Geert Mareels

Director of the Coordinatiecel Vlaams E-government (CORVE), Belgium

Career:

Civil servant in the Office for Overseas Social Security (DOSZ – OSSOM) 1/2/1988 till 23 December 1994
Chief of staff (Kabinetschef) of Minister-Vice President Luc Van den Bossche from 21 juni 1995 till 23 september 1998
Kabinetschef of Minister-vice-president en Minister of Mobility and Energy Steve Stevaert from September 1998 till March 2003
Kabinetschef of Minister-vice-president en Minister van Employment and Tourism Renaat Landuyt from march 2003 till July 2004.
Flemish E-governmentmanager. Head of the “ Coördinatiecel Vlaams E-government “ (CORVE) since 1 October 2004.

Mandates:

Member of the Board of IBBT, Institute for Broadband Technology from April 2004 till June 2007
Member of the Flemish commission for protection of Privacy since December 2009

Publications:

De Politieke, sociale en economische achtergronden van het Belgisch beleid t.o.v. de democratisering van het Hoger Onderwijs sinds 1950, Licentiaatverhandeling 1984
Het Europees beleid inzake Hoger Onderwijs (Licentiaatverhandeling 1987, published by the International Student Research Center - Prague as “ The E.C.-policy on higher education”.
Several articles in “Belgian Society and Politics” in the last 10 years. I am also a member of their board of editors.
“Plan B, een politieke satire gebaseerd op nog niet echt gebeurde feiten.“ Novel, Published by Manteau, in 2007