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10: The European Union as a Global Actor

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Chair, International Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara Chair
Jean Monnet Chair ad Personam on The European Union and Global Governance; Professor and Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Institute for International Law, University of Leuven Chair

Dr. Thomas MAYR-HARTING

Chair, International Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna

1977 Law Studies in Vienna (Dr. iur.)
1977-1978 Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges
1978 Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague
1979 Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service
1982-1986 Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels
1986-1990 Austrian Embassy, Moscow
1991-1993 Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna
1993-1995 Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna
1995-1999 Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
1996-1999 Deputy Political Director, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
1999-2003 Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels
2002-2004 Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans
2003-2004 Representative of the Federal Chancellor of Austria in the Commission on the Reform of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna
2003-2008 Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
2008-2011 Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York
2009-2010 Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York (President of the Security Council in November 2009)
2011 Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York
2011-2015 Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York
since 2015 Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels
 Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin

Dr. Christian BERGER

Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, Ankara

1986-1987 Operations officer with the Austrian UN-Peacekeeping Battalion on the Golan, UNDOF
1989-1994 Working with the United Nations in Gaza and Jerusalem
1994-1997 Deputy Director at the OSCE in Vienna and Secretary of the OSCE Permanent Council; Deputy Executive Secretary to the Joint Consultative Group (Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe) and the Open Skies Consultative Commission
1997 Mr Berger joined the European institutions
1997-1999 Committee of the Regions
1999-2001 Responsible for relations with Syria, European Commission
2001-2005 Political Advisor on Middle Eastern issues
2005-2006 EU Representative to the Quartet Special Envoy Mr Wolfensohn
2006-2008 Head of the Crisis Response & Peacebuilding Unit in the EC
2009-2011 EU Representative for West Bank & Gaza office
since 2011 Director for North Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran in the European External Action Service; law degrees from Vienna and London

Dr. Jan WOUTERS

Jean Monnet Chair ad Personam on The European Union and Global Governance; Professor and Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Institute for International Law, University of Leuven

1984-1991 Study of Law and Philosophy, Antwerp; LL.M. Yale University, Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School
1996 PhD, University of Leuven
since 1998 Jean Monnet Chair ad Personam on the European Union and Global Governance
  Full Professor, International Law and International Organizations
  Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies/Institute for International Law, University of Leuven
  Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges; Sciences Po, Paris
  Editor, International Encyclopedia of Intergovernmental Organizations
  Deputy Director, Revue Belge de Droit International

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