recherches Tsiganes-Paris, Ethnic Federation of Roma in Romania. | |
| Filed of work, expertize: | |
| Romani movement; Community development in Roma settings; , Roma and Sinti studies; | |
| Inter-ethnic relations , mainly Roma-majority population. | |
| Rural Sociology. |
Mag. Terezija STOISITS
Member of Austrian Parliament, Vienna
| University of Vienna, law (Mag. Iuris.) | |
| Government official in the presidential section of the Austrian ministry of education and arts | |
| since 1990 | Member of Parliament |
| Spokesperson on legal affairs, human rights and minority affairs in the Austrian Green Party | |
| 1992-1996 | Member of the federal board of the Austrian Green Party |
| Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2000 | |
| Chairperson of the Committee on Human Rights in the Austrian Parliament | |
| Member of board of trustees of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism | |
| 2003-2005 | Member of the "Österreichkonvent" |
| Vicepresident of the Austrian League for Human Rights |
Dr. Hannes SWOBODA
Mitglied, Europäisches Parlament, Fraktion der Progressiven Allianz der Sozialisten und Demokraten, Brüssel
| 1964-1972 | Studium der Rechtswissenschaften und Volkswirtschaftslehre |
| 1972 | Eintritt in die Wiener Arbeiterkammer, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Abteilung: v.a . Finanzwirtschaft und Umweltpolitik |
| 1976-1986 | Leiter der neugegründeten Abteilung für Kommunalpolitik; Beschäftigung insbes. mit Fragen der kommunalen Wirtschafts-, Gesundheits-, Wohnbaupolitik etc. |
| 1983-1988 | Mitglied des Wiener Landtages und Gemeinderates |
| 1986-1988 | Klubobmann der Sozialistischen Fraktion des Wiener Landtages und Gemeinderates |
| 1988-1991 | Amtsführender Stadtrat für Stadtentwicklung, Stadtplanung und Personal der Stadt Wien |
| 1991-1994 | Amtsführender Stadtrat für Stadtentwicklung, Stadtplanung und Verkehr der Stadt Wien |
| 1994-1996 | Amtsführender Stadtrat für Stadtentwicklung, Stadtplanung und Außenbeziehungen der Stadt Wien |
| seit 1996 | Abgeordneter zum Europäischen Parlament |
| 2012 | Fraktionsvorsitzender |
| Konferenz der Präsidenten | |
| 2002 | Stellvertreter, Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
Attila SZASZ
State Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister, Coordination on fields of education, culture, minorities and EU integration
| Dates (from - to): June, 2005-present | |
| Name and address of employer: The Government of Romania, Cabinet of the Deputy Prime-minister | |
| 1 Piata Victoriei | |
| Bucharest, Romania | |
| Type of business or sector: Politics/Public Administration | |
| Occupation or position held: State Advisor to the Deputy Prime-minister | |
| Main activities and responsibilities: Coordination of the Deputy Prime-minister`s Cabinet on fields of education, culture, minorities and EU integration | |
| Political and administrative coordination at the governmental level, representation, communication | |
| Dates (from - to): January, 2005-June, 2005 | |
| Name and address of employer: The Government of Romania, Cabinet of the Deputy Prime-minister | |
| 1 Piata Victoriei | |
| Bucharest, Romania | |
| Type of business or sector: Culture and education | |
| Occupation or position held: Director | |
| Main activities and responsibilities: Coordinating strategies and policies on fields of education and culture | |
| Dates (from - to): December, 2002- December, 2004 | |
| Name and address of employer: Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, President`s Cabinet | |
| 8 Avram Iancu, Sect 2. | |
| 0240 | 15 |
| Bucharest, Romania | |
| Type of business or sector: Politics | |
| Occupation or position held: Director | |
| Main activities and responsibilities: Coordinate personnel, internal/external communication strategies task management | |
| Dates (from - to): June, 2001- December, 2002 | |
| Name and address of employer: Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, President`s Cabinet | |
| 8 Avram Iancu, Sect 2. | |
| 15 | |
| Bucharest, Romania | |
| Type of business or sector: Politics | |
| Occupation or position held: Press officer | |
| Main activities and responsibilities: liaise with mass media, edit the department s newsletter, coordinate communication strategies and action plans, PR | |
| Dates (from - to): May, 1999 - December, 2002 | |
| Name and address of employer: Romániai Magyar Szó, hungarian daily newspaper in Romania | |
| Bucharest | |
| Type of business or sector: Press | |
| Occupation or position held: Editor-in-chief | |
| Dates (from - to): October, 1998 - May, 1999 | |
| Name and address of employer: Krónika | |
| Cluj/Bucharest, Romania | |
| Type of business or sector: Press | |
| Occupation or position held: Political reporter | |
| Dates (from - to): January 1997 - July , 2003 | |
| Name and address of employer: Zone studio | |
| Bucharest, Romania | |
| Type of business or sector: Media | |
| Occupation or position held: Translator, form English into Hungarian for Discovery Channel, Animal Planet | |
| Dates (from - to): November 1995 - September, 1998 | |
| Name and address of employer: Romániai Magyar Szó, hungarian daily newspaper in Romania | |
| Bucharest | |
| Type of business or sector: Press | |
| Occupation or position held: reporter | |
| EDUCATION AND TRAINING | |
| Dates (from - to): September, 2005 | |
| Name and type of organization providing education and training: Ph.D. Linguistic and cultural identities | |
| University of Bucharest, Romania | |
| Principal subjects/occupational | |
| skills covered: Political communications | |
| Communication as key factor in preserving the identity for poitical parties | |
| Dates (from - to): September, 2001 | |
| Name and type of organization providing education and training: National School for Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest, Romania | |
| Principal subjects/occupational | |
| skills covered: Communication, Public Relations | |
| Dates (from - to): 2001 | |
| Name and type of organization providing education and training: IRI | |
| Principal subjects/occupational | |
| skills covered: Training on communication - USA, Washington DC, Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Dates (from - to): September, 1995 - February, 2000 | |
| Name and type of organization providing education and training: University of Bucharest, Romania |
Mag. Dr. Emil BRIX
Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, London
| 1975-1979 | Studium der Geschichte und Anglistik, Universität Wien |
| 1979-1980 | Forschungsprojekt "Soziale und kulturelle Konflikte in der Donaumonarchie" |
| seit 1982 | Österreichischer Diplomatischer Dienst |
| 1982-1984 | Bundesgeschäftsführer des Management Clubs des Österreichischen Wirtschaftsbundes |
| 1984-1986 | Klubsekretär im Parlamentsklub der Österreichischen Volkspartei |
| 1986-1989 | Leiter des Ministerbüros im Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung |
| 1990-1995 | Generalkonsul der Republik Österreich in Krakau/Polen |
| 1995-1999 | Direktor des Österreichischen Kulturinstitutes in London |
| 2000-2003 | Leiter der Abteilung "Durchführung kultureller und wissenschaftlicher Veranstaltungen im Ausland" (Gesandter) in der Kulturpolitischen Sektion des Bundesministeriums für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| 2002-2010 | Botschafts Leiter der Kulturpolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten |
| 2007 | , 2008 Präsident von EUNIC (European Union National Institutes of Culture) |
| seit 2010 | Botschafter der Republik Österreich im Vereinigten Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland |
