Board and Managing Director
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Margareta Van Raemdonck
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European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE), Brussels: 2016 – present
Board Member
E‑learning Waldorf: 2020 – present
Founding Member
EduArta, Atelier Steinerpedagogie, Antwerp: 2018 – present
Board Member
Scholengemeenschap Steinerscholen Secundair Onderwijs, Ghent: 2014 – 2019
Pedagogical Director for secondary Steiner schools in Flanders
Federatie Steinerscholen in Vlaanderen, Antwerp:
2018 – 2019 Representative in the official committees deciding new attainment
targets for secondary education in Flanders;
2017 – 2019 Board Member;
2011 – 2014 Coordinator for Secondary Steiner
Education;
2004 – 2020 Development of recognised
attainment targets and curricula for secondary Steiner schools in the Flemish region.
Freelance Literary Translator: 1984 – present
Specialism in Swedish to Dutch,
Also Norwegian, Danish, German, English to Dutch
De Zonnewijzer Steiner School, Leuven:
1989 – 2014 English, Dutch,
German, and Forestry Teacher;
2001 – 2004: Secondary School Coordinator;
2010 – 2014 Primary School Board Chair
Various non-Steiner secondary schools, Belgium:
1982 – 1989 Teacher
Catholic University of Louvain:
1979 – 1981 Academic Teacher Training;
1975 – 1981 English and Dutch Language
and Literature, MA
Iztok Kordis
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European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE), Brussels: 2013 – present Vice-President; 2003 – 2013: Member
Zavod za razvoj waldorfskih šol in vrtcev,
Ljubljana: 2007 – present Director
Waldorf School Ljubljana, Ljubljana:
2001 – present Director; 2000 – 2001 Waldorf Teacher
City Council, Municipality of Ljubljana:
2006 – present City Councillor
ZOO Ljubljana, Festival Ljubljana: – present, Board Member
Family Centre Mala Ulica Ljubljana: – present Council President
Bothmer® Movement International: 2000 – 2004 Bothmer® Gymnastics Diploma
ZUTS — Slovenia Ski Teachers and Trainers
Association: 1995 – 2007 Nordic Demo Team Leader
Development/Business/Economy works, Slovenia: 1988 – 2000
Inštitut Jožef Štefan, Ljubljana: 1983 – 1988 Researcher
University of Ljubljana, Inštitut Jožef Štefan: 1988 Postgraduate Training
University of Ljubljana: 1972 — 1978
Electro-technical University Diploma
Frederikke Larsson
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European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE), Brussels: 2016 – present Board Member
Byens Steinerskole, Copenhagen: Co-founder
Crossfields Europe, Copenhagen: General
Manager and Danish administrator of the
Philosophy and Practice of Integrative Education Programme
Sammenslutningen af Steinerskoler i Danmark, Aarhus: Managing Director
Erasmus+ ACTS (Acknowledging Creative Thinking Skills) Project, UK, Finland, Norway, Denmark: Project Management Team Member
Steinerpædagogikum: Co-founder of Danish
state-recognised post-graduate teacher education programme
Rudolf Steiner skolen Kvistgård, Kvistgård: Upper School Teacher; Upper School Coordinator
Vidar skolen, Gentofte: Class Teacher, Subject Teacher, School Board Member
University of Copenhagen: Visual Culture and
Aesthetic Thinking, M.A.
Sophia Teacher Training, Copenhagen: Steiner Teacher Training Diploma
Danish Technological Institute, Taastrup: Building Consultant and Communications Editor
Copenhagen School of Design and Technology: Architectural Technology and Construction
Management, B.A.
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation,
Copenhagen: Architecture, B.A.
Pia Pale
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European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE), Brussels: 2019 – present Board Member
Federation for Steiner Waldorf Education in Finland: 2007 — present, Executive Director
Nordic Research Network for Steiner Education (NORENSE): 2011 – 2017, Member of the Council, representing Finnish Federation
Jyväskylän steinerkoulu, 2010 – present, Member of the Board
Jyväskylän steinerkoulu, 1996 – 2003, 2007 Waldorf teacher
Georg Jürgens
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European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education, Brussels: 2014 — present, Managing Director
Alliance for Childhood European Network Foundation: 2022 — present, Board member
University of Passau, Passau: 2016 — 2019, Lecturer on EU lobbying
European Parliament, Brussels: 2012 — 2014,
Parliamentary Assistant to MEP Gerald Häfner, Greens/EFA
University of Regensburg, Regensburg:
2010 — 2012, Graduate Student Assistant, Chair of Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas
University of Regensburg, Regensburg:
2005 — 2013, Democracy Studies, M.A., Political Science B.A., Cultural Studies, Czech Language