Field of specialisation

EU external relations, Common Commercial Policy (CCP); external financial instruments.

Professional experience

Wolfgang Koeth (DE) is a Senior Lecturer at EIPA, specialising in EU External Relations, Common Commercial Policy (CCP) and External Financial Instruments. Before joining EIPA in 2009, Mr Koeth was Team Leader at the EU office in Pristina (Kosovo), in charge of implementing the European Commission’s assistance in the Rule of Law sector. Prior to the 2004 enlargement, he worked as a Political Advisor and Programme Manager within the EC Delegation in Vilnius (Lithuania) and as a Lecturer in European Affairs at the University of Vilnius. He also spent some years at the European Parliament as a political advisor, specialising in the EU’s relations with its Eastern neighbours.

Mr Koeth is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies at the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg. He also holds a degree in Russian Studies from the French National Institute of Eastern Languages and Cultures (INALCO) in Paris, and a degree in French and German Comparative Studies from the Nouvelle Sorbonne.