Lieve Fransen | |
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| Director for Social Policies and strategy 2020 for growth and competitiveness at DG Employment and Social affairs of the European Commission | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 17, 1950 Gent, Belgium |
| Spouse | Noah Howard |
| Residence(s) | Brussels, Belgium |
| Alma mater | University of Ghent for MD and university of Antwerp for PHD, Belgium Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium Ghent University, Belgium |
| Website | ec DG Communication Website |
Lieve Fransen is a senior adviser to the European Policy Centre on health, social and migration policies, and published studies on investing in social infrastructure, energy poverty and social investment. Between 2011 and 2015 she was the social policies director in the Directorate for Employment and Social affairs for the European Commissionin charge of social policies, poverty eradication, pensions, health and social protection. Before that she was director for communication and representations in the EC's communication directorate for more than 500 networks across the European Union and from 1987 till 1997 she was head of unit for human development in the European Commissions department for development.