Dieter Hampel has more than 25 years of experience in the management of projects for the public sector, with a special focus on consulting and EU funding, and has been responsible for more than 300 international funding projects with Austrian governmental and semi-governmental institutions. Today, the accomplished expert is Managing Director of aed – Agency for Economic Cooperation and Development. The agency is the Austrian government’s service provider for the implementation of international reform projects in the public sector and represents Austria’s interests in projects funded by the EU and other institutions, focussing on the transfer of know-how between Austria and EU member states, accession candidates and neighboring countries. The agency’s overall purpose is to strengthen Europe’s stability and competitiveness.