Helga Stevens resigned as EUD President

On Friday 7 th September, Helga STEVENS announced that she wishes to renounce her position as EUD President.

The reason for her decision is that she was nominated and sworn in as Community Senator into the Belgian Senate on 5 July 2007. This means that she now have a double political mandate: as Member of the Flemish Parliament and as Senator. In addition she was elected into the Ghent City Council and this local mandate is effective as of 2 January 2007.

This increased political workload will not allow her to continue to combine her political duties with the duties of the EUD President.

Helga commented

“With Mark WHEATLEY as EUD Executive Director, and with the Vice-President and Members of the Board, I am confident that EUD is in very capable hands and that its future is safeguarded. I would also like to cordially thank everybody for the excellent and warm co-operation of the past months and years. I have been with EUD since 1996, and it is always difficult to leave an organisation for which I have worked with all my heart for so many years. With no doubt my heart will always be with EUD, but from now on in a different way.”

Helga will attend EUD Board Meeting on 27 th October at Copenhagen, Denmark to ensure that the handover goes smoothly.

The Board members of EUD wishes all the very best of luck to Helga as she will be sorely missed.