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Curriculum Vitae
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Mission Statement

I take the opportunity to renew my candidature for the next board because I believe in the achievement of "one voice, one vision" for palliative care in Europe.

The four past years I learned a lot as board member and therefore I say thank you to the presidents, the head office, all the colleagues of the board and all the colleagues in Belgium.

For the next four years I wish to continue:
* to promote the opportunities of empowerment through networking at an European level;
* to bring the mission, vision, aims and realisations of the EAPC network into Belgium;
* to stand for the interests and views of the Belgian palliative care practioners, researchers and educators in a collaboration with colleagues in Europe;
* to improve the communication with the Belgian members through the three Federations for palliative care: FPCF, FWSP and FBSP and with the public who is concerned about palliative care;
* to contribute to varied working groups, workshops during congresses;
* to stimulate projects and to continue my participation on the task force Palliative stage opportunity (EPSO).

In Belgium I am the general co-ordinator of Palliatieve Hulpverlening Antwerpen (PHA) v.z.w. one of the networks for palliative care. I have the daily responsibility to deliver qualified support to all persons who have needs in and questions about palliative care in the region of Antwerp. Not only patients and there families at home also all the involved caregivers. To achieve this I can count on an interdisciplinary team of experts in palliative care, volunteers and the empowerment of the collaboration with a lot of caregivers and organisations in the region of Antwerp. Since 10 years I have been professionally involved or I was witness in the foundation of specialist palliative care services in this region of Belgium. I am an active member of the Federatie Palliatieve Zorg Vlaanderen (FPCF). As president of the steering committee for education and training I can use my expertise coming from the education service of PHA and also as collaborator and co-author of the EAPC guidelines for nursing education.

I hold a master degree in 1992 at the university of Leuven and followed a course in palliative care in Oxford with Robert Twycross. I’m able to converse in three languages what offers me the advantage in the networking of the EAPC. I like challenges to enable me to develop and learn new ways of thinking. Renewing my candidature is such a challenge. I’m honoured to have the full support of the EAPC board, my organisation and the Federation of palliative care FPCF.