Andreas Kiefer

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Andreas Kiefer (2013)

Andreas Kiefer (born October 6, 1957 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian politician. Since 2010 he has been Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe , a European institution for the promotion of local and regional democracy in the 47 member states of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg .

Life

After his childhood in Salzburg , Kiefer studied law at the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg and economics at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz . Since 1978 he has been a member of the Catholic student association KÖHV Rheno-Juvavia Salzburg in the ÖCV . In 1984 he completed his law studies as Dr. jur. from.

politics

Kiefer worked from 1984 to 1995 as head of the office of the Deputy Governor and Governor Hans Katschthaler . In 1995 he played a leading role in the creation of the first European region with Austrian participation, the EuRegio Salzburg - Berchtesgadener Land - Traunstein . After Austria joined the EU in 1995, Kiefer worked as coordinator of the Austrian delegation in the Committee of the Regions until 1996 . Between 1996 and 2010, Kiefer headed the European department of the state of Salzburg .

From 2000 to 2009 he represented the Austrian federal states in the preparation of the conferences of representatives of the governments of the member states of the European Union in 2003/2004 (Intergovernmental Conference on the Treaty on a Constitution for Europe in Rome) and 2007 ( Intergovernmental Conference on the Treaty of Lisbon ).

Kiefer is a longtime member of the Expert Committee on Local and Regional Government Institutions and Cooperation and was elected Vice President in 2009. Since 2006 he has been the joint representative of the Austrian federal states for the implementation of domestic control of subsidiarity and proportionality by the federal states. At the municipal level, Kiefer initiated the creation of a project to expand public participation and integrate new community citizens.

At the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on March 17, 2010, Kiefer prevailed in the election of the Secretary General in the first ballot with 137 votes against candidates from Italy and the Netherlands. As Secretary General, Kiefer is in charge of the secretariat of the Congress. The term of office is five years and can be renewed.

Scientific activities

Kiefer gave numerous specialist lectures and published publications on the subjects of local self-government, federalism, regionalism, interregional and cross-border cooperation and regional authorities with legislative powers, the political system of Austria, the Committee of the Regions and the local and regional dimensions of the work of the Council of Europe.

He is a member of the authors' network of the European Center for Research on Federalism at the University of Tübingen and the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Academy of Bolzano . In addition, Kiefer is involved in educational policy matters on a voluntary basis and acts as chairman of the specialist committee of the Salzburger Bildungswerk , an adult education association in the state of Salzburg .

Publications

  • The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities: Fundamental reform and new dynamics for monitoring , in: European Center for Research on Federalism (ed.), Yearbook of Federalism 2012. Baden-Baden 2012.
  • The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities , in: Dr. Hans Lechner Research Society (ed.), Salzburg. History & Politics. Megatrend regionalism. 21st year, issue 1/2, November 2011. Salzburg 2011.
  • Human Rights: Local and regional authorities in action , in: Wolfgang Benedek et al. (Ed.), European Yearbook on Human Rights 2011. Vienna 2011.
  • European and external relations of the Austrian countries with a specific reference to Land Salzburg , in: Carlos P. Amaral (ed.), Regional Autonomy and International Relations. New Dimensions of Multilateral Governance. Paris 2011.
  • European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and Euroregional Cooperation Grouping (ECG). Two legal instruments for cross-border cooperation , in: Birte Wassenberg, Joachim Beck (eds.), Living and Researching. Cross-Border Cooperation (Volume 3): The European dimension. Stuttgart 2011.
  • The regional dimension of the Council of Europe , in: Council of Europe Publishing and Renate Kicker (ed.), The Council of Europe - Pioneer and guarantor for human rights and democracy. Strasbourg 2010.
  • Regions and foreign / external relations within the framework of the member states of the Council of Europe - experiences from Austria and with an aspect of the relations to regions and institutions from EU countries , in: Europarat et al. (Ed.), International and external economic links of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Closing the Council of Europe project during 1994-2006. Moscow 2007.
  • The Contribution of the Regions with Legislative Competences to the European Constitutional Process , in: Institute of the Regions of Europe (ed.), Occasional Papers 2/2007. The EU-Constitutional Treaty and the Regions of Europe. Salzburg 2007.
  • Reform of Federalism in Austria , in: Europarat (ed.), The constitutional status of the regions in the Russian Federation and in other European Countries. Strasbourg 2003.
  • Legislative regional parliaments and their European association: the CALRE , in: European Center for Research on Federalism (ed.), Yearbook of Federalism 2006. Federalism, Subsidiarity and Regions in Europe. Baden-Baden 2006.
  • The federal state reform in 1993. From the 'Political Agreement on the Reorganization of the Federal State' to concrete draft constitution of the federal and state governments, in: Andreas Kohl et al. (Ed.), Austrian Yearbook for Politics 1993. Vienna / Munich 1994.
  • EuRegio Salzburg - Berchtesgadener Land / Traunstein: 'Neighborhood without borders'. A project of neighborly cooperation in the Salzburg-Bavarian border area . Salzburg 1994.
  • Land rights, regionalism and the EC , in: Andreas Kohl et al. (Ed.), Austrian Yearbook for Politics 1992. Vienna 1993.

Private

Kiefer is married to Carmen Kiefer, PR consultant and Vice Mayor of the market town of Kuchl since 1999 . The family has three children. The eldest son is Severin Kiefer , Austrian junior state champion in individual figure skating .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Andreas Kiefer ( Memento from January 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), March 2010
  2. ↑ Andreas Kiefer. Retrieved January 25, 2019 .
  3. ^ Council of Europe: Andreas Kiefer
  4. ↑ Fondation pour l'Economie et le Développement durable des Régions d'Europe: Andreas Kiefer élu Secrétaire Général du Congrès du Conseil de l'Europe ( Memento of January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Kiefer, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician, General Secretary of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg