User:Georges van der Straten Waillet

George van der Straten has 35 years experience as founder and manager of recovery programs for addicted people. He has implemented numerous projects and networks nationally and internationally and is a trainer and training designer.

Last experience and achievements of George van der Straten:

• 2012: Founding of "Ecethos" Ltd, supporting the implementation of the learning method MECETT (www.ecethos.com ). • 2011: Founder and President of "Ecett-Networks" NGO (Ecett networks for professionals in human centered occupations: social workers, teachers, sector addiction, etc.) www.ecett.eu

Author and coauthor of numerous books and publications including:

• « MECETT, the Cross-fertilizer », final report of the European project Ecett-Transfer of Innovation 2009-2011. • « Knowledge exchange is knowledge creation », final report of the European project Ecett-Pilot 2006-2008. • “A journey of 35 years among therapeutic communities in Europe”. EWODOR Conference in Barcelona in 2011, 13th International Symposium on Substance Abuse Treatment. Barcelona, 23-25 March 2011Marge Medica Books, Year of publication: 2011 • “A therapeutic community at the boarder of two cultures” in Journal of Therapeutic Comminities, London 2008.

Mother tongue : French Languages used fluently: Dutch, English, Italian. Georges van der Straten, 67 rue de Mons, 1400 Nivelles, Belgium Born in 1950 at Westmeerbeek, Belgium. [email protected] +32 (0)496 28 81 59