Bettina Laville

President, Mouvement “Vraiment Durable”

Personal details
Mrs Laville graduated from the Political Science Institute (IEP) of Paris and the National Administration School (ENA). She also holds a Doctorate degree in Literature.

Professional career
Mrs Laville has held many political positions at both local and national levels. She has been Head of the Cabinet of the Environment Minister and was environmental counsellor to the Prime Minister, Pierre Bérégovoy.

She coordinated, in 1992, the organisation of the Rio Conference and became Environmental and Sustainable Development Counsellor to the French President until 1995.

She was General Secretary to the French Commission on Sustainable Development from 1995 to 1997, when she was appointed to the Cabinet of the Prime Minister to advise on national and regional development issues, until 2001.

Mrs Laville has also been a Member of the Conseil d’Etat, the highest administrative jurisdiction in France. She is also Honorary President of the “Comité 21” and President of the “Mouvement Vraiment Durable”.

About “Mouvement Vraiment Durable”
This association, founded in 2005, brings together well known national and international players in the field of sustainable development. It aims to support and give definition to the concept of sustainable development. To do so, the movement has various areas of action: the publication of independent reports on the state of sustainable development in the French Regions, the promotion of cooperation between new and established EU Member States, the establishment of scientific partnerships undertaking research into different areas of sustainability (water, energy, biodiversity, etc.), the creation along with consumers, public authorities, social scientists, etc of sustainable vigilance groups which demonstrate that individual consumers can influence sustainable development.