Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s) Address Maria-Theresia-Straße 58, 4600 Wels () Telephone(s) ++43/(0)7242/47012/16 Mobile ++43/(0)664/734 68 918 Fax(es) ++43/(0)7242/47012/15 E-mail(s) paul.axmann@lfz.or.at Nationality Date of birth 14 March 1976 Gender Male Work experience 01 November 2011 until present Public servant EU and national affairs: Organic farming EU-Delegate for in the Standing Committee of organic farming EU-Delegate for in the council working party on food stuff quality Nominated national expert for FVO-Supervision-Audits in the field of organic farming Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Agricultural research & education centre - AREC Raumberg-Gumpenstein Institute of Organic Farming and Farm Animal Biodiversity Austraße 10 4600 Thalheim/Wels Organic farming 01 December 2011 31 Oktober 2012 Public servant Coordination and implementation of accreditation according to EN 45011 - Product Certification Main Scopes: Organic agriculture Reg. (EC) No. 834/2007 Protected Geographical Indications Reg. (EC) No. 510/2006, (EC) No. 509/2006 GMO free production GlobalGAP IFS Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth Abteilung I/12, Akkreditierungsstelle Stubenring 1 1011 Vienna of product certification according to EN 45011 Page 1 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of
01 May 2010-30 November 2011 Seconded national expert to the European Commission Import of organic products into the European market Reg. (EC) No 1235/2008 Main Scopes: Recognition of control authorities and control bodies for the purpose of equivalence Recognition of Third Countries for the purpose of equivalence European Commission DG AGRI Unit H3 - Organic farming Rue de la Loi 130 1030 Brussels Organic farming 01 April 2003-30 November 2011 Scientist, project leader, project assistant, lecturer Project leader: Problems and solution strategies for inspection & certification systems of organic farming EU-TEMPUS project CD-JEP-25072-2004: Organic farming in Transbaikalia EU-TEMPUS Project CD-JEP-17089-2002: Reform of the agricultural studies in Kosovo & Albania Development of an international master study program on organic agriculture Project assistant: Contribution to regional development by the value added chain of organic cereals European activities for plant breeding in organic agriculture Courses held as lecturer: Course: Standards, certification & accreditation in organic farming (still ongoing) Course: Safety and quality of organic foods (still ongoing) Course: Soil management (still ongoing) Seminar: International summer school Warsaw Organic food production chain Seminar: Organic agriculture in the public debate. Topics: Revision / GMO / EU Enlargement Course: Introduction to organic agriculture Excursion: Interdisciplinary excursion on organic farming. Destinations: BG, CZ, SL, I University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Division of Organic Farming Peter Jordanstraße 82 1190 Vienna Organic agriculture 14 July 2008-13 July 2009 Public administration internship Development of harmonised sanction catalogues & inspection checklists for organic certification bodies of Federal Ministry for Health Department for Food Safety and consumer Protection Radetzkystrasse 3 1030 Vienna Control systems for organic agriculture Page 2 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of
01 September 2007 until present Assessor & expert on accreditation against EN 17065 (EN 45011) Assessment of control & certification bodies (Standards: Organic farming, GMO-free, PDO, PGI, Global Gap) Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth Abteilung I/12, Akkreditierungsstelle Stubenring 1 1011 Vienna 01 October 2009 - until present Assessor & expert on accreditation against EN 45011 / ISO 65 and Member of the accreditation board for organic farming (since 2011) Assessment of control & certification bodies (Standard: Organic farming). DAkkS - German Service Spittelmarkt 10 10117 Berlin Germany 01 July 2009-2011 Assessor & expert on accreditation against EN 17065 (EN 45011) Assessment of control & certification bodies (Standard: Organic farming). Slovenska akreditacija Šmartinska c. 152 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia 01 January 2005-31 August 2006 Inspector & certifier Inspection and certification of organic cereal storage houses against Reg. (ECC) 2092/91 SGS Control-Co GmbH Diefenbachgasse 35 1150 Vienna Inspection & Certification Education and training Title of qualification awarded 01/10/1996-04/03/2003 Magister rer. nat. Biology & Ecology University of Vienna Doktor Karl Lueger Ring 1 1010 Vienna Page 3 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of
Title of qualification awarded 01/03/2000-09/01/2004 Academic expert on Latin American Studies Interdisciplinary Studies of Latin America Institute of Latin American Studies & University of Vienna (University) Schlickgasse 1 1090 Vienna Title of qualification awarded 01 October 2007-30 November 2007 Quality manager & assessor Quality management & assessor techniques Quality (Private organisation) Am Winterhafen 1 4020 Linz 17 September 2007-20 September 2007 Training course on assessment of organic certification bodies IOAS (Private organisation) Sims Street, Suite 22B ND 58601 Dickinson USA 2009 until present & surveillance techniques for product certification bodies DAkkS - German Service Spittelmarkt 10 10117 Berlin Germany 25 September 2012-27 September 2012 BTSF Program: Support to Union Controls in the EU and in Third Countries" Scope: Organic Farming FVO Food & Veterinary Office (FVO), DG SANCO, European Commission Grange, Ireland Page 4 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of
Personal skills and competences Mother tongue(s) German Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking W r i t i n g European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user Spanish / Castilian French B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user (*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level Page 5 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of