She is a substitute for the Committee on Development and a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Education

• She followed secondary education at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Lokeren.
• 1978: Degree in sociology (sociology of work)
• 1988: Postgraduate degree in social legislation

Career

• 1978-1979: Academic researcher, HIVA (Institute for Labour Studies)
• 1979-1984: Assistant at the faculty of work sociology, Catholic University of Leuven
• 1984-1988: Member of staff of research department at SEVI (Emile Vandervelde Institute Research and Documentation Centre)
• 1988-1989: Assistant, parliamentary SP group
• 1989-1990: Deputy head, office of the Flemish Minister of Employment
• 1990-1992: Head of office of the Flemish Minister of Employment
• 1992-1994: Head of private office to the Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs
• since 1994: Member of the SP.A party bureau
• since 1999: Member of the SP.A executive
• since 1995: Member of party council, Ghent
• Member of the East Flanders provincial executive
• since 1999: Chairwoman of Zijkant
• since 1994: Member of the European Parliament

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)

External links

• Her page at her party
• Her page at the Belgian EU convention site