Promoting Stability in Wider Europe: The Role of the EU and the OSCE
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SprachePromoting stability, democracy and peace are shared values and interests of the EU and the OSCE. Do the two organisations cooperate successfully in achieving these goals when we look at the direct neighbourhood of the EU? Which role could they play in solving the Ukraine crisis? How could relations with Russia be improved in a lasting manner? Where, on the other hand, are best practice examples in peacemaking and democracy promotion in the Balkans region and which challenges are yet to be resolved?
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Thomas GREMINGER
Secretary General, OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna
| 1990-1991 | Attaché, Swiss Embassy in Tel Aviv |
| 1991-1992 | Attaché, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs - Policy and Research Division |
| 1992-1994 | Diplomatic Adviser for Development Policy, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) - Development Policy and Research Division |
| 1994-1996 | Deputy Head, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) - Development Policy and Research Division |
| 1996-1998 | Head, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)- Development Policy and Research Division |
| 1999-2001 | Chargé d'Affaires, Swiss Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique |
| Country Director, Switzerland's Development Cooperation Programme in Mozambique | |
| 2002-2004 | Deputy Head, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs - Political Affairs Division IV, Human Security |
| 2004-2010 | Head, Ambassador, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs - Political Affairs Division IV, Human Security |
| 2010-2015 | Ambassador, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council (during the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship in 2014), Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, the OSCE and the International Organizations in Vienna |
| 2015-2017 | Deputy Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation |
| since 2017 | Secretary General, OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
Dr. Zanda KALNINA-LUKASEVICA
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
| Dr. Zanda Kalnina-Lukasevica serves as a Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia since 2014. She represents the government of Latvia at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings of Development Ministers and EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings of Trade Ministers. Parliamentary Secretary ensures communication of the Ministry with the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) and the European Parliament. During Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (2015) Dr. Kalnina-Lukasevica was the representative of the Council at the European Parliament plenary sessions. | |
| From 2011 to 2014 she served as a chairperson of the European Affairs Committee of the parliament of Latvia and a chairperson of the Innovation and Research Subcommittee, while serving also as a member of the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee of the parliament of Latvia. Between 2008 and 2011 Dr. Kalnina-Lukasevica was appointed to the Strategic Analysis Commission of the President of Latvia and served as Adviser on Strategic Planning and Analysis to the President of Latvia. |
Mag. Dr. Alexander MARSCHIK
Director General, Section II - Bilateral Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Vienna
| 1989-1996 | Assistant Professor, Institute of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna |
| 1990-1998 | Lecturer of International Law at the University of Vienna |
| 1996 | Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; EU-Department |
| 1997 | First Secretary at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva |
| 1997-1999 | Head of General-Affairs-Council Unit in the EU-Division, Austrian MFA |
| 1999-2003 | Legal and Political Counsellor at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations in New York |
| 2003-2007 | Deputy Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations |
| 2007-2011 | Ambassador; Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna |
| 2011-2015 | Austrian Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Brussels |
| 2015-2018 | Director General for International Affairs and Political Director, Austrian MFA |
| since 2018 | Director General for Bilateral Affairs, EU-Common Foreign Policy and Political Director, Austrian MFA |
