09 Europa und seine Nachbarn – EU-Außenbeziehungen im Umbruch?

Dr. Christian BERGER

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

Operations officer with the Austrian UN-Peacekeeping Battalion on the Golan, UNDOF Working with the United Nations in Gaza and Jerusalem 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 Mr Berger joined the European institutions Committee of the Regions Responsible for relations with Syria, European Commission Political Advisor on Middle Eastern issues EU Representative to the Quartet Special Envoy Mr Wolfensohn Head of the Crisis Response & Peacebuilding Unit in the EC EU Representative for West Bank & Gaza office

1986-1987
1989-1994
1994-1997
1997
1997-1999
1999-2001
2001-2005
2005-2006
2006-2008
2009-2011

Dr. Marcus CORNARO

Director, Neigbourhood Policy,EuropeAid Development and Cooperation Directorate-General,European Commission, Brüssel

Studied Law, University of Vienna Postgraduate Studies of International Affairs and Development, The American University, Washington D.C. Joined the Austrian Foreign Service Austrian sponsored Junior Professional Officer, UNDP office in Bamako, Mali Staff member, office of the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Austrian Federal Foreign Ministry Special Attaché, Austrian Embassy, Harare, Zimbabwe Head, Austrian Embassy's Regional Bureau for Development Co-operation, Kampala/Uganda Department for Security Policy of the Federal Foreign Ministry, Vienna Deputy Head (Minister), Austrian Embassy, Rome, also appointed as Austria's Alternate Governor at IFAD - The International Fund for Agricultural Development Conseiller within European Commission, DG RELEX - Directorate-General for External Relations , responsibilities included participation in reform Head of Unit in DG RELEX - Directorate-General for External Relations (Unit H4), in charge of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives and covering the two largest Asia programmes of the Commission Ambassador  Head of European Commission Delegation, Hanoi, Vietnam Director for the European Neighbourhood, covering Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Directorate-General Development and Cooperation, EuropeAid

	Educational History
1976-1981
	Professional experience before joining the European Institutions:
1981-1983
1983
1983-1984
1985-1986
1986-1990
1990-1994
1994-1998
	Professional experience in the European Institutions
1998-2000
2000-2001
2001-2003
2003-2007
2007-2012

Dr. Thomas MAYR-HARTING

Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels

Diploma, Law Studies in Vienna Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels Austrian Embassy, Moscow Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna Deputy Political Director and Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans Representative of the Chancellor in the Reform Commission of the Federal Army, Vienna Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York

1977
1977-1978
1978
1979
1982-1986
1986-1990
1991-1993
1993-1995
1995-1999
1999-2003
2002-2004
2003-2004
2003-2008
2008-2011
2009-2010
2011
2011-2015
	Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin
	Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna

Mag. Dr. Gudrun HARRER

Senior Editor, DER STANDARD; Lecturer on Modern History and Politics of the Middle East, University of Vienna and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

Foreign Desk, Der Standard, Vienna The Foreign Editor, Der Standard, Vienna Lecturer of Modern Arab History, Vienna University, Institute of Oriental Studies Special Envoy of the Austrian Presidency of the European Union to Iraq and Chargé d'Affaires of the Austrian Embassy Baghdad Senior Editor and Middle East Editor, Der Standard

	Islamic and Arabic Studies, Vienna University (MA)
	International Relations Studies, Vienna University (Ph.D.), dissertation on the Iraqi nuclear programme
1993
1998
2005
2006
2007

Pirkka TAPIOLA

Ambassador and Head of Delegation, The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau

Prior to taking up duty in Chisinau, in September 2013, Ambassador Tapiola worked as Senior Adviser on Eastern Europe in the Strategic Planning Division of the European External Action Service (EEAS). From 2004 to 2009, he was Senior Adviser for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova in the Policy Unit of the then EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Dr Javier Solana. Ambassador Tapiola's background is as a career member of the Finnish Diplomatic Service. His past assignments have included Deputy Head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Latvia, Deputy Head of Mission of the Finnish Embassy to Thailand (also accredited to Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos), and Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Finland in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ambassador Tapiola holds a Masters Degree in Political Science/International Relations from the University of Helsinki.