Curriculum Vitae Saraswati Matthieu

Short Bio

Saraswati Matthieu has been active in for over 14 years. She has held multiple positions within the Flemish , on the youth, local, national and European level. She has worked for Natuurpunt, the biggest nature conservation organisation in . She is the former chief of the general politics team at the cabinet of Mobility Minister Bruno De Lille. Sara has build expertise in such fields as environment, mobility, energy and economics. She is an active member of the Belgian womensmovement. She is a city councillor in Gent, where greens are part of the majority. Sara has been active in European politics since 2002, first with FYEG and since 2007 within EGP. She has founded the Europe working group of Groen together with MEP Bart Staes. Since 2012 she is a member of the European Greens committee.

Personalia

Age: 33 Nationality: Belgian, member of GROEN (Flemish greens) Education: Ethics and comparative cultural sciences at Gent University Languages: Dutch, French, English, Spanish, notions of German

Professional experience

-Responsible for publications and campaigns, coach for local departments and volunteers at Natuurpunt, the biggest nature conservation organisation in Flanders (2007-2010)

-Chief of the general politics team at the cabinet of the Groen Minister in the Brussels Government Bruno De Lille (2010-2014)

Political experience

Positions:

-Co Founder + boardmember of Young Agalev Aalst in '99 (Young greens in my hometown) -Activist and co founder + boardmember Young Agalev students Gent from 2000 -National Young Agalev spokesperson+ boardmember in 2002 -Active within FYEG since 2002 (delegate young greens at the GA a.o. gender seminaries in 2002 and 2006, participant European Social Forum 2003, …) -Representative Young Greens in the National Groen Political Council + Young Green boardmember 2003-2005 -Member Young Greens Gent and representative in the Gent Political Council 2006 -Member Groen Gent Party Board 2006-2007+ 2010-2012 -Member Administrative Council Young Greens 2007- 2010 -Member Groen Provincial Party Board East Flanders 2007- 2010 -Member Groen National Party Board 2007-2010 -Co-coordinator gender working group of Groen until 2011 -Groen Delegate 2007-2012 -EGP Committee member since 2012 -GA member of Amazone, the Belgian womensmovement association since 2012 -Co-founder of Europe working group Groen 2013 -Local councillor City of Gent since 2013 -Boardmember Gent Harbour since 2013 -Boardmember city development company Gent since 2013 -Boardmember Gent Library since 2013 -Boardmember regional water company

Elections:

-Candidate Gent Provincial Council Elections 2006 -Candidate European Elections 2009 -Candidate Senate Elections 2010 -Candidate Gent Local elections 2012 -Candidate Regional Flemish elections 2014

Within EGP:

As a delegate: -Working groups Gender, Migration, International, Fit for the future, Statutes, Future of the EU

As a committee member: -Working groups Common Campaign Plan and Development Campaign Strategy, GND social dimensions/pensions, Membership review, co-coordinator of Populism WG -Networks: Local Councillors Network -Affiliated organisations: responsible for (member of Global Greens coordination) and FYEG

Contact [email protected] +32472656680 http://www.saramatthieu.be https://www.facebook.com/saraswati.matthieu https://twitter.com/msaraswati https://www.linkedin.com/pub/saraswati-matthieu/5/472/a71