Book Launch of ”The Road to Political Democracy”

Professor Edgard Van de Valde (Professor of Constitutional, Comparative and European Law & co-author of “ the Road to Democracy”)
Time：Apr. 3, 2013 (Wed)14:00-16:00
Venue：3rd Administration Building (7F)
Host：NCCU EU Centre
Co-Host：EUTW
Contact：02-8237-77347
English Speaking

About the Speaker:
Edgard Van de Velde was born in Gent (Belgium) in 1949, married in 1979 and has three children.
He obtained his Master’s Degree (1972) and Ph. D. (1984) in Public Management Sciences at the Law School of the University of Gent, where he was Assistant-Lecturer Public and Comparative Constitutional Law from 1975 till 1984.
He was Visiting Professor in Public, European and Comparative Constitutional Law at EHSAL Brussels from 1985 till 2008. He has been guest professor at the universities of Salamanca and San Sebastian (Spain), Salerno (Italy), Tübingen (Germany) and Prague (Czech Republic). He has an extensive bibliography on the comparative study of democratic regimes. He was member of the cabinet of the Minister for State Reform (1979-1980) and pre-advisor of the Flemish parliament (1995-1996). From 1996 till 2006 he was appointed successively as General Manager and Managing Director Bankinsurance in the General Savings and Pension Fund (ASLK-CGER) and Fortis Bankinsurance Belgium. He is retired since 2008.