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Jurgen Rateau

Flemish by birth, has always been living in Brussels.
has a degree in informatics, management, and economic, social and political sciences
speaks Dutch, French, English, Spanish, and knows the basics of German and Arabic.
has healthy interest in everything and is always ready to take on new challenges.

PP

Co-president of the Belgian Pirate Party (PPBe)
organised, with the precious help of Belgian Pirates, the conference that led to the creation of PPI.
is member of the PPI arbitration board.
participated in the 2010 federal elections (list nr 28 for district BHV) that brought to light the Belgian Pirate Party (PPBe).

Experience

organised international youth exchanges.
worked for 15 years in several start-up linked to the emergence of Internet in Belgium (ISP, consultancy, integrators, security,..).
created an association promoting the Internet and Web accessibility for all at a time when the expression "digital divide" didn't exist yet.
started with a friend the section of young Flemish ecologists, this without being member of the ecologist party.
worked in the field of informatics security (web, net) during 10 years
manages a hosting activity and provides internet and web services
worked on the emergence of the social web 5 years before the creation of Facebook; 35000 users were simultaneously connected on the site.
is working on a study about urban agriculture and the relocalisation of food production to the cities.
is a web fanatic and really interested in participatory democracy; is convinced that the city, besides economic and political aspects, is made by the habitants equipped of an internet connection.

Miscellaneous

has a "Window Farm" and makes bio vegetables grow in his apartment; has pushed the concept of "short cycle" to the limit by reducing it to a 3 metres distance.
practiced airsoft and co-founded the Belgian federation for people practicing this sport
likes iaido (japanese sabre).

Marouan El Moussaoui

born in Saint-Josse, works and lives in Schaerbeek
studied economic, social and political sciences (UCL)
speaks French and one of the two languages used in Marocco (amazigh); knows the basics of Dutch and English.

PP

founding member of the Belgian Pirate Party (PPBe).
founding member of the Moroccan Pirate Party (work in progress)
sort of engineer of the Party, works in the store room, looks after the machinery  and helps the captains to read and/or write the maps.

Experience 

a 10 year professional experience in public affairs in Brussels : European Commission, Brussels Parliament and City of Brussels.
is working at the Belga news agency
 took part to several electoral campaigns at communal, regional and federal levels (stood notably as a candidate in the 2010 federal elections (list nr 28 for district BHV) for the PPBe).
co-founded a social website
carries a development cooperation project in Morocco
wrote several articles, some of them have been published
likes politics as other likes football : with passion

Miscellaneous

likes cartoons, books and comics
collects djellabas and cravats
likes cooking

Stéphane Vanbellinghen

born in Liège where he is still living.
studied modern languages (English, Spanish and German) during his general education in Liège; half Belgian half Italian, he also speaks Dante's language fluently
studied real-estate management.
Fan of informatics technologies, he also followed a training of network administration Cisco at the Technothèque.

PP

Co-president of the Belgian Pirate Party (PPBe) and coordinator of the PP section in Liège
His passion for technologies and law made him join the Belgian Pirate Party in November 2009 with the hope of making the society evolve in a positive way, taking into account the evolutions and realities of the XXI century.

Experience

began his career as traineeship in the field of real-estate business.
is now working as real-estate agent, especially in the field of rental management and real-estate promotion.
has been militating for some years in favour of free software and the use of open standards.
dealt with the introduction and initiation to Ubuntu in the "Association des locataires du Complexe social de Droixhe".
is a voluntary helper for the association named "Opération Thermos Liège", providing homeless people with meals and accommodation in winter.
deals with the maintenance and management of collaborative websites in the field of martial arts.
is experimenting biologic vegetable planting with his girlfriend and a friend, now they have found a piece of land on the outskirts of the city.

Miscellaneous

has been practicing Japanese martial arts since he's 12 year old.
is a certified Sobudo instructor of the Takeda ryu Nakamura ha School. This school teaches a bunch of martial arts, notably the handling of traditional Japanese weapons.
is a cinema lover ; especially the so-called kengeki (Japanese sabre films) and science-fiction films.

Monika Kornacka

born in Poland, has been living in Belgium for more than 2 decades
studied languages, modern literatures and linguistics
is currently following a course in human resources
speaks Polish, French and English and knows the basics of Dutch and Russian.
thinks that curiosity allows to discover the world
believes that technology by chaning the modern society, forces us to rethink our habits and ways of living

PP

Chief of staff/Co-president of the Belgian Pirate Party (PPBe).
organised, with the precious help of Belgian Pirates, the conference that led to the creation of PPI.
participated in the 2010 federal elections (list nr 28 for district BHV) that brought to light the Belgian Pirate Party (PPBe).

Experience

a 10 year professional experience in the field of IT training that allows to combine in her job her passion for new technologies and the will to transmit this knowledge to other people.
helped to set up a "made in Belgium" virtual social community, an early Facebook like precursor; 35000 users were simultaneously connected on the site.
  organised sevral parties where this community members could meet; about 5 000 persons attended the most important gathering

Miscellaneous

her passion for localism and sustainable consumption led her to participate in the creation of a GASAP in Brussels area
regularly searches for shops, cooking courses and other initiatives encouraging local and bio products, and intends to launch, with a friend, a "locavore" guide of Brussels.