About Us
MariaReginaInternational
Educating Future Leaders
Connecting Future Leaders
Club_ERIC
Club ERIC is the alumni network of MariaReginaInternational, the talent promotion program at the private high school Maria Regina in Vienna. In this context, European and international relations are fostered and lived. The focus of the education is on European Relationships & International Cooperation. Hence our name ERIC.
Openness to new things, interest in the foreign, and discovering one’s own possibilities in a networked world of tomorrow are important to us. We face the challenges of the present with responsibility and want to advocate for a peaceful coexistence on our continent through our commitment to the European idea and the observance of human rights.
Strategy Team
Our mentor
OStR. Prof. Mag. Martina Schwarz
Specialist in Gifted Education
Expert in European Political Studies
Rafael Ungvari
Head of Strategy Team
Business informatics student
Former Junior Ambassador of the European Parliament
Dalar Alexandrian
Team Lead Public Relations and Communications
Political, Legal and Governmental student
Former Student Council President
Caroline Witzemann
Team Lead Program Coordination
Business student
Former Junior Ambassador of the European Parliament
Chiara Young, LLB
Deputy Head of Strategy Team
Bachelor in International law
Former Trainee at Lower Austrian Liaison Office in Brussels
Daniel Albert
Deputy Team Lead Program Coordination
Law Student
Former Erasmus+ Junior-Koordinator
Eva Tzatzanis
Team Member Program Coordination
Former Junior Ambassador of the European Parliament
Stefanie Wittmann
Office Manager / Print-Media Expert
Bachelor in German philolology
Project Management student
Graduation ceremony
2025
with Patrick Lobis
Head of the European Commission in Austria
2024
with Dr. Othmar Karas
First Vice President of the European Parliament
2023
with DI Jozef Vasak
Advisor & Teamlead for Economic Policy Coordination – Representation of the European Commision in Austria
2022
with Dr. Othmar Karas
First Vice President of the European Parliament
As part of our education, we ERICs are awarded with the ERIC pin and a certificate. The prerequisites for this are participation in the MariaReginaInternationalProgram for at least 2 years and completion of two study trips to Brussels and Geneva. Afterwards, membership in our Club ERIC is granted.
Special ERICs have been in the MariaReginaInternationalProgram for a total of five years and in addition to Brussels and Geneva, have participated in other trips. For example to Strasbourg, Luxembourg, Zagreb, Berlin, etc., and conclude this focus of their education with the „Matura“ exam (equivalent to high school graduation or A-levels).
Junior Ambassador of the European Parliament
Some of our alumni were Junior Ambassadors to the European Parliament during their school years. As an Ambassador School of the European Parliament, Maria Regina High School has the opportunity to appoint committed young people through an internal application and selection process. Thus, the applicants gain their first experience of facing a commission in a hearing. Moreover, this provides them with the opportunity to represent Europe externally and to explain the important European issues internally.
Handover from Junior Ambassador Eva Tzatzanis to next Junior Ambassador Maxim Lunzer
Handover from Junior Ambassador Caroline Witzemann to next Junior Ambassador Eva Tzatzanis
Handover from Junior Ambassador Rafael Ungvari to next Junior Ambassador Caroline Witzemann
Handover from Junior Ambassador Nina Schlegel to next Junior Ambassador Rafael Ungvari