Richard Seeber

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Richard Seeber, MEP

Richard Seeber (born 15 January 1962, Innsbruck) is an MEP from the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) - Ursula Stenzel List.

Water activity

As a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Richard Seeber was the Rapporteur of a report 'On addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union' (2008/2074(INI)). This report was a response to the 2007 European Commission report 'Addressing the challenge of Water Scarcity and Droughts in the European Union'. Mr Seeber is listed as one of the main actors in founding the water think tank, the European Water Partnership.

Richard Seeber also helped develop, alongside others like the European Water Partnership, the European Water Vision.

On November 5th 2008 he was a keynote speaker at the Friends of Europe event 'Saving Europe's Water: Its Place in the EU's Green Strategy'.

Richard Seeber, alongside Spanish MEP, Christina Ms. Gutierrez-Cortines, is involved in the informal Issue Group on water within the European Parliament. This is known as the Dolphin Group. This initiative was announced On June, 7th, 2007 at a European Policy Summit titled "Water Security - does Europe have a Strategy?" , which was was organized by the European Water Partnership and Friends of Europe.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Petitions
• Member, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
• Substitute, Committee on Regional Development
• Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Election Campaign 2009

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Dr. jur. Innsbruck University (1984).
• Studied economics, Mag. rer. soc. oec. Innsbruck University (1988).
• Barrister and solicitor (1987-1990).
• Tyrol Chamber of Commerce (1991-1995).
• Director, Tyrol EU Office, Brussels (1995-2004).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08F163

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45468

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49468

Email:

richard.seeber@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.richard-seeber.at

Resources

• Election Campaign, Richard Seeber, accessed 05 June 2009.
• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Richard Seeber, 18 February 2009, accessed 27 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Richard Seeber, accessed 27 April 2009.