| 1997-2001 | Qualification as Professional Dancer, Vienna State Opera, Vienna |
| 2001-2002 | Scholarship Recipient, National Certificate in Professional Dance - Classical Ballet, English National Ballet School, London |
| 2002-2013 | Ballet Dancer with José Mateo Ballet Theatre (Cambridge, United States), Dance Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus), Ballet Cymru, (Wales, United Kingdom), Ballet Theatre Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany), Meininger Ballett (Meiningen, Germany) |
| 2008-2013 | Bachelors of Liberal Arts in Extension, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| since 2014 | Artistic & scientific collaborations include: Austrian Cultural Forum, Budapest & Beijing; UN SDSN, Carnegie Hall New York; Cinedans Festival, Amsterdam; European Commissions Joint Research Center, Ispra; European Forum Alpbach, House of the European Union, Vienna; Kennedy Center Washington, D.C. |
| since 2015 | Associate for Science and Art, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
| 1988-1993 | Founder and CEO of Ars Musica |
| 1986 | Master of Arts in History of Art and Archaeology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels |
| 1987 | Special Master's Degree Management Sciences FIM, VLEKHO, Brussels |
| 1992 | General Manager of the Brussels Philharmonic Society, Brussels |
| Co-administrator, Artistic Direction; Programming of the National Orchestra of Belgium, Brussels |
| 1996- 2002 | Secretary and Treasurer, Brussels Philharmonic Society |
| since 2002 | CEO and Artistic Director, Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels |
| since 2013 | President, the International Music Council, Paris |
| | N Goné Fall is an independent curator, art critic, and consultant in cultural engineering. She graduated from the École Spéciale d Architecture in Paris, France, and was editorial director of the Paris-based contemporary African art magazine Revue Noire from 1994 to 2001. Fall has edited books on contemporary visual arts and photography in Africa including An Anthology of African Art: The Twentieth Century (D.A.P./Editions Revue Noire, 2002), Photographers from Kinshasa (Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2002) and Anthology of African and Indian Ocean Photography: a Century of African photographers (Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 1998). She has curated exhibitions in Africa, Europe, and the US. Fall was one of the curators of the African photography Biennale in Bamako, Mali, in 2001, and a guest curator at the 2002 Dakar Biennale in Senegal. Fall is an associate professor at the Senghor University in Alexandria, Egypt. As a consultant in cultural engineering she is the author of strategic plans, orientation programs, and evaluation reports for Senegalese and international cultural institutions. She is also a founding member of the Dakar-based collective Gaw-Lab, a platform for research and production in the field of new media and visual arts. |
| 1973-1979 | Law Degree. University of Bologna. Law Faculty (Bologna, Italy). |
| 1979 | Study Certificate on European Organisations. University of Strasbourg. International Faculty of Comparative Law, Strasbourg, France |
| 1979-1980 | Post Graduate - Specialised Higher Studies Diploma (DESS) on « International Administration ». University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris, France). |
| Diploma from the Centre for Studies on the European Communities. University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France |
| 1980-1981 | Lawyer. Castagnetti Associates law firm (Bologna, Italy). |
| 1981-1983 | « A » Official at the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, Roma. Directorate Cooperation with developing countries and relations with International Organisation |
| 1983-1987 | Administrator. Directorate-General for Agriculture. |
| 1987-1991 | Administrator, Directorate-General for Development (ex DG VIII). |
| 1991-1992 | Principal Administrator, Member of Cabinet to Vice-President Pandolfi. |
| 1993 | Head of Unit Finances in the then DG VIII (later: DEV, DEVCO). |
| 1993-1995 | Member of Cabinet then Deputy Head of Cabinet to Commissioner R. VannidArchirafi. |
| 1995-2000 | Deputy Head then Head of Cabinet to Commissioner Monti. |
| 2000-2001 | Deputy Head of Cabinet to President Romano Prodi. |
| 2001-2004 | Head of Cabinet to President Romano Prodi. |
| 2004-2010 | Director General of DG Development and Relations with Africa, Caribbean, Pacific States (DEV) |
| 2010- 2014 | Director-General of Directorate General Home Affairs (HOME). |
| 2014-2014 | Ambassador, Head of Delegation, |
| | EU Delegation to Turkey |
| 2014-2016 | Head of Cabinet Federica Mogherini, Vice-President of the European Commission, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy |
| since 2016 | Director General of Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) |
| 1975-1990 | Lehrer am BRG III, Wien, und Lektor an der Universität Wien, dem IFF, sowie dem PI des Bundes |
| 1990-1994 | Zuständig für Bildungskooperation mit Mittel- und Osteuropa, BMUKK, Wien |
| 1994-2001 | Abteilungsleiter und dann Direktor von KulturKontakt Austria, Wien |
| 2001-2009 | Direktor der Europäischen Kulturstiftung, Amsterdam |
| seit 2010 | Stabsstelle für Internationales am BMUKK, Wien |
| 1978 | Dr. jur., University of Innsbruck |
| 1979 | Diploma in International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center |
| 1981 | Research Assistant, UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva; Certificate International Court of Justice, Research Session, The Hague |
| 1982-1985 | Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Western Africa, Abidjan |
| 1985-1989 | Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Japan, Tokyo |
| 1985 | Diplôme de Hautes Etudes Internationales, IHEID - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva |
| 1990-1992 | Counsellor, Economic Affairs, Austrian Permanent Mission to the GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva |
| 1992-1997 | Deputy Director General, Department for European Integration and Trade Policy, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna |
| 1995-1998 | Co-Chair (trade) of the Joint Session of Trade and Environment Experts, OECD, Paris |
| 1996 | Panelist of a WTO Dispute Settlement Panel (US/Canada - Split Run Editions) |
| 1997-1998 | Minister-Counsellor, Head of the Industrial and Commercial Affairs Section, Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, EESC Counsellor - European Economic and Social Committee of the EU, Brussels |
| 1998-2002 | Counsellor, ASEM - Asia-Europe Meeting, European Commission, Directorate-General for External Relations, Brussels |
| 2002-2007 | Minister, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Japan, Tokyo |
| 2005 | Adjunct Professor for International Politics, University of Innsbruck (Dozent f. internationale Politik) |
| 2007-2011 | Ambassador of the European Union to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, Bern |
| 2012-2016 | Principal Advisor, Asia-Pacific Department, European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels |
| since 2017 | Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, Seoul |
