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
	Entwicklung im Bauwesen
1993-1996	Dozent an der Technischen Universität Timisoara, Direktor des Institut für Forschung und
seit 1996	Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Timisoara/Romania

Nicolae GHEORGHE

	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.
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

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
	Spokesperson on legal affairs, human rights and minority affairs in the Austrian Green Party
since 1990	Member of Parliament
	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
1992-1996	Member of the federal board of the Austrian Green Party
	Vicepresident of the Austrian League for Human Rights
2003-2005	Member of the "Österreichkonvent"

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
2012	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.
	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.
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	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
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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