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| Willemijn L. van der Meer
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Age: 40-49 |
Nominated as:
Nominated by: |
Vice President
The Netherlands, |
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| Professional
Field and/or present occupation |
Project Manager of change processes in Finance, ICT
and Logistics |
| Skills
and experience (volunteer and professional) that have prepared you to be an IFUW Board Member |
Broad organizational experience (as volunteer and
professional).
- Manager at a start up branch of a huge English retail
store in the Netherlands, Set up an entire new hotel in
Nigeria, Reorganize and merge finance departments within
ICT and health care companies.
- Lecturer management & Behavioral Science at the University
of Amsterdam
- Workshop leader MDG´s and Micro credits for Nigerian
Local Government Staff.
- UWE President 2006-2009
- IFUWs International Coordinator Young Members 2004-2007
- Initiator IFUW branch in Abuja, Nigeria
- Founder Jumelage IFUW Branches Amsterdam and Montpellier
and organiser of a variety of other international exchanges
- Attended the IFUW Conferences in Ottawa (Board delegate
Dutch Association), Perth (YM-workshop leader) and Manchester
(Leader YM Leadership Training)
- Attended the IFUW Board- and Committee meetings in Geneva
(2006 & 2007)
- Attended the FUWA meeting in 2009
- Visited several NFA branches in Europe, Nigeria and India
- Project group member for the organization of the Workshop
"Leadership in International Female Voluntary Organizations
- Treasurer Stichting Kettingreactie (aim: Empowerment of
Women in India) |
| Experience or knowledge of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and their national commissions |
* Attended the CSW in 2008 and participated actively
in the Dutch Delegation
* Participated in a UNDP event in Sofia, Bulgaria
* Visited the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights in Geneva
* Organizing workshop on how to use micro credits to reach
the UN Millennium Development Goals in cooperation with
the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council and the World bank
* Participated in the CEDAW Shadow reporting process of
the Netherlands
* Visited the UNECE in Geneva and attended a meeting on
the Commission of Human Rights
* Contacts with UNICEF in Nigeria
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| Other relevant skills and experience from the last 10 years relevant to this position |
- Initiator Chiwas Nigeria (Child Welfare &
Support Initiative, a NGO concerned with the welfare and
education of children who have lost one or both parents
from HIV/Aids)
- Active contributor and supporter of the European Mentoring
Project subsidized by the EU
Member of the founder board of the FemArt Museum in the
Netherlands (Museum for the promotion of art from female
artists)
- Bookkeeper European Society of Women in Theological Research
- Member of the EPWN (European Professional Women´s
Network)
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| Goals for this position and the contribution you believe you can personally make if elected or appointed |
- Intensify the professional network function of
IFUW by setting up a worldwide talent bank
- Support national branches with setting up an attractive
annual activity Programme
- Advising national branches on sisterhood exchanges
- Enlarge the number of Young members worldwide, by sharing
my own experiences and giving tips and tricks to NFAs how
to be attractive for YM
- Renew the tool kit for National Leaders: it is important
that the national branches attract enough capable leaders,
so you need to have your pipe line filled. How do you promote
your NFA, what is required to lead a female voluntary organization
and what does it contribute to your own development
- Strengthen the regional groups, as their leaders form
a group of potential future IFUW board and committee members |
| What do you see as the role of the Board? |
° The Board stimulates national branches to
develop activities on the triennial Programme for Action
° Stimulate the IFUW staff
° Coordinate the Committees
° The board members can be consulted by national board
members on NFA issues
° They prepare an attractive triennial Conference together
with the IFUW staff and the Status of Women Committee
° The board members act as role models
° The board members facilitate the contacts between
members worldwide
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Board members serve as committee liaisons or have special responsibilities in the following areas: international advocacy, programme, projects, membership, communications, finance, resolutions, fellowshis and assistance to displaced women graduates.
For which of these roles are you most suited and why? |
1. I am most suited for the programme committee as
I have developed MDG training material and developed University
courses on Management.
2. Projects is my daily work, so I am more then happy to
share my knowledge and contribute to IFUW projects
3. Communication; I have started the UWE list serve and
other mailing lists, I also introduced a widespread UWE
newsletter
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| Education: |
RIjksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, Master
of Economics, 1994, Business Administration, Strategic Management
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| Mother
tongue: |
Dutch |
| Ability
to speak English: |
Good |
| Ability
to understand spoken English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to read English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to write English: |
Good |
| Other
languages: |
French (good),
German (good), Italian (limited) |
| Computer
skills: |
Considerable experience sending e-mail and using the
Internet |
| Internet
Access: |
Regular access to e-mail at home or the office |
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