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Treasurer - Myriam VAN VARENBERGH

Belgium / Belgique / Belgien

E-mail: Belgium@ewla.org and Treasurer@ewla.org  
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Name : Van Varenbergh

First name : Myriam

Address : Thaborstraat 35 at 1700 Dilbeek

Phone : 02/466.98.83

Fax : 02/466.98.83

Mobile : 0477/257.369

E-mail : van.varenbergh.myriam@skynet.be

Place and date of birth : Anderlecht, March 8th, 1960

Profession : Lawyer at the Brussels’ Bar

Professional address : Law firm Keuleneer-Storme-Vanneste-Van Varenbergh-Verhelst

Rue de l’Association 28 à 1000 Bruxelles

Phone : 02/209.11.22 - Fax : 02/209.11.20

E-mail: myriam.van.varenbergh@ks4v.be

Website : www.ks4v.be

Education

- High School

Sint-Guido Instituut, Rue Docteur Jacobs 67 at 1070 Brussels (Anderlecht)

From 1972 till 1978

- Bachelor

Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Aloysius, Avenue de la Liberté 17 at 1080 Brussels

Law studies from 1978 till 1980

- Master

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 22 at 3000 Leuven

Law studies from 1980 till 1983 (degree with distinction)

- Additionnal

1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 22 at 3000 Leuven
Graduate in law from 1982 till 1983

2. Fiscale Hogeschool Brussel, Rue d’Assaut à 1000 Bruxelles

Graduate in tax sciences from 1983 till 1985

3. Universityof Wisconsin Law School -
905 University Avenue, Suite 309 -
Madison, Wisconsin 53715 (USA)

Summer Law Program en Droit des Etats-Unis et Institutions Légales durant les mois de juillet et août 1989

4. Katholieke Universiteit Brussel, Avenue de la Liberté 17 at 1080 Brussels

Additional Master in corporate law (1992-1993)

5. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 22 at 3000 Leuven

Additional Master in Forensic Investigation (2002-2003)

Professional activities

- Lawfirm Fierens – Hoffmann - Van Besien

Avenue des Arts 39 at1040 Brussels

Associate from 1983 till 1986 (date of merger with Stibbe, Blaisse & De Jong)

- Lawfirm Stibbe, Blaisse & De Jong/Fierens

Avenue Louise 65 at 1050 Brussels

Associate from 1986 till Novembre 1991 (date of merger with Stibbe & Simont)

- Lawfirm Stibbe, Simont, Monahan & Duhot (later Stibbe)

Rue Henri Wafelaerts 47-51 at 1060 Bruxelles

Assosciate from Novembre 1991 till April 1998

- Founding Partner of the lawfirm Keuleneer-Storme-Vanneste-Van Varenbergh-Verhelst

As from May 1st, 1998

Publications and conferences

- Contributor to the study group “Project wet 1938” which resulted in series of articles published in “Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht”, year 1988-1989, nrs. 81-82-83

- Various articles and conferences in Belgium and abroad about Gender and Equal Opportunities in all their aspects

Languages

- Dutch : mother tongue

- French : fluent

- English : fluent

- German : passive knowledge


Political activities

  1. Vice-chairman at national level and member of the Board of Directors of « Vrouw & Maatschappij » (as from 1989)

  1. National Chairman ad interim (till 11/10/2003) of « Vrouw & Maatschappij Nationaal »

  1. Ex chairman of the workshops « Kinderopvang », « Fiscaliteit », « Bio-ethiek », « 20 jaar Vrouw & Maatschapij » of « Vrouw en Maatschappij Nationaal »

  1. At national level, member of the Administration of the CD&V (as from 1991)

  1. At district level of Brussels-Halle-Vilvorde, member of the Assembly and Board of Directors of « Vrouw & Maatschappij » (as from 1989)

  1. Member of the Assembly and Board of Directors of CD&V, district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvorde (from 1995 till 2001)

  1. In 1984: started with the group CVP Jongeren Dilbeek and vice-chairman until 1989

  1. In 1988 : redevelopment of the group « Vrouw & Maatschappij » - district of Dilbeek and chairman as from then until 2000

  1. Member of the Assembly and the Board of Directors of the CD&V- district of Groot Dilbeek (from 1989 until 1997)

Social activities

  1. Effective member/temporary chairman of the Counsel for election litigations for the province of East-Flanders (as from the foundation in 2006)

  1. Member of the Board of Directors of ‘Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media’ (since 2008)

  1. Member of the commission of nomination of notaries (since 2008)

  1. Member of the Board of Directors and treasurer of EWLA (European Women Lawyers Association) (as from 2009)

  1. Member of the High Counsel for Justice (as from the foundation in 2000 until 2008, end of mandate)

  1. Practice lecturer “initiation to the bar” KU Leuven (as from academic year 2002-2003 until the academic year 2006-2007, end of mandate)

  1. President of the Counsel for Equal Chances for men en women (federal advising organ) (as from the foundation in 1993 until March 2007)

  1. President of the advising committee concerning the equal chances at the European Commission (as from 1995 until 2007)


  1. President of the local history association “De Swaene” – Anderlecht (Belgium) (as from 1990)

  1. Member of the board of directors (treasurer) of vzw RoSa (archives and documentation concerning the women) (as from 1995)

  1. Chairman of the alumnius association Sint-Guido-Instituut Anderlecht (from 1980 until 2007)

  1. Member of the Board of Directors of the asbl « Centre d’Etudes Africaines et de Recherches Interculturelles » (African study and intercultural research centre) (as from the foundation in 2006 until 2008)

  1. Member of the Warande – Brussels (as from 1994)

  1. Member of the Board of Directors (Vice president) and the General Meeting of Amazone asbl (as from 2008)

  1. Co-foundation member of the association “Woman statue Brussels” (2001-2008)

  1. Member of the Board of Directors of the « Verbond voor Heemkunde » now called « Heemkunde Vlaanderen vzw » (from 1994 until 2003)

  1. Member of the Board of Directors of CLB Pieter Breugel Brussels, former PMS-MST (as from 1996)

  1. Member of the « Provinciale Commissie van Vlaams Brabant van de Koninklijke Vlaamse commissie van advies voor plaatsnaamgeving » (Flemish Brabant provincial commission of the royal Flemisch commission of advice for place nomination) (from 1998 until 2002)

  1. Foundation member of the « Vlaams Centrum voor Volkscultuur vzw » (Flemish Centrum for People’s culture)

  1. President of the decentralized column Bureau for Consultation and Defence at the Brussels Bar (from 1988 till 1995)

  1. Foundation member and former chairman of the Leo Club Zennevallei (1981-1991)

  1. Member of various associations and co-foundation member of various networks (i.e. Wings, Jump, Netwerkend Talent, …)

Specific knowledge

Having attended courses at a good level :

- musical theory and classic guitar

- various computer programs

Hobbies

Reading, local history and archaeology, bicycling, tennis, sailing

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