Tuesday, 22 November 2011 | World Trade Center | Rotterdam


 

Godelieve van Heteren

Director Europa Arena, member of the NGI
Valorisation Advisory Board

Godelieve van Heteren studied medicine at Leiden University. She worked as a researcher in London and was full-time University Lecturer at the Medical School of Nijmegen. From 2002 to 2006 she represented the Labour Party (PvdA) in the Dutch Parliament and was spokesperson on national and international health issues, including patient’s rights, quality of care, equity issues, food safety; scientific innovation/biotechnology; and (inter)national security, nuclear and bio-terror.

Since 2006 van Heteren is Senior Health Consultant Coordinator with a specialisation in international affairs and PBF (Performance Based Financing) and Director of Europa Arena, an organisation that is involved in the consultancy for international development projects & organizing European and international public policy and educational events. She is coordinator of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative: multi-institutional network organization of research institutes of Erasmus University (iBMG, ISS, IHS, Centre for Strategic Philantropy), MGZ/Erasmus Medical Center and the City of Rotterdam in alliance with several social entrepreneurs and international NGOs (Cordaid, HealthNet TPO and KNCV TB Foundation). Furthermore she has been involved in various missions and assignments in performance based financing in health in Kenya, Nigeria, Burundi, Zimbabwe. In 2008-2009 she was Director of International development of the NGO Cordaid.

Additional positions:

  • Chair of the European movement in the Netherlands (EBN)

  • Vice-Chair of the International Press Center Nieuwspoort, The Hague, The Netherlands until February 2011

  • Member Valorisation Board of Netherlands Genomics Initiative (until 2013)

  • Member National Committee Nanotechnology, The Netherlands (committee completed its work in February 2011)

  • Member of advisory board national museums Nieuwe Kerk/Hermitage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Chair of the board of surveyors (Raad van Toezicht) Medical Pedagogical Centers ’t Kabouterhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Member of the board of Wo=Men, Dutch platform for international lobby on gender issues

  • Member of the board of surveyors of De Opbouw (multi-institutional consortium of chronic care institutions)

  • Committee chair of the National Health Care Research Agency (ZonMW)’s committee on research into sexuality among youths

  • Member board Public Health Forum, Dutch national think-tank for public health

  • Coordinating secretary of the Dutch Global Health Policy and Health Systems Development Platform