International Career
Michèle Aerden was Vice-President and President of the Chambres Syndicales Dentaires. Her first international involvement was as the Belgian delegate to the FDI. She then served as the Chair of the Individual Members Committee and as a member of the Committee of Ethics from 1994 to 1997. In the FDI European Regional Organization, she was the founder and leader of the working group on women in dentistry and a member of the working group on social security in Europe. She became a member of the FDI Council in 1997, the second woman to be nominated to that position. She served as a member of the Committee of Developing Countries from 1998 to 2001 and was a member of the group strategy. She started Women Dentists Worldwide in 2001; this group published the Kuala Lumpur Declaration. In the FDI Council, she led the governance task force from 2003 to 2004 and became President-Elect in 2003 and President in 2005.
Activities on the international level:
FDI: World Dental Federation, is a federation of 191 National and International associations from all over the world representing 1 million dentists. The Vision and Mission can be found on: www.fdiworldental.org
2005-2007: President FDI (first woman in 105 year of FDI)
2003-2005: President-elect FDI
2002-2004: Chairman of the task team: “Governance”
2001-2005: Leader of “Women Dentist Worldwide”
2000-2001: Author of draft Statement “Illegal Practice” adopted GA 2002
1999-2000: Member of the WG Strategy “Mission to Action”
1998-2001: Member of the Committee of Developing Countries
1997-2007: Member of the FDI Council (second women in 97years)
1995-1997: Chairperson of the Forum of National Secretaries
1994-1997: Chairperson of the Individual Members Committee
1987-2005: National Secretary
ERO: European Regional Organisation of the FDI represents 54 European countries
1987- 2005: Delegate for Belgium
Member of the WG “Social Security in Europe”
Leader of the WG “Women in Dentistry” 1996-2005
CED: Dental Liaison Committee of the European Commission (advisory committee founded by EU):
1995-2006: Auditor
1992-2005: Member of the Belgian delegation
Member of the WG :European Health Policy in the new Millennium
Member of the WG : Teeth bleaching
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