WCN Europe Steering Committee
- Introduction - Steering Committee - Management Committee - Oversight Board
The European Steering Committee of the international network provides vision in international strategic planning in cooperation with Member Organisations and Active Individuals. The European Steering Committee is composed of the European members of the Global Steering Committee of World Carfree Network and serves for World Carfree Network Europe o.s. (WCN Europe, a Czech registered NGO), to form a total of 3-13 members.
Alexander Berthelsen is at heart a free public transport activist. Born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden he started to work with the free public transport advocates in Planka.nu about five years ago. During that time Planka.nu has broaden their activities and now work with all kinds of questions related to making the transport sector in Stockholm climate smart and fair. Alexander has also been very active in the anti highway movement in Stockholm and has a passion for pop music, lobbying, Internets, urban planning, Marxist and feminist literature and dancing.
Back in Stockholm he worked as a web editor for the Stockholm County Council and has studied Economic History and Gender Studies. He finished his EVS (a one-year internship financed by the European Commission) career at WCN in August 2010, and continues to assist with Carbusters Online.
Languages: English, Swedish.
Term: until 2011 AGM
Simon Field is a policy analyst at the European Institute for Sustainable Mobility in Hamburg, Germany. He recently completed a Masters in Transport Planning and Policy at Newcastle University, England, where he was awarded the SDG Prize for Outstanding Achievement. His research project examined the use of economic instruments and personal carbon allowances to reduce carbon emissions from transport.
He is a founding member and treasurer of the British research and lobbying group Carfree UK, and was one of the organisers of the ninth Towards Carfree Cities conference, which came to York, England in 2010. He is a member of the Carbusters Online editorial committee and was actively involved in the development of a Carfree Area Pilot Project.
Languages: English, German
Term: until 2011 AGM
Jane Harding was an EVS volunteer at WCN for twelve months until December 2009. During her volunteer work she was an Editor of Carbusters magazine and the monthly bulletin, and was involved in many other of projects and events in Prague. She is originally from Bristol, UK, where she studied a Masters degree in International Development. Her past work experience includes fundraising, events organising, research, writing and editing publications for non-profit organisations, both in UK and the Czech Republic. Jane now works for Auto*Mat, a Prague-based carfree organisation and WCN member group.
Languages: English
Term: until 2011 AGM
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