Eveline HERFKENS
Vice-Chairperson of ICTSD’s Governing Board
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed Ms Herfkens Executive Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals Campaign in 2002, a position she held until 2008. She continued to be involved with the Campaign on a volunteer basis as its Founder until 2010. Currently Ms Herfkens participates in the work of several INGOs and international organizations with a focus on economic and social development.
She is Vice Chair of the Governing Board of the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (Geneva, Switzerland); member of the Governing Board of the African Centre for Economic Transformation (Accra, Ghana), the Governing Board of the International Partnership for Microbicides (Washington D.C., USA) and .the ILO/WHO Social Protection Floor Advisory Group (Geneva), as well as consultant to the World Bank and the OECD/DAC.
Ms Herfkens was the Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation from 1998 to 2002. Before becoming a Minister, Ms. Herfkens served as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands, in Geneva (1996-1998) and was a member of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. (1990-1996). She was a Member of Parliament in the Netherlands from 1981 to 1990 and worked in the Ministry for Development Cooperation from 1976 to 1980. Over her long career, Ms Herfkens has been a member of various international advisory and coordinating groups focused on development such as the ILO World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization global level and the UN Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa.
Ms Herfkens has also authored many articles and op-eds on aid, trade and development. She is a graduate of the University of Leiden, the Netherlands with a degree in Law (1975).