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Jo Deman

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Jo Deman
Born(1983-06-02)2 June 1983

Jo Deman, from Leuven, Belgium is one of the 12 elected members of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.[1][2] He was elected to the Committee at the 41st World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2017.[1]

As a member of Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen, Deman had been East Brabant County Commissioner,[3] later fulfilling several roles at European level.[4]

Deman holds a master's degree in international politics from KU Leuven,[5] and is an alumnus of Heilig Hartinstituut (School of the Holy Heart of Mary) in Heverlee. Professionally, he has worked for the European Youth Forum since 2011 as a membership and partnerships officer, and currently (2017) as a policy officer on Youth Work.[6][7][8][5]

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  1. ^ a b "Un Belge au pilotage du scoutisme mondial" [A Belgian at the helm of World Scouting] (in French). Guides Catholiques de Belgique. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Leuvense scout in World Committee" [Leuven scout in World Committee]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Flemish). 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Overal uniformen" [Uniforms everywhere]. Veto magazine KU Leuven (in Flemish). 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. ^ European Regional Scout Committee (24 September 2011). European Scout Committee - Annual Report 2010-2011 (Report). World Scout Bureau - European Regional Office. Retrieved 4 December 2017 – via issuu.
  5. ^ a b "Youth Partnership". Council of Europe - European Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  6. ^ ""Ik wil Vlaamse jongeren doen geloven dat Europa een toekomst heeft"" [I want Flemish young people to believe that Europe has a future]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ^ Annual/Report/2013 (PDF) (Report). European Youth Forum. 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  8. ^ 2nd European Youth Work convention - Similarities in a World of Difference (PDF). salto-youth.net (Report). European Youth Forum. 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2017.