 | Dr. MICHAEL REITERER Born 29-09-1954 |
Professional background
Present Function:
Deputy Head of Delegation/Minister, Delegation of the European Commission to Japan; Tokyo.
Previous assignments:
1998-2002: Counsellor-ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting), European Commission, Directorate-General External Relations; Brussels, Belgium. Management, development and coordination of the political, economic and cultural pillars of ASEM with EU Member States and ten Asian partners; coordination of Commission's participation in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and the South Asian Regional Coordination Council (SAARC).
1997-98: Minister-Counsellor (industrial, commercial affairs), Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU/Brussels. Counsellor of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) of the EU.
1995-1998: Co-Chair (trade) of the OECD - Joint Session of Trade and Environment Experts
1992-97: Deputy Director General, Department for European Integration and Trade Policy, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna: co-ordination of integration policy, participation in the Austrian EU-decision making process; trade policy analysis especially with regard to WTO, new trade policy issues and future EU enlargement; WTO-panellist.
1990 to 1992, Counsellor, economic affairs, at the Austrian Permanent Mission to the GATT, Geneva, negotiator (Services, TRIPS, Preshimpment Inspection-PSI, Rules of Origin) during the GATT-Uruguay Round.
Previous assignments include Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Japan (Tokyo) 1985-1989 and for Western Africa (Abidjan, Côte d' Ivoire) 1982-1985, research assistant at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva (1981).
Educational/Academic background:
Doctor juris (1978); 2005: Adjunct professor for international politics (Dozent– venia docendi)University of Innsbruck; Diploma in international relations, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center (1979) Italy; Diplôme de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Institut universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales (Graduate Institute for International Studies), Geneva (1985) Switzerland; participant in the 1981 session of the Research Center of the Academy of International Law, The Hague..
Lecturer on international relations at the University of Innsbruck; former lecturer on European integration and trade policy at the University of Vienna, the University of Linz (European law masters programme), the Higher School for International Economic Relations, Eisenstadt, the Diplomatic Academy (Vienna), the Administrative Academy of the Republic of Austria (Vienna); the MBA-courses of the provincial academy of Lower Austria (Krems) and Vorarlberg (Schloß Hofen). Speaker on trade and the environment at Wilton Park Conferences (UK), The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House); the Asia Conference on Trade and Environment/Singapore; the Austrian Society for Foreign Policy and International Relations. Guest lectures at various Austrian and international universities, including Fudan University/Shanghai, Singapore National University; the Conference Board (USA, UK), Universities of Keio, Waseda, International Christian University, University of Foreign Languages University, Hitosobashi University (all Tokyo), Kyushu Sangyo University/Fukuoka; University of Kobe, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University/Beppu, Doshisha University/Kyoto; Kwansei Gakuin University/Osaka, Osaka University; Kagawa University, Asia Europe Foundation-ASEF/Singapore, Annual Convention of the Japan Academy for International Trade and Business.
Various publications in Austrian and international journals on international law and international relations, trade and environment. Monographs on international refugee law and on the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM). Full list of Publications.
